Know Thy Late Mohawks

Here is an early episode of Eric’s Trains from 2009 in which does a review of his MTH Mohawk L-4b.  His layout has really developed since this recording!

Two of the Central’s L3a class sit waiting to make their way to the ready tracks at Harmon....3010 Was a Lionel 18009 L3 Mohawk, outfitted with large Pittman, 4 chuffs, fan smoke in rhythm, darkened drivers and rods, and upgraded valve gear courtesy MTH, ( there is none from Lionel) and a modern sound system with twin speakers.....one of the many Mohawks for Harmon to be proud of.....behind her sits 3005, ( Lionel 18064) again, brought up to today’s standards but retains stock sounds ....both sport very large Pittmans ....both of these workhorses already have enough logged hours on this layout to make most operators puke up their shoes........the NYC saw fit to put millions of miles on their motive power...I shall follow prototype practices.....service intervals for my roster of 18009’s & 18064’s are measured in the hundreds of hours....yes, they run that much...😉

Pat

Fantastic upgrades as usual Pat. I enjoy following your several upgrade projects on this forum. Your upgrade to the Lionel 18009 is particularly impressive.  Thanks for sharing!