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I'd agree with the suggestion of adding a pair of SPUDs or similar powered trucks, assuming repairing the original drive system doesn't work - this would leave space for sound and DCC as suggested, you could also fit a cab interior. Fill all the other available space with ballast and you'll have a smooth-running switcher that will pull anything you can couple to it (and I mean anything!) <br /> <br />I had a Hornby 0-4-0 meet a similar fate when I was about 8 or 9 - younger bro trod on it and broke the chimney off, I hung on to the surviving parts and last year was able to rebuild it with a new bodyshell and frame bought from a spares supplier, now has pride of place on the shelf even if it is a bit like the old hammer of legend (three new heads and four new handles, same hammer...)
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