I blew up a motor (partially on purpose) on an MTH 2-8-0. Also, I have an MTH Rugged Rails F3 (the tiny one from the RTR sets) that came in a B&O Freight starter set circa 2004. The pick up rollers literally disintegrated from near constant running over the years. That engine has mileage some where, IIRC, in the 4K scale mile range and may be pushing, if not past, 5K miles. Did I mention the rollers were my only issue with the engine and has been running strong well before I put new rollers under it and well after (ok, ok...maybe the battery and headlight bulb were changed along the way but that doesn't count)? This tiny little bugger is a dual motored, PS2 equipped engine that is one of, if not the most reliable engine I've ever had. Most of its running has been at home although it has been run quite heavily and hard on National Capital Tracker display layouts over the years.
Not so sure that qualifies but I think it says something about the quality of that engine.
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