Not sure how many of you remember the film "field of dreams" with the line, "if you build it he will come", but I finally got round to giving the track a good clean. OK, I used a track rubber becuase at the moment that is what I have, but boy O boy did it make a difference.

In fact it got me thinking that as well as running trains and building things I need to try and start a regular cleaning cycle, but what does that entail?

1. Track, well that one is obvious

2. Loco wheels. I lubricate the loco's but I have no way of cleaning the wheels. Needs looking into and will see what Aly Paly has to offer on this one.

3. Plastic wheels on wagons. Orrible things and I am going to start looking at replacing all of these as they are real "cludge" grabbers. Having counted the wagons I will need around 180 sets to replace on the peco wagons.

4. Coach wheels. Metal and they don't look to bad, but they still need cleaning

5. Hoover the shed to keep the dust down

6. Hoover the layout to keep the dust off

7. Air the shed to help keep it fresh and the damp air from building up.

If I come up with any form of magic new trick that has not been posted, i'll let you know, but I think it will more be copying everything that has gone before.