Cleaning wheels on locos

[billyboy]

One of my locos was running like a pig, stopping for no reason, lights flickers for seemingly no good reason, I checked the wheels and they looked clean.

 

I also was running my Class 37 which as per usual tore around the track at a rate of knots.

 

 

I got out my fancy Peco wheel cleaning gizmo I was kindly given by an old model railroader.

 

 

Hooked it up , watched the dirt fly, wheels that didn't look dirty were pure filth.

 

Lesson learned there

 

The train is rumbling around the track quite nicely with a freight load as I type.

 

all is good again.

[GSR 800]

Could you show some pics of this amazing cleaning machine?

[Broithe]

Might be this thing.

 

[Broithe]

We've had this thread - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1957-Cleaning-loco-wheels?highlight=wheels - in the past.

[GSR 800]

Thanks Broithe;)

[billyboy]

Yep , thats the one. A bloody god send.