Preferred Train Oils and Greases??

Put grease & or oil in the search engine....they’ll be a million long threads about this great debate......

Pat

Labelle's

Labelle oils are highly regarded. I have used Lucas Oil Products and Red N Tacky grease with good success. Of course, both Lionel and MTH offer lubrication products. They are probably the safest bet.

The worse thing is NO Lubrication. Many engines get the wheels run off of them until they start squeaking.

I use Singer machine oil, applied with blunt tip syringe and for grease I use Lucas red& tacky either by brush or blunt tip syringe for precise application.

Geez, a great debate?  The stuff either works or it doesn't.  :-(

We don't have these debates about the proper grease to use on a $25K Tractor, whether it is a John Deere or a Kubota.

Railroaders seem to be a cantankerous bunch.  :-)

Thanks for all info.

Mannyrock

$25k will get a nice lawn tractor. I was at a John Deere dealer a few months ago - a mid-sized was about $60k.

@Mannyrock posted:

What is the currently preferred train oil and train grease for Lionel engines.

Does it depend on whether it is a post war cast iron steam locomotive, vs. a 1970s plastic bodied diesel?

Thanks,

Mannyrock

Have you considered using the SEARCH feature here on the OGR Forum?  It seems there are monthly postings with questions about the "best lubricants"! Maybe even weekly.

Hey Jon,

Thanks for your Service!!!

You are certainly right about the price of new tractors.  My neighbors paid around $14,000 for a very silly looking, puny, subcompact, 21 hp Deer, with the "Estate Package" of stuff that they will never use.

I own a 35 hp John Deer, and a 24 hp Kubota. 

Each of them had less than 850 hours on them when I bought them 6 years ago.   I paid $16K for the Deer, and $5,800 for the Kubota.

Point is, never buy a brand new tractor.  Tractors are built to easily last 50,000 hours, and can be very easily repaired after that.  (In that respect, they are like the Post War Lionel Hog Locomotives.)

Find them in your neighboring farm communities on Craigslist.  Cash and carry.   Dealers are an absolute rip-off. 

As for train oil, I just happen to have a bottle of 20wt Singer synthetic sewing machine oil on the shelf.  Is that about the proper weight?

As for grease,  sounds like the Red and Tacky may be the way to go.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Mannyrock

@Mannyrock posted:

Geez, a great debate?  The stuff either works or it doesn't.  :-(

We don't have these debates about the proper grease to use on a $25K Tractor, whether it is a John Deere or a Kubota.

Railroaders seem to be a cantankerous bunch.  :-)

Thanks for all info.

Mannyrock

If you get a chance, and you got a lot of time to weed through all the gazzilion threads about this subject, you’ll see what I mean......Jack said it best...it seems like it’s weekly anymore.....

Pat

Sewing machine oil and ACE lithium grease.

I purchased a package of 4 products. On each bottle it says either: Gear lubricant, bearing oil or motor oil.  These all have needle applicators.  I also use a synthetic pin oil for rolling stock axles.  I'll post a picture tomorrow.  All of these are designed for model train applications.

I have a file on this subject = cut & pastes from various sources - primarily OGR Forum - send me your email address & I will forward my file to you & and when your read all = you'll be more confused than ever.

Or, . . . I could just buy cheap plastic engines, run them till they burn out, and toss them in the trash.   It may be less stressful than trying to get a consensus here.  :-)

Mannyrock

@Mannyrock posted:

Or, . . . I could just buy cheap plastic engines, run them till they burn out, and toss them in the trash.   It may be less stressful than trying to get a consensus here.  :-)

Mannyrock

I suppose if you find that more convenient than using the OGR SEARCH feature on the subject of lubrication, then of course, have at it!

Ahitpy,

Thanks for posting that product info!

Mannyrock