A very basic question: Regarding Lionel Pullman motors, do they use the same size brushes? The likely answer is "yes" but I am not certain.
Mark
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Do you mean Pulmor?…..if so, the answer is no. Lionel used the name Pulmor on a few different examples of motors in different locomotives. Finding the correct brush would require the item # or way back when, the cab #………
Pat
Give Henning's a call, they have brushes for pretty much any Lionel motor.
Actually it's Pullmor. 😉
Pullmor, or not? DC motored 8516.
History and some clarity. https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-...ionel-pullmor-motor/
@jlm posted:History and some clarity. https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-...ionel-pullmor-motor/
Muddling, actually. The name was retronymed by Lionel in the late 70s when the MagneTraction diesels and electrics were released. Before this, only tire traction locos had the "Pullmor" moniker. Check the 1976-80 catalogs for reference(the 8600, for example, was not shown/advertised with a "Pullmor", nor were the MagneTraction Blue Comet & Southern Crescent).
And then, the 8516 Yard Chief set came out in 1985 with a DC "Pullmor" motor, electronic reverse, and tire traction... "Lionel's finest, featuring authentic detail, rugged die-cast construction, and the powerful Pullmor motor".
Weighing in with my $.02... The Yard Chief 8516 switcher was actually one of the first separate-sale locos with a can motor. I don't have the '85 catalog handy, so I'm not sure what it said in the catalog description. But Rob's photo above makes me think that MPC just reused the window display box from it's previous separate-sale locos, and didn't change the features mentioned on the box. I don't think they ever intended to tout the Yard Chief as having a Pullmor motor. And I doubt anyone sued Lionel or tried to return their 0-4-0 with accusations of false advertising!
Having grown up in this era, and during the transition to "can" motors, I generally took "Pullmor motor" to mean the old-style universal wound-field motor (with or without traction tires), as opposed to the can motors that became ubiquitous in Lionel's lower-priced traditional trains after 1982. At least that's how I use the term today.
