PECO launches precision lubricant and servicing kit for model trains
PECO’s PT64 pen-lube and PT71 servicing kit target the messy part of upkeep: precise oiling, cleaner gears and fewer over-lubed locomotives.
PECO has gone after one of the most common maintenance mistakes in the hobby: putting too much oil in the wrong place. The company’s new PT64 Power-Lube Plus replaces the older PL64 Pecolectrics Power Lube, and the new PT71 PECO Tools Servicing Kit bundles that lubricant with the tools needed to use it properly.
The PT64 comes in a pen-style dispenser with a fine metal applicator nozzle, which is exactly the sort of setup that makes sense on a locomotive with tight gear towers, small bearing points and awkward access under a body shell. PECO says the new bottle carries a greater volume of oil than its predecessor, so it is aimed at modelers who maintain more than one engine and do not want to burn through a tiny bottle after a few sessions at the bench.
That matters because the real problem in routine servicing is not finding oil, it is controlling it. A light touch keeps mechanisms running smoothly, helps avoid noise and wear, and keeps older models in traffic longer. A heavy hand does the opposite, turning clean gears into grime magnets and leaving excess oil where it should never have been in the first place.
The PT71 kit turns that idea into a compact maintenance package. PECO says it includes Power Lube Plus, a wheel cleaning brush and scraper, and a locomotive servicing cradle. The company lists the kit as suitable for 00/H0, N and many narrow-gauge locomotives, while the cradle itself is described as suitable for all scales and gauges. That makes the setup useful whether you are working on a compact tank engine, a small N gauge diesel or a larger piece of motive power that needs both hands free for the job.
This is not PECO’s first pass at the idea. The company’s product lineup shows the older PL-64 Power Lube and PL-71 Locomotive Servicing Kit as earlier PECOlectrics items, and retailers describe the new PT71 as a replacement for PL71 that also includes PT64. In other words, this is a refresh of a familiar maintenance concept, not a reinvention of it.
PECO itself has the kind of backstory that gives a release like this some weight. The company says it commenced trading in 1946 and is now in its third generation. That long run shows up here in a very PECO way: solve the small, annoying job that every model railroader knows too well, and make it easier to do without making a mess.
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