The K-Line motor was an incredibly small cheapo motor. It had to be small; putting it behind the cylinders was quite confining, even though the boiler was unwrapped at that point. It should have lasted about as long as it did.
We had one eat the axle gear. At the time one of the museum members had a gear cutting setup, and he made a new gear. K-Line had some very good ideas, but they should have hired an O Scale locomotive builder to help out with some of these engineering fiascos. Opinion.
