If you like the loco, I would say it's worth it. I doubt you fried the motor. You'll need to buy a full suite of circuit boards, including some kind of steam sound board. I would leave all of your LED's, the smoke generator, speaker, etc., in place for now. You will have to insulate the tender shell from the frame, as this loco has no TMCC "antenna." Honestly if you haven't done an upgrade like this, I would consider letting one of the experts handle it. If you're not careful, you could "zap" the ERR board, and then you'd be out another $100-$150. My $.02.
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