[jonnyfivesalive]

Hi all, i went into my local Antics to buy a peco turnout yesterday and was surprised to see the dapol track cleaner sat on the shelf. I had already read your comments and also those of tomix 'n' guage owners and thought on the spur of the moment i would have one, although i am in the middle of constructing my layout and all the track is brand new, so it probably won't be required anytime soon. If i have time over the weekend i will be taking it apart to fit a TCS decoder. As i am new to this I will attempt to take some macro photograpths of the interior and post them on this feed. I hope they will be of interest to somebody. Obvoiusly a review of the cleaning capabilities will be limited to its vacuuming as i have already said my layout is both new and not complete. Must say first impressions, is why have Dapol chosen the bluey purple colour scheme. Will attempt a respray asap in keeping with my weathered hornby crane etc (Maintence colours)!!

Dave

 

[jonnyfivesalive]

Hi Neil. Yes the DCC controls the speed of the motor and its direction of spin. A loco is required to push it or pull it around. In vacuum mode the tractive effort required from the loco is very low. When using the polishing and abrasive heads there is a little more resistance but nothing my bachmann 08 can't handle. I have noticed that the unit tends to move on its own when on level track so reversing the spin of the motor infact made it change direction, however I am sure this is not intentional and a loco is definitely required.