Looks to be a great read. Cant wait for the article on the F3’s.
Got mine too. great timing consitering I got a pair of postwar santa fe F3s for christmas! 
The mailman delivered mine today. [8D]
Congratulations Roger B. for the layout photo and Michigan David for the how-to-do. [tup]
Got mine.
Congrats Roger B.
Liked the grout idea…
Mine is here already !!!
[tup]
Mine came today too. Postman must have been really busy getting from Buckeye’s place to Gettysburg in one day [swg]
Mitch
I noticed in the “Collectible Classics” feature that Roger Carp attributed the cracking around Train Master screw holes to too-small plastic shells. I would think that that would produce cracks not just at the screw holes. In any case, my 2321’s shell is obviously too large for the chassis, not too small; and its cracks, such as they are, are due to the screws’ pulling the plastic shell inward. This is fortunate, since there is therefore an easy fix to prevent (further) cracking: washers between the shell and the chassis bracket.
[:(!]Argh I have to wait until at least Monday!!!
Great suggestion. I am amazed at your knowledge of “earlier” Lionel engines as well as electrical “how dos”. I have purchased some “earlier” Lionel engines there were, what looked like hollow rivits inserted in the shell where the screws went through. Was it an attempt to prevent cracking or does it have another purpose?
Good evening all,
Mine came as well. Good to see them getting back to writing about the old trains again as well as the new ones.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hey, just saw our own Pete V has a pic on page #18 [tup], with a future article to come…now who would’ve thunk that…[;)]
Chief wrote " I have purchased some “earlier” Lionel engines there were, what looked like hollow rivits inserted in the shell where the screws went through. Was it an attempt to prevent cracking or does it have another purpose? "
I noticed these also when repairing some MPC era engines. The sleeves are spacers to prevent pressure on the shell and cracking. The sleeve takes the screw pressure instead of the shell.
We got ours back on Friday. It’s proving to be a great distraction from my AP English homework I have over Christmas Break (have to read Taming of the Shrew). Haven’t had a chance to look at it in depth yet, but I look forward to the stories on the F-3s and two layouts. I’m thinking those will be a better read than Taming of the Shrew, lol.
I’m thinking Act 4, Scene 5, and lol.