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Does anyone have an experienced operating opinion on the DC motors that came with the Weaver 2R Brass locomotives?  There is one up for sale and I wanted to know if I would end up replacing the motor when I got it?  Seller indicates it runs, but I wanted to put DCC in and wondered if I should factor in the price of a new replacement motor.  I have never owned a Weaver 2R brass loco.  Thanks

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I pulled a Chinese motor out of a Williams J, and somehow lost it.  I regret that - my J no longer goes at passenger train speed.

Sometimes gears are matched to motor speed.  Different motors have vastly different speed characteristics.

The MTH Diesels I maintained for the club routinely made it ten years of daily operation.  The weak point is the bronze armature bearing closest to the worm.  We would eat up three sets of axle gears and a worm well before a motor failure.

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