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[OBJack]

This may seem a bit weird at first sight, but I will press on regardless and see what tarnspires.

I was given this Hornby Loco by my next door neighbor (who had only been there a few months and was relocating again), who said he had been carting this "thing" around with him for ever, and seeing as it would not go and he had not unpacked it for years, would I like to have it.

After attaching a few wires cleaning the motor and a little grease on the gears, and she is now up and running.

However I would like to run it on the layout which is DCC.

So

Is this motor suitable to hardwire a simple or even a sound decoder to.
http://www.modeltrains.net.au/hornby/ser...sheetid=34
Or do I buy a "can?" motor and start from scratch?

I know it would probably be cheaper to buy the same thing new but it wouldn't be the same would it?

Jack