Thanx George, for the reassembly tips. Good to know. Of course, I cannot budge, that is, lay a screwdriver to this unit, until the springs arrive. BTW, Here's something I have been thinking about for the last few days: If it wasn't for my hobby, I don't know how I would have gotten thru these past few weeks (ok, few months) "sheltering in place" during this nasty Coronavirus thing. Being a Type A, I would have gone nuts a long time ago.
I live in Florida, now the nation's COVID-19 Petri dish. Just yesterday, this thing infected over 15,000 people here in Florida alone, and in Manatee County where I live (Bradenton, just south of Tampa/St Pete), we now have well over 4000 cases. My point: It's really healthy to be staying home with my trains!
BTW, my wife calls my hobby "The Other Woman". So, when the phone rings, and it's for me, she says, "He's out back with the other woman". I've told her a thousand times, "Model railroading is not a hobby, it's a disease!" But she still just doesn't get it. To be sure, it is at least a mild addiction: I'm 77, and have been "playin trains" since I got my first Lionel train at five years old. Well, at least it keeps me young...at heart.
