06-12-2011, 01:41 PM
Hi Jonte, I've got to admit that I'm not certain what it is, how old is the loco, do you happen to know?
Roco , for many years produced a series of electric motors that were fully enclosed (a bit like the modern day Mashima motors), they had no carbon brushes you could exchange, they were supposed to last a very long time (thousands of hours) , and then you'd swap the entire motor. They did produce a few open frame motors, like the one in your loco. They all had skew wound armatures, like your motor (this had better magnetic performance, and therefore the motor was stronger, and smoother) has too. However, the flywheels put me off. Roco did initially not install flywheels in many smaller locos, they had little effect at that size, later , more due to marketing pressure than a technical one, they did... Can you see the worm wheel, or any of the other gears? The gears used to be red and white in many roco engines.
It all actually looks more modern than those Roco engines would be if I'm honest, and this could well be an Atlas build, be it chinese or other. Perhaps someone else knows?
In any case, if it is confirmed what it is (does it say anywhere where it was build, on the box, or somewhere on a plastic part?) Atlas still provides spare parts for many of their locos (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?Cc=ALLPARTS">https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?Cc=ALLPARTS</a><!-- m --> ) , should you need any, but I'd start with cleaning everything out as best you can. A bit of air to blow away any carbon dust from the motor if there is any, it looks pretty clean on this picture though...
Koos
Roco , for many years produced a series of electric motors that were fully enclosed (a bit like the modern day Mashima motors), they had no carbon brushes you could exchange, they were supposed to last a very long time (thousands of hours) , and then you'd swap the entire motor. They did produce a few open frame motors, like the one in your loco. They all had skew wound armatures, like your motor (this had better magnetic performance, and therefore the motor was stronger, and smoother) has too. However, the flywheels put me off. Roco did initially not install flywheels in many smaller locos, they had little effect at that size, later , more due to marketing pressure than a technical one, they did... Can you see the worm wheel, or any of the other gears? The gears used to be red and white in many roco engines.
It all actually looks more modern than those Roco engines would be if I'm honest, and this could well be an Atlas build, be it chinese or other. Perhaps someone else knows?
In any case, if it is confirmed what it is (does it say anywhere where it was build, on the box, or somewhere on a plastic part?) Atlas still provides spare parts for many of their locos (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?Cc=ALLPARTS">https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?Cc=ALLPARTS</a><!-- m --> ) , should you need any, but I'd start with cleaning everything out as best you can. A bit of air to blow away any carbon dust from the motor if there is any, it looks pretty clean on this picture though...
Koos
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