The way the entire frame has been hiked up off the rails, to accommodate the disheartening can motor conversion reminds me of those cheap 1980’s Alco diesels where they crammed a cam motor into a cheap plastic truck and it looked ridiculous. I might purchase one of these sets second hand someday, scrap the can motor conversion adapter plate, install a proper pullmor, and an ACMC PCB for conventional control. The plastic body shell thickness hasn’t actually been reduced. The reason the shells flex, or even squeak, when you pick them up is because they are slightly warped outward and don’t fit the frame snug tight. This gives the perception of thinner material. Nonetheless, nobody would be paranoid to suggest they did make the shells thinner. After all, Lionel did go to the trouble of retooling their Fastrack roadbed to use less plastic on subsequent production runs.
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