Broadway Limited Imports
Steam L-4a Mohawk 4-8-2 w/Tender, Powered w/Sound/DC/DCC (Brass Hybrid)
New York Central #3101, w/Boxpok Drivers, Louvered Pump Shield
Walthers Part # 187-1285
HO scale, $450.00, not currently in stock at Walthers, Expected: Limited Run
Because their route was flat, New York Central called their 4-8-2s Mohawks
after the Mohawk River instead of the more familiar Mountains. NYC had four
different classes of Mohawks, L-1 through L-4 used for both freight and
passenger service. The fifty L-4s produced by Lima Locomotive Works in 1943
had huge tender coal space supported by two 6-wheel trucks. Smoke
deflectors were added to many units in later years.
This brass-hybrid model is DC/DCC sound equipped and features a five-pole
can motor with skew wound armature and flywheel, full cab detail, nickel
silver rods and valve gear, prototypical light operation with golden-white
LED headlight and scale operating Kadee(R) couplers.