Premier 4-Bay Hopper Car - Truck Removal

Jim-

On the Premier PS2-CD hopper there is a snap-in plastic platform just above the car sill; this needs to be carefully removed before the truck can be accessed. My guess is the 4-bay car has a similar detail.

-John

@AcelaNYP posted:

Jim-

On the Premier PS2-CD hopper there is a snap-in plastic platform just above the car sill; this needs to be carefully removed before the truck can be accessed. My guess is the 4-bay car has a similar detail.

-John

My fear, there is so much detail on the ends.  With the PS2s, is it the platform that the break stuff sits on? and does just that come out or does that and the truck mounting plate come out???  Hugh Thanks! Jim

As one piece? or are they two pieces?

Jim-

The footboard (platform) is in between the coupler shank and the brake wheel on both ends of the car. The problem is the platform is secured in by four plastic tabs; these tabs prevent the chassis from separating from the car body. To remove the platform squeeze each pair of tabs together, then pull the platform away from the car. The tabs unfortunately are fragile and can bend/break easily.

Hope this helps!

-John

@AcelaNYP posted:

Jim-

The footboard (platform) is in between the coupler shank and the brake wheel on both ends of the car. The problem is the platform is secured in by four plastic tabs; these tabs prevent the chassis from separating from the car body. To remove the platform squeeze each pair of tabs together, then pull the platform away from the car. The tabs unfortunately are fragile and can bend/break easily.

Hope this helps!

-John

John

Thank You Again - Super Helpful!!!  It's a DT&I hopper black so those gaps your pictures make really clear help so much. I couldn't see with the black on black where to stick a fine blade and didn't want to destroy the thing.  Some how, at the factory, they put the center truck screw into the truck at an angle.

With Appreciation,

Jim

First - Thank You John!

So after looking at the great information and pictures, I began to test / how to remove the plate to access the truck mounting screw.  Something still wasn't right.

So I continued to look at end of hooper, the detail parts and it still looked as if it was solid.  It was.  For the premier 4 bay hoppers, when you remove the two underside screws, it allows you to remove the front wall of the hopper bay exposing the truck mounting screw.  Pretty tricky.  For posterity see pictures.  China factory worker jammed the truck screw in at an odd angle - probably rushing off to an early Chinese New Year.