Big Blue has inspired some purchases

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Built some more of the warehouse and then took a break to lube the gears in each gear tower and in the trucks with some gear lubricant.  Checked out the function in both directions of travel by turning each gear tower by hand.  Gears and spinning nicely without any chatter.  No sign of chipping or wear of any of the gear components and I see no reason to swap this gear set out.  Aesthetically, the brass trucks don't have the same depth of detail as the modern plastics, but I'm good with these.  

As I indicated in my last post, if I can just dampen some of the vibration transfer between the motor and chassis and increase the integrity of the universals, I think I'll be quite pleased with the function of this locomotive.

I'd thought about adding accessory lights on the corner ditch lights, but getting something like a very small LED into those protruding pieces of braised brass is just a bridge too far for me - I'm gonna leave them be.