Atlas 20 000 376 Track Cleaning Car - MOW Yellow - New Model, HO

This track cleaner had been well thought out, vacuuming polishing cleaning. Looks in place with other track maintenance cars on Thalassa Pass Link and realistically there is maintenance being done. The vacuum works well collecting dust and loose ballast of the track, ideal for long tunnels like on Thalassa Pass Link. How ever be aware that some stones and other foreign matter will jams the suction blades and the unit needs to be removed to be unjammed and reset. Some items of ballast will spit out from the lid as it does not seal like a proper vacume cleaner, some fine dust does get blown in to the area where the motor is, it is advised that when emptying the unit give it a good shake while it is up side down. The polishing discs work well and is handy for area that can not be reached for cleaning with out having to use access hatches. The polishing pads do bring up the track looking better than new, using the cleaning fluid the rail remain cleaner for a longer period of time. The unit I had purchased, I had installed a small DCC decoder to operate on DCC and works well. When the motor gets a tad hot the safety feature in this unit it shuts down so put it a side for a few minutes and off you go again. This a must have car for those who have layouts where track access is hard to get to even if not it helps to clean the track and or have it hooked up to a maintenance train and still have fun operating your trains while the track is being cleaned