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I had to replace the frames and wheels on my Lionel STD Gauge stuff the nasty "Zinc Pest" warped them until they started to crumble. MTH made repo frames when they were still in business

Yes @krautmaster : the zinc pest - la pourriture du Zinc in French - is a problem on vintage Model Train engines...

I had to replace the whole machinery on my Spanish 1944 PAYA #1105 NORTE, because the wheels, the gears started to suffer, altering the running of the engine. At left the old, at right the new machinery :

The job once done :

Conversely, my 30's two LIONEL 249E and 262E shows no such zinc pest issue - fortunately :

Yes. Many of my friends who have large collections of items from JEP (Le Jouet de Paris), LR (Louis Roussy / Le Rapide) or HORNBY had also to replace - and sometimes have to machine - wheels or structrural elements...

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