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If that pony motor uses an off-the-shelf Wico magneto you're likely to be able to find something that works for points - they're very common. Also try people who work with antique farm tractors, as basically all of them used magneto ignition.
As NDT said, gensets that big were generally stationary-mounted in WWII. A pony motor for starting suggests that it was standby power (able to bootstrap - you wouldn't see this in a lot of stationary applications) and the capacity suggests something like power for a permanent hospital or all of...