With all the time on our hands these days I’ve been going through oiling, lubing and running all of my locos. I’d completely forgotten about this Heritage Express 2-6-2 which I did a makeover on many years ago. I lubed and oiled it as it had not been run in probably 10 years or longer. I ran it for about 30 minutes. It ran great! Unlike my other locos that tend to slow down when the go into a curve and speed up on the straight away, this thing is a solid speed the whole way around my track.

Fired it up the next day and nothing! The headlight comes on but the engine does not run. There is no whining noise. Looking at the gears they appear to be all intact. It seems like the motor as froze up!

Has anyone had experience taking this unit apart and replacing the motor? If so, what motor should I replace it with?

Thanks for all your help and suggestions by the way.

Maybe it would help if we knew the manufacturer of that locomotive.

That’s the loco that was made in China under many trade names: Buddy-L for a start, Heritage was another, and Keystone also. Concensus was that it was a sorta copy of a B;mann ten-wheeler.

Here’s an old 2013 thread with some info:

https://forums.mylargescale.com/29-beginner-s-forum/25772-buddy-l-2-6-2-repair.html

Pete Thornton said:

That’s the loco that was made in China under many trade names: Buddy-L for a start, Heritage was another, and Keystone also. Concensus was that it was a sorta copy of a B;mann ten-wheeler.

Here’s an old 2013 thread with some info:

https://forums.mylargescale.com/29-beginner-s-forum/25772-buddy-l-2-6-2-repair.html

You are correct Pete. And I do remember that the general consensus was that it was a copy of the Bachmann 10 wheeler. What I need to figure out is how to get the motor out and what motor I could replace it with. Perhaps a Bachmann 10 wheeler?

What I need to figure out is how to get the motor out and what motor I could replace it with. Perhaps a Bachmann 10 wheeler?

Last time we had a thread like this, we suggested buying a whole new loco on eBay for the chassis ?

I got it working! (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

I read that thread you gave the link for Pete a couple times before I saw that the tender needed to be plugged in in order for the loco to run. I had forgotten that. The thing runs great! And looks a ton better with the paint make over. I also replaced the stack with a spare straight one I had. Like it a lot better. I will post a video shortly.

Here she is

Maybe you should make a tag and stick it to the bottom of the tender to remind you next time to plug in the tender.

David Maynard said:

Maybe you should make a tag and stick it to the bottom of the tender to remind you next time to plug in the tender.

Naw, that would be too easy.

David Maynard said:

Maybe you should make a tag and stick it to the bottom of the tender to remind you next time to plug in the tender.

Put the tag on the top. (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

Don’t unplug the tender just store it complete, that’s how the small scale guys do it to protect their delicate plugs.

GAP said:

Don’t unplug the tender just store it complete, that’s how the small scale guys do it to protect their delicate plugs.

Pretty tough to pick them both up at the same time.

I like the video scenes at 0:34 and 0:54 with train passing the buildings, they are arrangements which look very much like some real life scenes back in the day.