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Frank Ellison and the Mallory 1-B-8-C-1 rectifier as E-unit for DC operation

I am looking for some electrical expertise.  When Frank Ellison built his Delta Lines in the 1940 timeframe, he had a number of Lionel AC locomotives (scale Hudsons and the Union Pacific M10000 streamliner among them) with E unit reversing.  He went to DC power for the Delta Lines and used Mallory 1-B-8-C-1 rectifiers to replace the E units (to keep the AC motors and be able to reverse them).  I haven't been able to find any information on this rectifier (it was over eighty years ago) but I am wondering if it was what we now call a bridge rectifier hooked up per the attached diagram:

BridgeRectifierReplacingEUnit

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