Oh boy, maybe I better rethink my lubing regime, I've been using a light oil such as 3-in-one on my wheels and axels and a white lithium grease like luberaplate (sp?) on my gears, so far so good. The guy at our club (Lone Star High Railers) that does all of the maintenance on our cars and locomotives said to just use a lite oil on the axels and a lite grease on the gears, he said that you don't really want a heavy weight grease on the gears as it has a tendency to harden up in the winter and then it makes the locomotive work a little harder until the grease loosens up. Good thread, good answers so far.
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