Pulled my Hiawatha out of storage (wrapped in a towel, not in the foam box) two weeks ago for a test run. Stalled immediately with swelled (zinc rot) drivers binding. Flanges disintegrated when I tried to regauge the wheels to gain clearance.
Guess I have a shelf queen since parts (apparently) are not available. May try to put the shell on another Hudson chassis, but I have many other repair priorities ahead of this Proto-1 loco.
FWIW, I pulled a dozen locos out to run a this season's shows, and experienced a 50% failed-to-run rate on modern locos. I'm beginning to think the modern manufactured stuff should have a "best used by" date on the box. Grrrr.
John