How To Expert Tips How to build a track cleaning car

How to build a track cleaning car

By Gerry Leone | June 13, 2022

Make you own version of a track cleaning car invented by legendary modeler John Allen

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How to build a simple track cleaning car – MR contributor Gerry Leone shares instructions for making your own rolling innovation for cleaning the rails of your model railroad! From Gerry’s workbench, you’ll see the tools, materials, and simple techniques needed to shape a railcar and a small patch of Masonite (hardboard) into an unrelenting device for scrubbing layout track clear of dirt and debris.

The thrill from building your own model never gets old! But if you want to get straight to the task the quickest way possible, you can acquire a wide variety of helpful trackwork/track  maintenance tools and supplies directly from the kalmbachhobbystore.com