Lionel NYC new Mohawk

 

I dunno, did the Mohawks have diamond plate running boards?

Rusty

Yeah, dunno about the "diamond plate" boards on the Mohawk, specifically, either. Some locos, some roads, sometimes...some different ways of doing it. But, I have the TMCC L2a

Mohawk and I have no complaints about it. Beautiful. If it had "diamond plate", I don't

really care; it's sweet. 

 

It seems that, if that's his only complaint, well...meh. A modeling "crime", ah, no. 

Rusty makes in an interesting point. I assumed most running boards were diamond plate but with so few photos taken from above who really knows?

Maybe someone can check out the L3 in St Louis and report back??

 

Pete

In my experience, many of the railroads that had coal burning steam locomotives, tended to have open walkways, usually with oval holes in the steel plates. On the other hand, railroads with oil burning steam locomotives tended to use the diamond tread steel plates for walkways. The more "open plates" with holes tended to allow the cinders to fall through instead of pile up on the walkways. Obviously oil burned didn't have cinder problems, so the side walkways could have been solid diamond plate. 

I was wondering the same thing. I've seen only a few actual steam locos but I don't recall diamond plate.  Maybe I just missed it: always a lot to take in. 

 

Anyway, I really like my Mohawk.  Just a splendid loco.  I'm going to run it tomorrow = thanks for reminding me. 

 

Here are a few pictures of one of my Mohawks, #2793 and and a few pictures of the real L2a Mohawk.

 

 

Lionel #2793 on my old layout

 

 

 

Mohawk in the yard of the new layout - To the right of the green A2 Berkshire

 

 

 

Here are a couple of pictures of the real L2a

 

 

I think the L2A Mohawk, K5 Pacific and H10 Mikado are the three of the best looking NYC Steam Locomotives.

 

Thanks,

Richard

 

The steam loco that I worked on, as well as the other 6 of that class that still exist, had smooth metal walkways with a few widely separated drainholes.  They were coal fired and spent their working careers up in the Lake Superior region.

Hey Alex - Can you get one to smoke like No 765 in RickO's excellent video above!

 

Here's a photo I found in Kalmbach's "Locomotive Cyclopedia, Vol.1 Stream Locomotives" of an NYC Mohawk running board:

 

 

Rusty

 

After seeing the comments and pictures posted, I think that you owe Lionel a great big apology! 

Thank you, Rusty Traque, for posting that great photo!  I am so relieved.  If I am going to not worry about a small flaw on my on my nearly perfect Legacy Mohawk, it is comforting to know I can now ot worry about a flaw that isn't even there in the first place!

 

If you are nice to them donhradio, Lionel may still let you buy one.  

To Richard Gonzales, thanks for posting pictures of both the model and the prototype.  Your pic shows some of the excellent detail the Mohawk has, in a class with the Southern PS-4 Lionel made in Legacy and TMCC.  (I own both)  To RickO thanks for your picture and a video link.  I guess that is how the how speed chuffs sound on the model also.  This still is one of the finest detailed engines I have seen.

 

On my Lionel Niagara, the walkways have diamond shaped punch outs.  I have a 3 inch thick old (1948 vintage) locomotive book full of pics and prints.  It SEEMED as if most steamers had a grate type of walkway or open diamond plate.  So from the picture posted its not the case with the Mohawk.  Hats off to all who replied on this post, and apologies to the Mohawk Design Team who apparently got it right, and myself who got it wrong.

 

The final word though, is that this is a great looking model, perhaps one of the best ever, certainly in the top 3 of those in my inventory.  Nothing beats my Niagara (that I own), although I am sure there are other engines that have better detail, I just have not seen them yet.  I probably own over 14 Legacy engines.  They are in Phoenix area, and I am in NY WITH my Mohawk and a layout for the summer.  Only have TMCC here though.

I look forward to getting the Mohawk I ordered for my Father's Day gift. I bought the NY, central Mth imperial  railking set a while back, Very nice set but you can't beat the sound and detail of the new lionel legacy steam engines, I figured I will use the Mth box cars and caboose that came with the set, I hope they look ok with the more scale size engine, I have to thank Eric's trains review on the Lionel Mohawk that made my mind up and adding this one to my collection and Mario's Trains for the great price and customer service.

Thank you
Billy

This thread is a classic example of why this Forum is so valuable to our hobby. The members know how to get it right and clear up any misunderstandings.

 

Hats off to you Don for acknowledging the corrections made.