cta4391 posted:That makes perfect sense! Why contact the manufacturer directly when you can post an idea to a third party message board and hope they see it.
They will see it. Maybe others will agree a replacement is a good idea, maybe not. This is social media, that is what it is for.
thick paint or whatever, this could be remedied by Lionel with a replacement part.
It would have been better if were right to begin with.