The back end pulls up. But the front end appears to be on, pretty tight. Hoping for shot at DCC, by merely soldering onto wires in tender. Never mind. Another solid DC runner it's wired, like my old 4-4-0. No way I'm soldering and desoldering, those teeny wires on the plastic tender floor. Maybe MTL will get crazy and make Holiday sets,with the new ones Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk