Vision Line Steel-Sided Reefer Cars

Hi everybody,

So, a 3-pack of the Vision Line PRR steel-sided reefer cars just arrived at my house and after inspecting them, I have 2 questions:

1. Only 1 side of 1 of the 3 car has freely opening doors. Do these cars usually have unusually tight hinges that make the door not want to open without coming off their hinges?

2. I am going to put kadees on them so I was inspecting one of the trucks to see how hard it would be to remove the O gauge coupler. It appears if the truck is disassembled then the coupler assembly can be removed without the use of a dremel. Is this correct?

1/28/223:51 PM

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zhublOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I know the older sets the couplers were riveted to the truck. I haven’t paid any attention to the newer sets. I thought they had a way to mount Kadee’s but I do that so I’ll have to look. As far as the doors it depends I’ve had some that open real nice and others not so much

1/28/227:40 PM

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Justin AcunaOGR Forum Member

@zhubl posted:
I know the older sets the couplers were riveted to the truck. I haven’t paid any attention to the newer sets. I thought they had a way to mount Kadee’s but I do that so I’ll have to look. As far as the doors it depends I’ve had some that open real nice and others not so much

Yeah, I took a look at mine after unscrewing them and the mount "looks" like it separates but until I know for sure I don't wanna take it apart because a) the way the truck was designed makes it hard to tell and b) I don't like dealing with those springs.

1/28/227:47 PM

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Jdjones24OGR Forum Member

My older VL PFE Reefer doors open easily.

1/28/228:10 PM

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zhublOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I can confirm the couplers should be held on by a E clip

1/29/224:16 PM

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