Has anyone on this board remotored an old Rivarossi Cab forward 4-8-8-2 engine? I'm told that there were several people that have done it using the directions from the web site "Micro-loco-motion.com". I contacted him about the directions but he said since those remotoring jobs were done 5 years ago, he no longer has copies of those directions. He said several people did the modification and someone may have a copy yet.

Is there a treatment that will help to preserve the zinc weights found in the old Rivarossi Cab Forward steam engines. I read of someone that used a treatment of that metal somewhere on the internet, but don't remember where I read it or what he did. I have two of these engines, in one of them the zinc weight looks like it is just starting to deteriate.

I recently bought a Bachmann long haul tender off Ebay and would like to get a look at the inside of it. I got the front off and can see a screw about midway down the tender, but can't reach it with a screwdriver. Can anyone help me with this.
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