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There's reasons that the only locos I loan out unsupervised are ones I consider expendable.

Here's one:  These locos don't take well to falling three feet to a concrete floor. 

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Here's another:  The drawbar pins on these locos are grounded, so that an additional ground can be had from the tender.  Given the plastic frames on these things,  this is a necessity.  'Course, if the drawbar pin is shorted out on the track and nobody pays attention, well... 

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Plus the motor was knocked loose... 

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The rear gear plate bolsters were destroyed... 

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And the pilot bolster was snapped off as well. 

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JB Weld was employed to repair the front coupler. 

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The melted off pin was replaced with a screw, and an eye added to the ground wire for extra reliability. 

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An attempt to JB Weld the gear plate bolsters in failed, so I wound up drilling out the frame and installing 4-40 screws. 

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The repaired pilot.  The cracked and bent casting was reinforced with ACC capillaried into the cracks. 

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Pickup shoes reinstalled. 

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Gear plate and drawbar pin screws. 

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JB Welded pilot bolster worked better, and the pilot was duly reinstalled. 

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Boiler casting reinstalled.  

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Chugging along cheerfully!   There are still some intermittent problems with the reverse board,  but it does move fine in both directions. 

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And here's the patient in action!  

Mitch 

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