Intermountain ES44AC motor

[TMo]

Today's disposable economy strikes even model railroading! I ran into a similar situation with Intermountain when I bought a chassis on ebay last year. I thought maybe Intermountain had some undecorated shells, but there were no spare parts to be had. If I had to guess, they buy direct from China and stock nothing to reduce their overhead. To their credit, their products are super detailed and look sharp.... but you know where looks get you.