I went ahead and got one of these 4-4-0s, it was the only in stock at my LHS. I am sure I can remove the cow catcher and add a draft box and coupler. I also want to convert the rear coupler to a knuckel coupler but I am clueless there. I took it apart(highly highly recomend that you do not do this, little springs are impossible to work with), and I have not seen any repacement couplers that will work. The only other problem I had was the rear truck on the tender had glue ,that was not supposed to be there, on it resulting in the truck being stuck in a tilted forward position. It was a minute fix but it took hours to get it back together. The truck has many small parts including two small springs that conduct the power that had to go back together. Due to it's size it's parts are all put together and deigned differently.