operating your trains is very entertaining. dirty track is an entertainment stopper. One periododically has to stop clear areas of track and start cleaning. Woodland Scenics has designed a great working system of track cleaning. The
maintenance pads do great when used on a regular basis. However after the the layout sits not operated for a long period of time you need the resque pads that are more coarse to remove the thicker oxidation. Once again you have clean track and then just need to use the Maintenance pads before the track becomes real bad again.
The moral to this review Tidy track maintenance pads aren't entertaining by them selves but contribute to a lot of clean running track for a lot of entertaining train operating