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Post by Wayne Snyder on May 26, 2017 13:21:06 GMT -5
Guys I'm looking for info on the Atlas Track Cleaner Engine, Is it worth the money? Does it work? I know nothing about this engine except for $100, I don't want to spend the money if its a POS.
I'm thinking about using the guts to make a rail grinder kitbash like some of the MOW (Loram, etc) companies use. Hank Stephan's mention that he had some ideas on one in the past. So I am looking for info on this project. Also anybody with pictures on this find of equipment would be appreciated. Looking to make a MOW train for cleaning the rails on my layout that I'm in the process of building. |
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Post by EMDX6043 on May 27, 2017 19:44:18 GMT -5
From what I've heard about them, they allegedly perform better than one would think. I vaguely recall someone mentioning that they can or are DCC-equipped, so that's something to look into.
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Post by nsc39d8 on May 28, 2017 15:02:00 GMT -5
I bought one of these things and I still revert back to my CMX clean machine. I also use a flat car that holds a brass cylinder you can wrap a paper towel around, can not think of the manufacturer right now. I usually run these together. The DCC on the Atlas cleaner is really just to turn it on and off best I remember. It might work a little better paired with a loco running with a ESU decoder since their low speed control is great. I never really got the results I thought I would get with the Atlas machine.
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