Just in case anyone is interested in what I did on this locomotive, here's the story. Unfortunately, some house projects came up and vacation so that's why it took me so long to get back to this.
I definitely was taking the advice of the forum and keeping the weight. After thinking about a plan of action I decided to buy a piece of steel from HD and mount it to the weight. I drilled and tapped holes in the steel so that the factory MTH screws would fit into it. Here's a pic of the weight tapped for two 2-56 screws and a picture of the steel. Where you see the four holes I messed up. The first holes were too far to the edge and the shell would not fit on. It was hitting the battery. I'm glad with PS3 installations there are no battery and no charging port.
