I’ve done that a couple of times. My favorite was an old HO scale GP9 I found at a swap meet for a few bucks. It was filthy, the paint was chipped, and one of the handrails was missing. The motor wouldn’t even turn over.
I stripped it down, cleaned the gears, replaced the motor brushes, and rewired it. While I was at it, I touched up the paint and added some light weathering to make it look like it had seen years of service.
The first time I saw it crawl smoothly around the layout, I couldn’t stop grinning. There’s just something special about bringing a “lost cause” back to life.
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