I guess most of you will have seen James Mays attempt to build the longest train set on TV last Monday night. My only comment would be; you really should have asked us about crud on the wheels when running long distances. Anyone who has done an exhibition or 10 knows that the oily layer that just appears from thin air eventually kills the running after about 4 hours, leading to some poor sucker having to clean the rails while the others are off on a 'break'
James, if you come across this. I offer my services for any future record attempts that you might try in this field. I'll even bring a beer or 2.
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What I found severely disappointing about that was that way back in 1957 a Hornby Dublo Castle did something like 46000 laps of an oval in a shop window (153 statutory miles in 5 days) and in 1961 an H-D Deltic did over a hundred in 61 hours (can't remember off the top of my head - The books at home) - deltic did 78000000 revolutions, and the maintenance it needed was brush replacement.
These things burnt out! or so they said in the programme...
(who paid for the track???)
I prefer James Mays dig at toy train collectors in another toy train programme...
Am getting N track back... the dark side cometh...
Back in 1957 when those tests were done, the motors probably didn't come from a factory in China....
Also with reference to crud on the wheels after three hours running; Rather than using a track rubber, I have been using a graphite crayon (from an artist shop) to draw on the rails. It leaves a graphite coating which helps conductivity and stops oxidation. One coating at the beginning of each day is all it needs; quicker than cleaning with a track rubber.
The rail head goes dark rather than shiny. You may want to do a test?
Glen.
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