A great find. The grey paint on the cab mounting screw and the black paint on the coupler suggest an amateur attempt of repaint, so whether you keep the existing paint job or strip repaint again is up to you. I'd replace the wheels and not try to get any more mileage out those zinc-pest damaged wheels. Rewiring should be straight forward. The existing wiring has to go, but the connections are probably correct, so replacing wiring should be pretty straight forward. Treat yourself to all brand-new shiny fasteners and ditch all that rusty stuff. As for the broken pickup plate, wheels, any missing trim, paint etc. I'd recommend Henning's trains and Jeff Kane at Train Tender. Standard Gauge can be addictive. You already mentioned pre-war, so you probably know. I hope you'll be looking for some 500 series freight cars to pull with that #10 soon.
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