[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, I saw a good price on Pittman motors, so I ordered five of them.

The box seemed pretty large, and really heavy for five small motors.

I guess the lot size was five, because when the box arrived there were a few more in there!

Yep, that's 14 pounds of Pittman motors!

 

[Severn]

Do they work?

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

All brand new, and I randomly sampled a few, all of them run silent and true.

 

[Bwells]

Good find! I remember back in the mid 60’s pitmans were the cats meow for slot cars. Any idea on RPM and it appears to be a couple different ones?

 

[DMASSO]

Nice acquisition.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Actually, they're all the same model, perfect for large O-gauge steam.

My only complaint is no shaft flat, they have a hole in the shaft, obviously for whatever huge order these were initially intended for.

 

[Eilif]

Wait, you ordered 4 and got 20?!?!

That is a bonanza.

 

[Patrick1544]

Score!

 

[wvgca]

you will have one or two 'spares', lol

 

[Severn]

What are you going to do with them? [search for specs yielded nothing]

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

I actually ordered 5 and got 25, apparently they were lots of 5! I went to their website and found a lot of 20 for $89.95, so I guess I just mis-read.

I took out my tach and measured full speed, around 8,000 RPM.

I regularly get steam upgrades from Weaver and Williams with crappy motors, now some of them can have a nice upgraded motor.

 

[cole226]

Sweet deal John.

And Merry Christmas to you and yours.

 

[Rickie]

Cole. Gotta love that Tunkahannock Viaduct. Have a photo of me with it in the background.

 

[Jim K]

Well, I saw a good price on Pittman motors, so I ordered five of them.

The box seemed pretty large, and really heavy for five small motors.

I guess the lot size was five, because when the box arrived there were a few more in there!

Yep, that's 14 pounds of Pittman motors!

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John,

I managed to get a couple of those units this last year. What I need now are good trailing trucks with center rail pick-up. If you have a contact for such items and could share please let me know.

Thanks, and Happy New Year.

Jim K

Here is what I was able to complete with the Pittman: