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 #1339047  by urrengr2003
 
Great photo on another website of R-32 trucks @ Coney Island Shop. Noticed that each motor has three leads. Conventional practice on railroad is four leads (two armatures & two fields). Without seperate field leads, how does subway motor reverse?
 #1339120  by Fan Railer
 
I don't know what photos you're looking at, but all the photos that I'm about to link below clearly show four leads on each motor.
http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?142381" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?100280" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?130316" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?31735" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?133604" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 #1339231  by urrengr2003
 
Thanks for the effort with the pics: just as it should be for a DC Motor. Can't find the pic that caused the question; I obviously missed something.
 #1339239  by Fan Railer
 
urrengr2003 wrote:Thanks for the effort with the pics: just as it should be for a DC Motor. Can't find the pic that caused the question; I obviously missed something.
Haha no problem. I can see how you'd mistake them for only having three leads just from a quick glance over though... One of the leads tucks away really fast, so if you're only focused on that part of the motor, you could easily miss it.