What is the proper name for the rollers you put an engine on to test it without it moving. They can be seen in all of the Lionel training videos.
Where can you buy these?
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Mine are JAK rollers from The Scaled Tin Rail.
I believe Aristocraft makes them, too.
Peter
Originally Posted by TrainPop:
For the exact same price. 
Micro Mark has them: item 83417. $60 for four.
Sounds like $60 is the going price. 
FWIW, I find them very useful, I don't know how I worked on stuff before I had them! 
Great for cleaning wheels on engines! Especially Postwar Lionel.
For cleaning wheels, I flip them upside down and connect power to the pickups and have at it.
I have a roller base from collectorschoicetrains.com and have used it to break in new locomotives and check the rods on steam locomotives after lubrication. I also run engines on it after changing traction tires.
For wheel cleaning, I put the engine upside down in a cradle, connect alligator test wires to the rails and to a pickup roller and the truck frame, and use a bright boy or a q tip with denatured alcohol.
For wheel cleaning, I put the engine upside down in a cradle, connect alligator test wires to the rails and to a pickup roller and the truck frame, and use a bright boy or a q tip with denatured alcohol.
