I recently acquired an O Scale JEP ( French Tinplate) steeplecab ( pictured above) after not being able to find a tinplate version with the exception of boxcabs. The motor is missing what are termed brush caps, which I found from an old Hornby motor. I assume that these were spring loaded brushes, perhaps bronze or carbon? You can see the brush caps from this side view just under the window. Having them accessible from the outside is well..different. .
I was thinking that someone who has restored early tinplate would have familiarity enough with the motors to tell me if my hunch is correct. Good luck with this one, right?
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Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
I've never seen a JEP motor to answer your question, but that is one cool looking locomotive! Nice score!
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
I couldn't help either, but I agree with Becky, nice loco!
They look like the Pre War flyer brush tubes. However Flyer did not have caps but the solid wire leading to the tubes went through a hole on each side of the tube holding a spring in place for a carbon brush. My Flyer city of Denver brush tubes come through a hole on the left hand side of the locomotive also.
Thanks Major ..I finally figured the missing pieces of the puzzle out. and you are right about the spring loaded brushes. Now I have to send the coil out to be rewound and epoxied. Luckily I found someone who does this for model trains. The Hornby brush caps worked. What is amazing is the excellent construction of the motor..all first class but all the cloth wiring insulation had disintegrated to dust and I had to replace it.
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