@RickO posted:Well, in all fairness to Lionel. The "parts" come from complete locomotives that are disassembled stateside.
If a complete loco can be delivered to the purchaser with defective parts, certainly the "parts loco" can.
"Why doesn't Lionel test for defective parts?" ..... I guess for the same reason they don't test for a defective loco
They really disassemble locos for parts? Why not just get the parts from the builder? Seems like a very stupid business model.