Jim,
Nice purchase good luck with your set. This is the second time this weekend I have been reminded how nice the K-Line scale steamers were. On Saturday at my club the DSRC a fellow member brought in several engines to test before he sells them off as he is trying to downsize his collection. One of them was a K-Line Scale PRR USRA Mikado with TMCC. He said he had not run it for years (about 10) because the bell came off and he did not want to lose it. Well I addressed the engine using the clubs CAB2 and it started up and ran like a champ. I had the same engine but gave it to a club friend when we moved to Maryland. Mine had a bent foot board on the pilot as it was dropped when out getting repaired and I had plenty of trains to move so I decided to give it to a fellow club member (BDSME). Now I am thinking of making the guy I was testing the engines once he decides a price to sell it for. The engine passed the test run smoked, ran and sounded great (terrific whistle). We tested about 10 engines and 9 passed the only one to fail was a MTH Premire Reading T-1 PS2 engine. Most likely a dead battery so it will get a make up test soon. I also have a K-Line Postwar K4 that is in a display cabinet as I do have two Legacy K4s (same exact engine but with Legacy),
JohnB
