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I scored an MTH PRR K4s from eBay. PS/2. According to the eBay listing, it was never run. It's a 147th Bloomsburg Fair commemorative something or other from 2000. The guy I bought it from sent the "official" paper work, but not the original box.
I would think that if it is so collectable that it has never been run, he would have the original box. But whatever, that's just me. I have no shelf queens. If I own it, it gets used, so I'm not worried about any collector value that it may have. I just want a K4s to pull my Madison passenger consist.
I put it on the tracks. Powered it up. Hit the start-up button.
POP!!



Smoke poured out from every crevasse that it could find around the boiler. I immediately removed it from the tracks, but I think it's too late.
Upon removing the shell, my suspicion was confirmed. It's a 5v board - well, it was a 5v board, now it's a dead board.
When these caps explode, do they usually take something else with them? What are the odds of me replacing the caps and this thing working perfectly?
- OR -
Should I just get a PS/3 board installed and spend the time building my layout?
I put it on the tracks. Powered it up. Hit the start-up button.
POP!!
Smoke poured out from every crevasse that it could find around the boiler. I immediately removed it from the tracks, but I think it's too late.
Upon removing the shell, my suspicion was confirmed. It's a 5v board - well, it was a 5v board, now it's a dead board.
When these caps explode, do they usually take something else with them? What are the odds of me replacing the caps and this thing working perfectly?
- OR -
Should I just get a PS/3 board installed and spend the time building my layout?