Shop model train motors and motor parts for sale for repairing, rebuilding, restoring, or repowering locomotives. Find complete motor assemblies along with armatures, brushes, brush plates, field coils, flywheels, motor mounts, housings, and other replacement components for trains from different scales and eras.
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When a locomotive stops running properly, the repair can range from replacing a worn motor component to installing an entire motor assembly. Model train motor designs vary considerably by manufacturer, scale, locomotive, and era, so identifying the original motor and determining which component has failed are important steps before choosing a replacement.
Trainz carries motors and motor components spanning generations of model trains, including vintage prewar and postwar equipment as well as later and modern locomotives. Changing inventory can include new and pre-owned motors, original parts, reproductions, new old stock, discontinued components, and hard-to-find pieces for older locomotive repairs and restorations.
A complete motor or motor assembly can replace most or all of the original drive motor when it is badly worn, damaged, missing, or when a locomotive is being repowered. Depending on the design, an assembly may include additional components already attached to the motor.
When the original motor can be repaired, individual components may provide a more targeted solution. Replacement parts can include armatures, motor brushes, brush plates, field coils, flywheels, mounts, housings, springs, bearings, and other motor components, depending on the motor design.
Not every motor uses the same parts. Traditional open-frame and field-wound motors found in many older trains are constructed differently from enclosed can-style motors and other designs used in newer locomotives.
Scale alone does not determine motor compatibility. Check the manufacturer, locomotive model, original part number, motor dimensions, mounting arrangement, shaft configuration, drive connection, and electrical requirements whenever possible.
For individual components, identify the motor itself as closely as possible. An armature, brush plate, field coil, or motor mount may fit only a particular motor or family of locomotives even when similar parts look nearly identical.
Older trains can require components that have been out of regular production for decades. Original service diagrams and part numbers can be especially helpful when identifying motors and components for prewar, postwar, and other vintage locomotives.
Depending on the motor, replaceable components can include armatures, brushes, brush plates, field coils, flywheels, mounts, housings, springs, bearings, and other parts.
A motor is the component that produces rotational power, while a motor assembly may include the motor along with mounts, flywheels, brackets, wiring, or other attached components.
Often, yes, when a compatible complete motor or motor assembly is available. Whether replacement or repair makes more sense depends on the locomotive and condition of the original motor.
Not generally. Size, mounting, shaft configuration, electrical requirements, and drivetrain connections can vary even between locomotives of the same scale.
Trainz offers motors and motor parts across many eras, with changing inventory that can include prewar, postwar, vintage, pre-owned, new old stock, discontinued, and hard-to-find replacement components.
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