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Last time I linked to another forum it got deleted so here is the the way: Go to Big Blue Trains forum, to Scratchbuilding and Kitbashing. There is a thread about rebuilding a Santa Fe 1480 class 4-4-2 at the bottom of the first page.  All you see there fits to the 2-8-0. When remotoring take the largest motor that fits. The Vanderbilt tender can be a problem. If you are lucky you can prey open one end cap. With today's low current can motors a mini-decoder might fit into the locomotive cab or boiler. A speaker might fit into the tender's coal bunker if it is a coal tender. Some Vanderbuilt oil tenders have removable oil bunkers in the coal bunker (especially SP locomotives). As a last resort you can cut open the bottom of the tender where it is not visible. Regards, Volker
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