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 Posted - November 21 2009 : 11:44:46 AM
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Ok, so if you've seen my other post (Track Problems) you know that I am having problems running my locomotives on my track reliably. I cleaned both the track and the pickup wheels religously, but to no avail. I got a lot of improvement, but there are some tracks that just cannot be cleaned, they have rust and other defects on them (never trust ebay . . . ) I think to avoid further frustration and hair loss ( ) I am going to solve the problem once and for all and fork over the mony for brand spankin' new nickel silver track. Hopefully it won't cost a fortune, but I'm sure it will be worth it. The new problem is that I ballasted about a fourth of my track without testing it (obviously a very stupid thing to do) and I need to know how to remove the ballast, and if I can reuse it. I don't really care about reusing the track because I'm just gonna toss it anyway, and it doesn't matter that much if I can't reuse the ballast. So fire away. Thanks for the help.
-Jacob
Quote: "I didn't fail, I just found 1200 materials that won't work"
-Thomas Edison
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 Posted - November 21 2009 : 12:29:58 PM
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Pull any track nails then spray the ballasted area with windshield washer fluid. (soak the area pretty good)
Once the WW fluid soaks in use a putty knife to clean the ballast off the roadbed.
Ray
Edited by - Ray Marinaccio on November 21 2009 12:31:19 PM
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