Super O Bob said:
"Some kid never cleaned the track and ran alot while pickup rollers and whistle tender rollers sparked away. It is the sparking that pits and cuts the rollers irregardless of track type."
There is no question that as a 9 - X year old young boy, that I ran my two locos on a 90 square foot Super "O" layout without proper cleaning of the track. For one thing, the placement of the layout required that you walk on the train table to get to the back 12'. Since the trains ran flawlessly on the track, I was no wiser other than the "clean your track regularly" mantra. And, the sparking was normal operation to our way of thinking. I certainly would be more vigilant now, and, I certainly wouldn't construct a train table that required walking on to clean and service the track.
