Newer Lionel track cleaning car opinions

Just a note:  Not exactly answering your question, but offering up the thought that the best way to clean tracks is basically folded paper towels, isopropel or denatured alcohol, & elbow grease.   I've heard not to expect much from the post-war units.  If you want a track cleaning car for the sake of having one, that's ok, too.  Either way, good luck on your quest!

I agree with radioron  ,i have two track cleaning cars & the best way is by hand ,you will do a much better job than any track cleaning car ,just my opinion although if you have miles of track to clean ,then probably  a track cleaning car would be the way to go .

If you are inquiring about the track cleaning car Lionel mad about 15-20 years ago which looks similar to the postwar car but has 2 cleaning brushs and a fluid tank, don’t buy one. They are junk: poor design and poor quality.

If you want a track cleaning car, the after market models made by small businesses are all much better than anything a major manufacturer made. There have been a lot of good designs out there for custom manufactured cleaning cars. The Center Line cars is still one of the best ever made. There have been other cars that use pads or Scotchbrite material that work really well.

Do a forum search.. There have been other good informational threads on track cleaning..

I clean my track by hand and actually enjoy it. My thought is just have one to run around when I am running trains. Like multitasking?

I went ahead and snagged a Postwar edition. The fact that I couldn't find any of the new ones and the one I did find was more expensive than the Postwar version. Made up my mind.