A few Premier Steam Engines from the new MTH Catalog....

Is that aPRR M1a or M1b? Inquiring minds would like to know!

M1b -- the only die-cast model of this class of Mountain

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Barry L,

     I believe Lionel did a Legacy M1b Pennsy engine in 2008 or 2009. Hard to find now.

JohnB 

Barry L. Lewis posted:

M1b -- the only die-cast model of this class of Mountain

Liars!.... 

D500 posted:

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Buy mine.  how's that for a cheap plug.  LOL

D500 posted:

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Could you post some photos of the prototype, i.e. Mohawks with Scullin Disc drivers? I know about the two L4b locomotives with the roller bearing rods, #3144 and #3148, which MTH previously offered. 

Hot Water posted:

D500 posted:

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Could you post some photos of the prototype, i.e. Mohawks with Scullin Disc drivers? I know about the two L4b locomotives with the roller bearing rods, #3144 and #3148, which MTH previously offered. 

The roller bearing rods were only offered in two rail.  Would love to see them in 3rail.

superwarp1 posted:

Hot Water posted:

D500 posted:

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Could you post some photos of the prototype, i.e. Mohawks with Scullin Disc drivers? I know about the two L4b locomotives with the roller bearing rods, #3144 and #3148, which MTH previously offered. 

The roller bearing rods were only offered in two rail.  Would love to see them in 3rail.

WRONG! I have a model of L4b #3144 in 3-Rail, with roller bearing rods, and our local hobby shop (Berwyn's Toys and Trains (708) 484-4384 ask for Tom) has #3148 in 3-Rail on the shelf right now (I saw it not 4 hours ago) . Although I do not have the MTH Premier product numbers, nor the Catalog that they were offered in, but each locomotive came with a set of four cars and an NYC caboose. One set was reefers, and the other set was boxcars.

I personally know that both locomotives were offered in 3-Rail, as I'm the one that gave Andy & Rich the whole idea, as well as providing 8X10 B&W prints of both of the real locomotives.

Apparently superwarp1 didn't see this?

According to Staufer's book "NYC Later Power" one of the L2 Mohawks had "disc drivers". L2a #2726 was the first to receive these dis driver's. Perhaps this is what D500 is referring to?

Hot Water posted:

D500 posted:

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Could you post some photos of the prototype, i.e. Mohawks with Scullin Disc drivers? I know about the two L4b locomotives with the roller bearing rods, #3144 and #3148, which MTH previously offered. 

Boilermaker1 posted:

Hot Water posted:

D500 posted:

The L4 Mohawk (either) is sure calling me - but I had hopes that MTH would release the L4b this time with the Scullin (part of them had these - very nice look; rare on smaller-driver locos) instead of the Boxpok drivers. They appear to have not. So. Dunno. Thinking.

Could you post some photos of the prototype, i.e. Mohawks with Scullin Disc drivers? I know about the two L4b locomotives with the roller bearing rods, #3144 and #3148, which MTH previously offered. 

Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for. Wonder what it would take to get MTH to offer THAT beauty, even though it doesn't have the roller bearing rods. I would definitely purchase one of those models. 

Me too! That is really cool. 

Boilermaker: What is the designation of that locomotive? L4?

Hudson J1e posted:

Me too! That is really cool. 

Boilermaker: What is the designation of that locomotive? L4?

That is an L4b

unfair,railking engines lives matter,,,,lol

Thanks BM1. It would be nice if MTH does that loco someday with scale wheels. 

That's quite an enormous amount of motive power when viewed in the OP's pics!!!  And if Tony Lash were still active in the hobby, he'd buy all of them!    I missed MTH's Great Northern's articulated steamers the first time they were produced, so I may spring for the Z-6 or R-2 this time around.  Both looked impressive at MTH's display in York last week.

David