@Lou1985 posted:The overreaction here is ridiculous. Just because exact replacement electronics aren't available doesn't mean that your locomotives, equipped with those electronics, are going to stop working tomorrow. They could last 10 years or longer from now. Just run your trains. If they break then worry about fixing them. Most people probably don't even run their stuff long enough to actually get it to a point of failure, so their equipment will probably outlast them.
I beg to differ in most cases……the QA has been dismal. Check some of the (review sites) Things can fail even repairing a smoke unit.. pinching wires etc. I will keep everything - I think will be reliable. All the rest will be disposed of one way or another. New purchases from Lionel are over.
I will pick and choose what to keep using OGR as my guide in some cases. Reading stories of stripped gears and other horrors will help in determining things to keep. I’ll buy parts online when people are selling them. Instead of buying anything new. If I don’t have that part in my vast parts inventory.
This way I can play with what I keep,. Until, I’m pushing up the daisies like John said..
