Body shell: the housing of a locomotive or car that covers the interior workings. Sometimes referred to as the "cab" ...
Body Shell
Basic body section of vehicle without internal fittings.
Body Track
See Track Body.
Older style diesels have a rotating tab connected to a screw head under the frame at each end of the body shell. Rotate them 1/4 turn counterclockwise to disengage the tab from the shell. WHOA! Don't remove that shell yet.
After letting the motor sit and drain, place it back in the body shell. Run the train at medium speed on an oval of track. The locomotive may balk, go in only one direction or have a rough start. Keep running it for at least twenty minutes.
V-Line and others offered locomotive body shells for several locomotive types.
Handsome Lone Star EL66 0-8-0 Steamer with Rubber Band Drive (1964) ...
Underframe Railway vehicle base which forms the support for the body structure or is an integral part of a body shell. Unit UK expression usually meaning an electric or diesel multiple unit train. A unit can consist of two or more cars (e.g.
 See also: Locomotive, Car, Special, Train, Tank
  
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