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That's good to hear, speaking as someone who removed the overhang on a pair of Athearn F7As (The Lehigh Valley special edition of a few years ago). As others may or may not know, the real locos (576 and 578) were repainted former C&NW Phase 2 F7As, so the Athearn body is strictly speaking incorrect as it has the side skirts over the fuel tanks and the overhang at the non-cab end. I trimmed off the overhangs and painted the skirts black to disguise them - I can't remove them as they hold the bodyshell onto the chassis! Also, the fuel tanks are not correctly shaped behind them.
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