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All MTH & Lionel Can motors DC?

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All MTH & Lionel Can motors DC?
Posted by RRaddict on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:59 PM

Are all MTH and Lionel can motors DC, I have a Lionel electronic reverse board I want to put in an MTH steamer that doesn't have an e-unit.

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Kevin

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 1:39 PM

If it's a can motor: it's DC. The e-unit has a rectifier in it to convert the AC to DC.

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Posted by RRaddict on Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:14 PM

Thanks it worked great Lionel E unit is now in an MTH and works flawlessly.

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Posted by gunrunnerjohn on Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:50 PM

I don't think MTH, Atlas, Williams, etc. ever had AC motors, just folks like Lionel, AF, and Ives.  By the time MTH and Williams started making trains, DC motors were all the rage.

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