Beware of new-in-box reissued accessories. It took me over 30 years to convince my wife to let me put a layout in the house. I had new items in storage and two were DOA just from sitting in the box un-used for decades. My reissued culvert loader was dead since the motherboard died simply sitting in the box. The electronics are not available so I had to buy another one. My reissued 456-R coal ramp will not release the car from the coupler since the electronics also died while in storage. I had other reissued accessories that had o-rings in the gearbox that were under tension for years and were no longer round. These units are not intended to be serviced, or if they are, replacement parts are seldom available. I had to clean out old lubricant from almost every item and "monkey" with them to get them to work. Looking back, since I generally got things to operate, the process was fun, albeit time-consuming. My biggest gripe is about units that decayed while new and in storage - that I was not expecting. So, just because you buy a new item, doesn't mean that it will work after sitting for so long. Be careful.
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