I need to replace a door on a Weaver boxcar. Is the proper method to remove one of the door guides? How is this done without breaking anything? Thanks.
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Mike,
I think there's tabs on the inside of the door guides, squeeze them together while pushing them out should do the trick. Need to take the underframe off first, then you should be able to see the tabs.
Bend the door and pop it out............
Thanks for the tips. BTW, bending the door doesn't work you wind up breaking the little things on the bottom of the door. Tried this in the past which is why I threw the question out there today. Bob I was able to remove a door guide by pushing out one of the tabs. The ones on the ends are in a longer slot and the tab needs to be pushed towards the open end of the slot for it to release. I still managed to break one of the tabs. Anyone have one or two of the doors shown in the photo laying around in a parts bin?
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BTW what's the red dot next to my username mean? I've been away for a while.
SIRT posted:Bend the door and pop it out............
This works for me. Remove the frame. Move the door to the center of the rails, push down on the bottom rail and pull the top of the door out. Then lift out. Done a few dozen like this.
Pete
SAIL LOCO posted:BTW what's the red dot next to my username mean? I've been away for a while.
That you are live on the OGR Forum.
Mike,
From the picture of the door shown above, this is not a Weaver 40 ft PS-1 boxcar door,it may be from a Weaver 50 ft Weaver boxcar, I do not have any 50' Weaver boxcars. I have Atlas O Scale Roco and ATLASO Trainman boxcars, this door design with the 2 seperate door guides and overal door detail is used on these these cars. Does you boxcar have rivited sides and is 10 inches long, it is probably a Atlas/ATLASO 40 FT boxcar? If so, you can order replacement doors and other carbody parts from ATLASO, their pricing is reasonable the parts I ordered are not painted and were an exact fit. They have a parts drawing of this boxcar on their website under Trainman as a 40 ft. sliding door boxcar.
John
Right, not a weaver. Good catch.
The Weaver PS-1 boxcar doors and guides are usually listed on "the bay" for reasonable prices. I see, right now, they are available in several colors. When replacing, remove the upper guide. Push guide pins outward from inside the body. I use a small flat screwdriver to push them out. -Rusty Rails-
Guys, This is a Weaver 40' boxcar. Here are a few more pics with and without flash along with a photo of the underframe and another Weaver 40' boxcar with the same door. There is a slight difference in the doors. The UP doors do not have the little sliding tabs at the bottom but Weaver made them both ways. It's not a 50' door either. I have quite a few 50' cars. BTW Weaver made another style 40' door with less ribs for a more modern 40' car. The cars also have the crappy Weaver plastic trucks. I only own 1 Atlas car, the Natty Boh reefer, and there is a big difference in construction quality.
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Mike, where did you buy your Weaver Boston and Maine box car?
Missing steps.
I picked it up at a train meet a couple of years ago along with 2 others that also have issues like a broken step or missing ladder. The B&M is missing a door. Why did you ask? Are you a B&M fan?
SAIL LOCO,
The reason I asked, was because that was a custom run car Weaver did for our store. They did two different Boston and Maine box cars for me. However, now that I have taken a closer look at yours, I notice yours does not have the built by Bethlehem Steel logo and the black paint on yours covers the door.
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Maybe mine is just a regular production car. I also notice yours have the doors with fewer ribs that I mentioned. I have a feeling that the door on mine was replaced at one point. That UP car also looks to me as if the doors were replaced because the color on the doors is a little off from the body. Like I stated I bought 3 cars in this condition from one seller at a cheap price with the intention of parking them on a siding. I do like Weaver cars for their outstanding paint work. The ones that I run I usually go to a tire store and pick up old lead wheel weights, wash them and hot glue them to the interior floor over the trucks. Added weight gives them a better feel and they seem to track better since out of the box they are really light.
