Norm, I'm watching your progress with great anticipation. I bought one of these beasts in ATSF paint, used, several years ago to nominally represent an EJ&E Baldwin DT 6-6-2000. It's been lying around in pieces awaiting a paint remover that works. I can't find any 91% alcohol and brake fluid didn't to work, so now I'm trying Purple Power. We'll see...
I removed all the PRR antennae, etc, and need to install ERR since the MTH PS guts blew up when I put power to it. Once I get the paint off I'll begin the rest of the process.