Dumb question

[thor]

Can I still buy new Pullmor motors?  I'd like to remotor a can motored Atlantic with the Pullmor it obviously should have and can anyone kindly give me a source if they are stll made.  Thanks.

[cnw1995]

Good question, Thor. I took it as a personal challenge to see what I could dig up this morning .... not much besides some parts on e-Bay.  So I dug out my latest CTT - some of the advertisers might carry them:

Stan Orr Train Parts http://www.stanorrtrainparts.com
Scott's OddsnEnds http://www.scotsodds-n-ends.com
S&W Parts Supply http://sandwparts.com

I did not check Lionel's website itself. Oooh, on p. 33 there is a supplier list for Buildings and for Electronics, that bodes well for a future parts supplier list.

[ChiefEagles]

I've got several with six wheel trucks I have left over from the 80's.  Bought them to "retuck" some 4 wheel engines and never did it.  Buddy told me a couple of years ago [when I pulled everything out of storage] to save them.

[Jumijo]

Some of the Lionel PWC locomotives are powered by Pullmores, so they are still being made. I have read that you can buy them, but do not know where.

Jim

[lionelsoni]

In searching for a source of motors, it could be useful to know that the name "pullmor" was coined by American Flyer and used by Lionel to describe their own motors only after Lionel acquired Flyer.

[Jumijo]

I'm wondering if Thor actually means open frame motors like those used before the can-style motor. His 4-4-2 Atlantic would certainly not have had a Pullmor motor in it. Those were used in the more expensive locomotives.

Jim

[jpelosi2002]

I agree with the post above about the correct motor. But anyways, Brassuer sells Pullmor motors for $50 bucks each I believe. I don't know if they're new or rebuilt but he does have them listed in the parts list.

[Boxcar Bill]

Lionel has the motors P.N. 600-2028-100 Price 39.95 hope this helps

[thor]

Thanks very much all of you for your information. I didnt know that there was a difference between the Pullmor and the open frame motor so yes, I'm sure mine is or rather would be, the latter. Anyway I prefer the older style motors, they're far more rugged and easy to work on.  Though I also wanted a source because I'm going to try my hand at a scratchbuild next and I want to make it solid and reliable.

When you see what they can cram into an HO frame it beats me why O gauge engines dont use the old worm drive to a center pinion with a vertical or sloping armature, its so much better than that side mounted gearbox, simpler too.  I have no way to test the difference but seat of the pants suggests that the original Hornby Dublo vertical 3 pole motor was probably about as strong as either the can or open frame motors in any of my Lionels.