In the true spirit of the hobby, I still haven't finished that particular unit but I have done some work on one of my UP SD70ACes. I swapped out the lobster claw for a Kadee #746 and fixed the pilot using two pieces of 1/16" Evergreen styrene cut to the shape of the steps. It's not perfect since it's just traced and cut by hand. I also used a single piece of styrene to fill the gap around the coupler. Thankfully the Scalecoat UP Harbor Mist is a pretty close match to the shade Lionel used, plus one day I'll weather the locomotive. Next step is full length hand rails. Just fixing the pilot makes a huge difference though, especially when coupled to a Lionel ES44 with the kinematic pilot.
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