Note the hole in the bottom of the loco. This would make adding the drawbar to a loco a challenge beyond my ability.
Also. MTH sells drawbars in packs of 3 different lengths. I don't know if that is to accomodate different radii, or because they will fail. I don't think they wil fail, if you put them on the track and leave them, but I've had mine off the track repeatedly this Christmas.
You have to take care to really connect the tender. It's a bit of a chore getting your fingers in the right spot, at first. I didn't connect it well twice. The first time it ran a few feet, sparked and took out my rear marker lights. The second time it stalled as far under Mt Crumpett as you can go. No discernable damage, although I don't get any shutdown noises when I power down. I'm glad I raised the tunnel 2 more inches this year, or it would have been hours of dissasembly.
An odd aside. Note I have a 45 DRAWR. Per MTH that's a 45mm drawbar. This loco has a min radii of O54. O72 if I want to raise the plate you see above the drawbar. The MTH 3 pack contains a 30, 35 and 40 mm bar. Not sure what radii. or tender boiler design you would need to run with a 30 mm bar.
