Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, I gladly took off my cousin's hands his HO trains etc... Among what he gave me were a few B&O engines, but his packing of them left a lot to be desired. All work fine, but the bodies look like they were used for target practice. Is there any source to obtain new bodies for those running chassis? At this point I do not care if they are the exact same model, as long as they are B&O. Any help would be appreciated.
There are lots of sources for bodies in H0 scale. Railpower Products (Bowser?) can almost rebuild any engine you want. You could also get them from the original manufacturer. What type of engine bodies do you want to replace? Posting pictures would help.
Athearn sells bodies for the models made by them. Atlas also sells bodies for their products too. I recommend replacing the bodies with ones from the original manufacturer and of the same model. If your model is a Atlas Alco RS-11 then get a RS-11 body from Atlas
You'll want to determine the manufacturer and model of your locomotive before you buy replacement bodies. I'm sure that if you post pictures, we'll be able to help you identify your locos. If you accidently get the wrong kind of locomotive shell, you'd have to do some extreme re-tooling in order to get the shell to snap into the chassis. Be POSITIVE you have the right manufacturer and type of locomotive before you buy a replacement shell.
It seems all of the ones beyond being able to be glued together are Bachmann. I am trying to determine the exact models now by using online images from the local university archives.
