A spot of track cleaning anyone?

Despite it's size - which in fact is a daft way of starting off a blog entry on such an important subject - the old nook depends greatly on very slow speed running. Slow speed running needs clean wheels and track. Despite the wonders of dcc there is no excuse. It's often a question i ask at exhibitions "what do you use to clean the track?" I recently tried Rail Zip 2. Soaked a cotton bud with it and ran it along the rail and left over night. Pretty good result with nice slow running. Foolishly i then went and used a track rubber on a small section that had also had the Rail Zip 2 applied to it. Nasty result. Was like riding a bike on the beach at Barry. Emery paper finally sorted it out.

Spent a fantastic night at local cafe just round the corner, where the very talented Rebecca Pronsky was playing - check her out on the web.

Cherio

Roger