You're right Michael, I can't believe the advice(?!?) in that paragraph. Take the trucks off and throw the Weaver body away?? Oh I know, America's such a big country it's more sensible to throw stuff away, even good models 'cos the would-be O-scalers, maybe coming up from HO, are too far away or not reading the right forum, or ....
I'll stop now. 3-rail can be such a different hobby.
Jason