In case you have not done it yet, I found this in an older trains.com GG1 forum search.
Put your thumbs on top of the engine between the pantograph and cab and your fingers under the edge of the body shell on either side. Gently spread the body with your fingers to release the tabs holding it on the chassis. Repeat on the other end and it is off. Just press on it to snap it back on.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
ditto.
I'll not be running them on my subway layout but will look swell on my static display of Penn Station. They will all be lit, although I may not even put them on tracks. Who can see them behind the high level platforms.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Thank you Ken.
Spread the sides and it will pop off. Exact same shell as the old Rivarossi/AHM version. --- Ken
is it a press fit? I don't see any screws.