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I recently purchased a second hand athearn GP-9 off ebay in the hopes of repainting it to match the custom New Haven GP-9 my father had put together some 15 years ago. So I receive the item which was pretty much new in the box but had undoubtedly sat somewhere for a while so i put it on the track hit the gas and nothing happens. No movement whatsoever, but the cab light does shine incredibly well so the unit must be getting some juice. So I pull the cover off to inspect the insides and with my limited knowledge of the inner workings of the engine I'm not quite sure what the problem is. it appears the strip of metal is making contact with boths of the metals leads on the trucks. It is a brass flywheel engine but when I hit the gas nothing on the motor spins, no noise no nothing. could it be a dead motor or maybe a bad connection? is it possible to ground out the motor? if so how do i fix that or should I just save myself some trouble and by a replacement motor. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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