the locomotive finally arrived today and absolutely no cracks in the bakelite whatsoever! I am very happy. has all of the original knobs, good cabinet, and it did not suffer any. the chassis also looks to be in good condition. It was packaged in two boxes, and packed very well with a lot of peanuts, foam, bubble wrap, and newspaper (felt like I was digging to china LOL
. ) I do not know the state of the picture tube, of course, but then again, I did not know if it was good before hand anyways. the only damaged I noticed was the speaker paper had a tear in it, but that could have been there prior, and it is not so bad. other than that, the seller did a great job, and so did fed-ex with the handling and delivery.
Bryan