gunrunnerjohn posted:Not all of us are so critical of the China drive design.
Plus really, it could be more accurately named Postwar Lionel GP/F drive. Vertical motor with a worm gear on the motor-shaft driving a jack-shaft housed in the truck-block. Outboard spur-gears and idlers driving gears cast on the backside of the drivers. "Modernized" with the use of DC (permag) can motors. A very mature design simply continued when production moved to....China.