@DarrellR posted:I could not resist jumping in on the JB Weld comment:
See my web page, https://oscaledeadrail.com/202...lionel-h-7-2-8-8-2/, for converting a Lionel H-7 (beautiful model!) to 2-Rail and Dead-Rail, including cutting down and insulating the drivers (and filling in the traction grooves).
HOLY COW! That looks like a ton of work to make it all work! That's some serious mechanical skills exhibited there!