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Reply to "This is the part I don't like about repairing trains. UPDATED 8/11, Final chapter 8/12"

Last week a young enthusiast and his mom came to my shop. In hand was a fairly new Lionel Lionchief / bluetooth  ES44 diesel engine. Only ran a few times since new. Popped the shell and I got a surprise! The 2 motors are like the light duty handcar motor. My first thought was the circuit board. Put some leads from muli-tester. Nope, getting voltage from the socket for the motors. Wiring looked good, so checked the motors with a ohm reading.  Both of them with open circuit. No good. Checked Lionel's website. Motors are not available.

 The young lad and mom were waiting and broke the news. Both motors burn't out, and no replacements available. needless to say both were extremely disappointed. The set was gifted to him. Now I told them, it may be only be temporary out of stock, or the motors may never be available again.

It is this type of situation that tends to turn first time customers return or forget about the hobby.IMG_0426IMG_0427  

A lot of great discussion concerning Lionel and their sets and various motor issues.

I believe we need to get back to the issue at hand,  are there drop in motors available to repair this engine?

If so where can they be obtained so Chuck can repair this engine - even if its with the same scrap DC motors.

There are some real experts on this Forum who can answer this question to some degree.

Lets see if we can as a group get the job done.

Chuck, 

Do you have better photos of the motors in question and their part numbers?

Do you have a photo of the motor out of the engine so we can see the spur gear?

It would be a good start in hunting something down. 

Last edited by Allegheny

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