Hi everyone

Tomorrow I am going to receive my marklin 3000. As you knwow this an analog loco.

As I said it on another comment, I am curious to see the results of the " cleaning ''of rails

But ...but.. really I don't know : can an analog locomotive run on a digital layout with a CS2 ?

Does the CS recongnize the Marklin 3000 ?

Thewolf

Thanks Baggio

So I don't like the fact that I will use the cs2 with this loco

I prefer buy a used mobile station like 60653...I will use this and disconnect the CS2

I don't know if it is the best solution...but for cleaning the rails...I am a little ....sceptical....It is a fact that I believe what River 69 has wrote about the cleaning...but I am like.....ST Thomas ...I believe what I see

Thewolf

I am puzzled that the whole notion of track cleaning is to do with the magic qualities of an old analogue loco such as 3000. My Marklin experience is based on two distinct periods of my life from early digital of 30 years ago loks such as 3618 through to recent purchases. Although my latest acquisitions are lovely detailed models they are often very light, flimsier sliders with decoder and delicate electronics which appear to require a near perfect running surface. So if I have been away from the layout a while and we need a good track clean I reach for the heaviest early lok I can find - 3618 is fine and run it through at a good speed for quite a time. At first it may require a little push over the dirtier bits but soon it is running fine. After this I clean the wheels and slider - far quicker and easier than poring over the whole track.

An analog transformer controls the speed of an analog loco by varying the voltage supplied to the track - the higher the voltage, the faster the loco goes.

A digital controller (CS1, CS2, CS3 , MS1, MS2, Ecos ) puts a constant AC voltage to the track (usually around 18v). That's why an analog loco placed on track controlled by a digital controller will take off at maximum or close to maximum speed.

Thanks Bigdaddynz

I understant..but ..but the question : ''Are rails cleaned by this process?'' has no clear and satisfactory answer.

I know...I am fastidious

This is the reason why i am going to do the experience and too bad if I shall have thrown 100 $ through the window

Thewolf

No No No I am saying I use early DIGITAL loks for track cleaning I don't own a single analog lok. When I started you could buy a Br18 in analogue as 3308, if you wanted the five pole motor version in analogue you went for a 3518 or if you wanted digital control you bought a 3618 which was a 3308 digitalised with a 6080 decoder - very crude a bit rough fx cos there wasn't anything else, switches for the address and one function lights on or off. But nicely heavy, the motor that had powered every Marklin lok for years and ruggedness. Now today it still works on my all digital layout and has the added quality of its track cleaning ability without modifying anything. I have never used track cleaning cars but I do own a good old fashioned track cleaning rubber from Peco.

I am going to receive an used 3000 marklin ...from Europe...85 $ canadians included shipping

I think that the loco will stau in the box...or better resell the loco.....the more I think, the more I do not believe in the cleaning

Thewolf

I come at the moment to think of this:

Maybe after the passage of the analog loco, a Q-tips with the rubbing alcohol and to see the result, no ?

Thewolf

Yes, that would be the best way, BUT, it's TOO MUCH WORK, especially considering that some portions of my layout are not all that easily accessible.

And mine is a relatively small layout; with a large layout (like yours), it would take forever!

LAZY in Toronto.

I have a 3000 but find it a little light for track cleaning. Instead, I am using a 3003 (circa 1970). It's heavier and does the job. These are tracks that haven't been used for about 30 years and I have no desire to clean each one by hand. Running the 3003 round and round (and round) does the trick! It needs a bit of a nudge on the dirtiest sections at the beginning, but soon picks up speed.