Re: Alternative to Bright Boy

tcol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:18:07 -0400, "Dan Merkel"
> <danmerkel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>Didn't John Allen use simple sliders cut from Masonite on his track
>>cleaning
>>cars?  I'm thinking that he just have used the side with the little
square
>>pattern on it as opposed to the smooth side...
> 
> Some 35 years ago when I was a member of the NVMRRs in Alexandria, VA
> (now in Vienna), we cleaned our track weekly using pieces of cork
> roadbed. No idea what they use now, but it worked quite well then.

Seems to me a basic ink eraser would work. But then, the Received
Knowledge
in the computer community is that if you have any questions about the
contacts for the boards, pull 'em out of the slots and use a pencil eraser
on the gold (or whatever) contacts to remove any corrosion.

        mark