Gidday, A case of “Catch 22” . I have a Proto 2000 Heritage 2-10-2 that broke the tender drawbar, the tender and associated wiring was attached, in what I considered was adequately wrapped and protected in foam. I was Wrong. [:$] Now it and my other tender engines travel in their original boxes. The downfall of this is that the wiring plugs and harness have to be disconnected and reconnected each time which, as I considered that they are too small to be robust, I was originally trying to avoid, so back to the drawing board for me.[sigh]
I sometimes wonder that with the fine detail that I am exceeding “design capabilities” in that these locomotives were to be placed on a layout and left there??
Apart from photos I’m not familiar with the "A-Line Totes so will not comment.
Here’s some links to some similar threads, just to confuse the issue…[*-)]
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/213991/2348869.aspx#2348869
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/213642.aspx?sort=ASC&pi314=1
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/199495/2179000.aspx#2179000
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/195449/2134817.aspx#2134817
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/195449/2134817.aspx#2134817
Cheers, the Bear.