As Bob's customer on this, one more aspect: to get the trailing truck to work smoothly on my roughly 32" (O-64) minimum mainline radius, I had to cover the motor carefully and hog out a bit more material with a grinding stone under the cab. Bob replied with an electronic cringe when informed of this. Otherwise it arrived in completely ready to operate condition (on DC). I have to do the TMCC/ERRCo installation to get the final result, and that is the next installation on my list. The chief mechanic moves slowly around here 
Having this berk converted to operate on my C&NW Lines was a dream for some years before this came to pass. Now it can "enjoy" the same mainline privileges it had on the prototype: no more than 35 mph because it was so poorly balanced it tore up track structure, cracked its own frame, etc. The crew assigned to an all-rail ore job on the Galena division will have to stay out of the way of all other traffic!
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