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Thankfully nothing is broken. I did put some plastic cement on the funnel just to hold it in place, but it's not cracked.
>>9698309I've got mine running in right now. Slow speed is very good. I too was apprehensive about the traction tire but it actually helps it pull prototypical loads up gradients as seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrUsJMqUTsQYou can also buy a spare chassis that doesn't have traction tires if you really don't want them. As for DCC you can put a decoder in it if you wire one up yourself. Kato even published an image showing where it can be stored on the model.