@superwarp1 posted:Well, I've never seen a board failure due to age, yet. Knock on wood. Only issue are the traces leading from the power connector to the full wave bridge rectifier, which I just solder direct now.
Well then I guess you are lucky. I just see no benefit to it. An engine with ERR, Johns products, LEDs, and all the gadgets you can think of will out perform an EOB locomotive all day long. No doubt EOB has some good features including the chuff adjustment and the speed control features. But if I am going to take a formerly conventional locomotive and put tmcc in it, why would I install EOB (Extremely Obsolete Boards)