It's great to read about someone who has his methodology down-pat. How many of us have unfinished projects languishing in boxes hidden away?
My forays into traction were a G-Mark plastic kit with a home-made power truck using an HO motor/gears, a wooden boxcab electric with a filed-down Lionel pantograph on an Atlas switcher chassis, and a roof/sides/floor for a Milwaukee 800 streetcar.
I wonder if I should finish them off? I'm only a couple of decades (minus a day) behind Mr Hoffman.