Big Blue has inspired some purchases

[TMo]

A short update on my CR patched LVRR unit.  The thing had been sputtering and duttering around my layout.  Ran, stopped, ran, slowed down, stopped.  Light sputtered.  Took her apart and looked at connections to the wheels which still looked good and tight.  Tried cleaning up portions of the track that were more tempermental than others - still sputtered.  Then I took a good look at the wheels themselves.  Wouldn't you know it, they were quite dirty.  Ran the Dremel with a wire wheel over each wheel and she is now running like a champ.  It's the little things sometimes!  I think I'll weather it this weekend and add couplers - as much as I like the paint job, it needs to fit into the fleet!

So, here's the prototype beaten look I'm working toward...

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