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@rplst8 posted:

Nothing stopping one from turning off the smoke and sound and running anything from MTH conventionally.

As for being more “repairable” if all you’re interested in is conventional operation, it’s simple to rip out a fried controller board and install a reversing unit and a rectifier.

I have some conventional MTH/LCT tinplate and some PS-2.  The type of control depended on what was available when I found the item - still not really sure which one I prefer.  My original thinking was that it would be easier to find parts for a conventional loco, but I've come to doubt that.  Since the PS versions use can motors, which seem to be robust, reliable, and common, @rplst8 makes an excellent point about a way to recover if the expensive electronics go south.  Then there's that pesky problem of chewing up gears...

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