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Hi Kevin, the comment about battery power was for Dave, he likes it I don't. The reason is I like to run my trains for long periods of time. You are correct the motor mount pull tab is under the boiler but it is a wise idea to remove the pick up brushes and springs and expose the wires to the pick ups so that they don't get broken. As I said you should change the springs for the pick up brushes, correcr again, the ones that rub against the wheels. The wells were origionally used to hold lead weights, which appeared in early production models, I think only the Chesse version. It is aa good idea to add weight to improve traction to most locomotives. Lionel's supply of the lead weights that they manufactured are long gone. It's has been a while but I think they are agout 2" sq. by about 1 1/2'" deep infront of and behind the motor. Right out of the box, they run very well, but like all things made by man they tend to ware out in places. They are no better or worse than any mass produced loco, they all have their quirks. Lionel is difficult to do business with at best unless you go for the program that they sauggest. Their parts book is aroung $200.00 and most dealers forgo the expense, like me but there is an after market parts book from Greenberg's (pub.) that has a description and drawing of some of their "G" scale productgs with part numbers. Lionel publishes a parts catalog of on hand parts once a year. Working with both of these will allow you to find parts. Last time I ordered couplers, they were out of stock, so I ordered the parts to make couplers and started making couplers. My intention was to help, not belittle your purchase, If you like it, buy it, with a little help from the folks here and at other boards you can make almost any loco a better loco. Try this page for more information: http://www.girr.org/girr/index.html <br />Also check at some live chats: http://www.largescalecentral.com and http://www.mylargescale.com/ <br />I hope I have answered your questions, best wishes, Tom <br />ps there are several ways to contact me listed feel free to do so, I keep my IM accounts open all the time so as to receive messages while away, if you get no response leave your e-mail or phone # <br />
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