Tuesday, January 8, 2008

MDC/Roundhouse Track Cleaner Locomotive circa 1978


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1986 ad

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1978 ad


One thing is for certain, the guys at Roundhouse could sell a ketchup Popsicle to a woman in white gloves. All through my teen modeling years I wanted one as I had long grown tired of cleaning track. The only thing this cleaned was one's wallet. Oh the locomotive runs great, it's just that there is no replacement for regular track cleaning with a Bright Boy and elbow grease.

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Running a Masonite pad equipped car in your consists goes a long way towards keeping your track clean and your locomotives running smoothly.

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I've also found an occasional run with a liquid track cleaner car, in this case a modified Life-Like issue, filled with rubbing alcohol helps keep oily buildup down as well. This car had added weight for tracking as well as new trucks and couplers.

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This one came and went, $80 being pretty hard coin to part with back in 1978. I understand it worked quite well.

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