Pete,
Yes, it is the 763 Hudson (item no. 18056). It has one orange wire and one brown wire going to the IR drawbar.
However, I’ll be using the PT centipede tender from 2005 that Lionel made for the Century Club 2 Empire State Express. (Since most operators seem to use it to be more realistic than the Vanderbilt tender)
If that’s the case, I’ll have to look on Digi-Key or some place that ships out those rectifiers during the quarantine if the signal is too weak...