I've never included brake shoes. I'll have to think about that. Their are 3 pickup rollers on this loco. Each tender truck has a roller and photos of those trucks were posted on another thread https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...ller-in-tight-places. There is one pickup roller under the locomotive rear driver. I used an Atlas diesel roller. They are the shortest roller I know of.
The engine is a good runner. I tested it several times during the building process. I can't run it now because our club layout is closed. Hopefully the city will allow us to reopen soon. I'll take some video once we get back in
David O'Connor
Angeles Gate HiRailers