Thanks for the information.  I will look thru the old post about cleaning and lubricating trains.  I still have the itch to run 20 feet of train track in the basement.

Hello every one I just found this message board and thought I would start getting educated on model trains.  Me and my 2 kids just started playing with my old trains from the 70's again.  The old engines I have can only pull 3 to 5 cars.  I do not have any dcc equipment will any Bachmann  GP-38 engine do for pulling that kind of load?  I think I saw on ebay 60 to 120 dollars when I searched gp-38.  The cars and engines I have are all HO.

Thanks

James