Lionel 18056 Hudson time to upgrade?

If you’re going to do upgrades on Pulmor equipped locomotives. a can motor is a must, .....no cruise with AC motor. I’ve done a lot of Pittman swaps in these ............( especially the 18056 ) . You can do the Timko Motor swap, but that is a small motor with out a lot of oomph, ....these Hudsons respond very well to large Pittman motors, fan smoke, 4 chuffs. ERR Cruise Commander and still use the IR drawbar to run the PT tender.....the 18056 is commonly referred to as the modern 763. I’ve seen you comment on the 773 thread I’m doing, pretty much all of the above sans PT tender, so 773 & 763 are sisters, but the 763 just happens to have fancier clothes to wear. ......you may find some comment that the Timko motor swap is just fine for what they’re doing, and that’s fine, it is great for the DIY guy with minimal tools, however, you’ll have to keep the consists small, so any electronics packages are not overtaxed. ...all of this family of Hudsons are beasts with the large Pittman....

Pat

The motor was/is the concern... I kinda like to pull heavy ... I have 40 die cast freights.  I can pull 14 now up grades (2.2%) pretty easily with most of my engines.  I have a converted 6-11106 ~ 746 ~ (Mabuchi) and it runs and sounds great but it cannot pull worth a darn and it gets HOT!

I need to head over to your thread...

thanks!!!

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...es-from-harmon-shops

here’s the link Dennis,

Pat