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I have two of the Westside Daylight GS-4's. They've been running well for the past 20 years with very little maintenance. The boiler front comes off with very little effort. It's just snug fit. The boiler weight comes off with two screws. When I had my engines apart I installed directional constant lighting which took all of about 30 minutes and added another depth of realism to the model. The engines were built in Japan by one of the most respected builders of brass locomotives. The KTM motors draw a lot of current and often take extra power to get moving. A re-motor with a can motor will work wonders for the operation of the engine. With the motor disengaged from the gear box turn the drive shaft at the gear box and determine if the mechanism itself is not binding. It should turn freely and easily. A good cleaning and relube of the chassis never hurts. You're not going to find a much more reliable or well made engine than the KTM engines from Westside. Once you have the engine operating to your satisfaction you will have hours of trouble free enjoyment. Westide offered this model in both factory painted Daylight and unpainted. The factory paint was put on rather thick, but still the continuity of the electricity and the smoothness of the engine was just as superb whether painted or unpainted. The design with the ground going through the drawbar to the tender with six tender wheels supplying the contact to the track provides a very good ground. Likewise, the engine lead trucks, drivers, and trailing trucks picking up the power works very well. The best built models coming from Japan and Korea have used this system since the late 50's with great success. I would much rather work on a well built brass loco than some of the die cast or plastic boilered engines currently being sold. The brass boilers come off the chassis in one piece, usually held with two screws at the cab and one more at the lead truck, and the motor and running mechanism is then completely exposed for work.
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