I’m no expert Pete, and thank you!..a lot of what I’ve done, and what’s been done on this very thread is thanks to your insight, so again, many thanks.....as far as the Kline Hudson, beautiful, if not the most stunning diecast model of a J1e.....not that it doesn’t have its flaws, obviously, but I’ve done some work on these models to improve their performance.....I have swapped the forward facing motor in one build with a small Pittman, and it did indeed improve its performance, but still lacked in overall pull of a heavy consist ( even on O81 ) ......so I took a second Kline Hudson, and looked at swapping in a MTH chassis....it took some fab work to make this happen, but the result was a lot more satisfying then the previous build....with the MTH chassis, I went full ERR, fan smoke, and GRJ’s super chuffer and chuff generator.....probably this build is my finest J1 class I’ve built, strong as a stump puller, 4 chuffs, fan smoke, and can easily handle 10-12 heavyweights with out peaking the CC.....on the other hand, the smaller front facing Pittman will now handle 5-6 heavyweights and does ok....so that one, and the stone stock Kline ( I have 3 altogether) just see commuter duty, or a second section without as many cars....
Pat
