Using brake fluid to remove paint?

[RobertInOntario]

Ron:
Denatured alcohol from any good drugstore. Find out which one: you may have methyl hydrate, methylated spirits, or they may call it wood alcohol. Maybe it's called something else. "Denatured" is a term meaning "poisoned" so you can't drink it.
I've always treated alcohols interchangeably, except for the LCBO ones which have too many additives.

Thanks, David (and Russ). I'll certainly keep this as backup plan, but it may not be necessary ...

I just checked the plastic bag containing the loco body and the paint seems to be coming off very nicely now! I'm really pleased about this and look forward to restoring the loco to its original condition. Hopefully, all of the apple green areas will come off and I can clean the loco up well. Then I hope to repaint it using black spray paint and finished off with some clear gloss.

The end result should look great and be a big improvement -- my previous apple green paint job showed lots of brush strokes (I couldn't find an apple green in spray paint) and looked very amateurish.

Rob