I decided to take out all the rail parts. I gently filled the tank with a can of that expanding foam. trimmed off what came out the holes,dabbed on some black paint when it dried. Took the very small cotter pins (also painted black) pushed them into the hardened foam,pulled them out put in a little rubber cement put the pins back in. Took some black anodized wire  and fed it through the pins. In the center under the platforms, I took a small black wire shrink wrap tubes and heated them up over the loose ends so the finished product looks like a turn buckle connection

Thanks Jerry,I did read your suggestion. I bought it on ebay from a TCA club member. He has offered to take it back. I had hoped to fix it through bachmann,that is not going to happen. The car is a Dad's root beer car that I don't see often. I will put it aside and try to find a cheap tank car and remove the rail or just make my own when I have some time. The rails were broke off at the ends, I clipped the rails at the first bracket.Does not look bad, kinda like the handles on a casket,that just go end to end. Any more I'm surprised when a car arrives in one pc. and hark en back to the luggage commercial with the gorilla tossing suitcases.

That is not entirely true. I have a drawer full of new parts for the other three G trains. I buy used cars in need of ladders,doors, rails, steps and hatches,latches and hinges, etc. One call to the parts dept and I have them in a week. They may not be the same color but at least I can paint them. It just makes me mad that even though the parts are still in production they are not made available. I can not be the only person in need of a part.

Bought it used damaged in shipping. Bottom line bachmann will not support with parts. Even though the part I need is still used on current cars they will not sell me that part. I will personally not buy any more bachmann cars knowing that if something breaks it stays broken. I can get any part I need from the track up for any other brand.

Ordered a single dome Dad's Root Beer tank car. It arrived with the upper safety rail broken in three places. Anyone know if this rail is available as a replacement part or am I just out of luck? (it looks like the same rail as on the current tank cars)

I need the part number for the safety bars or mud guards for the underside of a large scale closed street car. Dropped one of my trolleys and broke these. They are the bars in front of the wheels with all the little u shaped things on them.

The LGB two car trolley uses the pantograph pick up system,and I have seen it actually used that way. you had to change out the plastic version for the metal set up.

Thank you all. Trolley should be here in a couple of days,can't wait to ride it up and down the block,maybe make a few extra bucks from unsuspecting fares. You gotta love a rogue trolley operator. :>0

The lettering on this one says WESTLICHE BERLINER VORORTBAHN. I did get this one on Ebay. In it's original box don't have it yet so I don't know the part #

Just bought a green and cream color trolley with German writing on the side. It is the same design as the Hershey and the regular G scale closed car trolleys. Any one know when these were made,were they a production item or is this a proto type of some kind? I can not find one pc. of info on the net. Thanks in advance, Mark