Need ID for very strang PAN type motor ?? Old !

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Hi ALL!
Just found this at the botom ofa box full of train stuff. It looks cool…copper or brass motor blck, it has a pan type motor. This is all I have, wondering who made it, how old ? Any guesses out there ??

I suspect that the hunk of metal was epoxied to hold this thing togther !!

Many thanks, Ted

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This motor (or what’s left of it) looks like an old Tyco pancake motor. Probably from a six axle diesel.

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Yup, that’s the famous Power-Torque motor. Tyco used it in all their 4 and 6 axle diesels from the early 70’s up to about 1990, and they were also used for the tender driven Chattanooga Choo Choo and the plastic USRA 0-6-0. In 4 axle diesels, the middle wheels were replaced with little hubs to hold the axle and gear in place. I have a couple Tycos with this drive unit, and I did a little review of one of them a few years back:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/47685.aspx

They can be made into passable runners with tweaking here and there. Over on the Tyco forums, the members like milling out the motor section to fit a better CD drive motor inside.