You might know... the first thing I buy from Lionel in about 20 years, and its broken in the box. I picked up a 3 pack of Cerestar tank cars on a pretty good deal, they came this afternoon and on one of the cars the truck casting is snapped in half, so the coupler is just flopping freely. I havent been able to call the place I got them from because they're closed now, and I'm sure Lionel will hang me out to dry because they're old enough that they'll tell me the warranty is up... not that its probably worth it to ship it back to them.
So I guess my question is, there's no visible screw holding the truck on, I assume they come off from the inside, how does the car come apart? There's only 2 screws, but the chain and railings appear connected between the end platform and the body, and it would seem that there must be some order of disassembly to avoid wrecking the car to take it apart. Hopefully I can find another truck locally. The truck + shipping from lionel costs almost as much as the whole car did. Alternatively, will anyone else's trucks fit on these cars? I know I can get MTH trucks locally.
Thanks
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