Loco Wheel Cleaning | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

flangerOGR Forum Member

How do you clean your locomotive wheels on a DCC railroad?

Thanks

Bob

3/4/141:08 PM

Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

Keystoned EdOGR Forum Member

I do it the same way I cleaned locomotive wheels back when I ran DC. I use Goo Gone squirted on 3" wide strip of paper towel laid across the rails. I run the locomotive onto the towel holding it back while the drivers spin. After a couple of revolutions I back it up and run it back on to another area of the wet strip. Do this several times until there is no more crud coming off the tires. Then I make a last pass over a clean dry area of the paper towel. You'll be amazed how much gunk comes off those tires.

Ed Rappe

3/4/141:39 PM

PopiOGR Forum Member

scrape the crud off with a razor knife and clean

it up with goo gone OR elec cleaner.

3/4/142:05 PM

<div id="{%=id%}" class="reveal-modal small h-alert-modal-popup" data-reveal>
    <div class="first-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0" aria-label="Inside Modal"></div>

<h4 id="{%=id%}_title" class="margin-bottom-10 popup-title"></h4>
    <div id="{%=id%}_body" class="margin-bottom-10 popup-body">
        </div>

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>