PWC series EP-5 New Haven rectifier. Box description indicates Magne-Traction and Electro-Couplers. However, the photo of the underside shows what looks like a traction tire on one of the powered wheels.
In the photo, the wheel at the upper right looks like a traction tire.
The loco also has Electro-Couplers. How would these work with a PW ZW ?
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Can't help with the Magne-Traction vs traction tire issue, but I can say the electro couplers won't work without TMCC or Legacy control. There is no way to trigger them with a PW ZW (or even a modern one for that matter if you do not use TMCC/Legacy).
In the very early days of TMCC (1996-97) there were a very limited number of engines that had electro couplers that could also be operated manually or with a standard uncoupling or operating track. I only know of 3 such engines (though it's possible I'm not aware of one or two others). They were the GE and Southern Pacific Dash-9 (6-18226 or 6-18228) and the SOO Lines SD-60 (6-18232).
Pretty much every engine with Electro couplers since those 3 has had a note in the instruction manual that you should do traditional uncoupling by activating the coupler on the adjacent car with the Uncoupling track rather than the engine.
So if your cars all have magnetic couplers you can activate them to uncouple from the engine, but that's the only way.
-Dave
Thanks Dave !
This engine has both MagneTraction and traction tires. The Electro-couplers require a TMCC/Legacy system to fire.
Jon 
Does this engine have single or dual Pullmor(s)?
It has both Magnatraction and traction tires. It has one Pulmore motor.
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