Anyone have the Legacy Mohawk (6-11411) yet?

I have the old tmcc remake of it .. It is 25 1/4ish  and if it runs anything like mine its a awesome piece ..Its a touch bigger then the hudson  lee .. Theres one on  fleebay...

Have they actually been released for sale yet?

Thanks jojofry.  25 1/4 would work - I have a spare shelf just 25 1/2 inches long but no where longer to keep it if I have it. 

 

Steam guy - I have seen them for sale at Charles Ro, etc.,  but not listed as "in stock" anywhere.  I would expect them to show up in stock today or in the next few days at Ro, Klein, and Grysboskis if they really were shipped when they fell of the list.  

Funny you mention it.  I was at our local train store just last night picking up some lighted accessories for my son, and the owner mentioned the Mohawks are due in tomorrow (which is today).  He says the steam effects should be amazing.  I cant wait to see one.

Thanks Lee,

 

Anxious to see how they compare to the last 2 releases.

 

Steve

 

Neither can I... Since aside from a standard smoke unit, I didn't think there were gonna be any steam effects in this batch of locomotives.    Either your dealer is mistaken, or Lionel slipped the feature in at the last-minute... which I highly doubt due to the very short window of when these were catalog'd vs. when they were delivered.  We'll know soon enough though.

 

David

I am under the impression that these models WILL NOT have any special steam effects other than the normal smoke stack steam.  Does anyone know if they will have whistle steam or steam chest effects?

 

Steve

The catalog does not list them - just the usual fan-driven smoke unit, so I think there is no chance: only one time I have ever seen Lionel add something not listed in the catalog and that was minor - my conventional Atlantic came with window glass and engineer and fireman figures even those features were only listed for the more expensive Legacy version. 

The owners manual for the 6-11411 is on the Lionel site. It shows no additional steam effects.

 

Since this engine has been offered twice previously, not counting the ones in sets, it may be a good candidate for future price reductions, depending on how many they produce.

I just cannot understand why Lionel does not offer special steam effects for their latest Legacy offerings (N&W J 4-8-4, NYC Mohawk and SP Daylights).  Lionel is the only manufacturer that offers these special effects in their models; they should take advantage of that fact!  After experiencing previous models that had those special effects, I will not purchase anything new that does not have them.

 

Steve

 

Unless buyers can't control themselves for a few months, I think it's a fairly good bet that all of these locomotives will be discounted down the road.  Folks simply have the $699-$799 price-points of locomotives WITH more features still quite fresh in their minds.  Who's gonna pay $1050-$1150 for locomotives with less features?  

 

David

I pre ordered the daylight for Cheeper them most sell the legacy gs4 for .I bought it. Even though I wanted more steam affects. I be surprised to see the daylight discounted for 800 bucks.

As to Lionel not offering steam effects, etc., I think they are being conservative.  Every manufacturer is having problems with Chinese quality now - why push your luck with a bunch of new, intricate features?  As to price reductions, it depends on how many they produce.  Remember, the black Vision Hudson is hard to find and not discounted, the grey discounted a lot.  If Lionel holds back and makes only a few, they will not be discounted, otherwise . . .

It won't be discounted if folks buy it at the inflated price-point.  That is, "inflated" compared to the recent blow-out price points of locomotives with more features.

 

The last run of these locomotives had very good sounds and electronics.  Legacy is great, but the Legacy upgrade in and of itself does not justify the new production's price-points, IMHO.  The only folks who may buy these as soon as the new models hit the streets are those who missed out on the earlier production run -- which ironically was blown out within 6 months or so of its release, as I recall.

 

David

Sorry everyone, I must have mistook what he said.  We were talking about so many different steam engines since I'm in the market for something that will blow a lot of smoke, and hopefully have whistle steam.  I know he did say that a few Lionel Mohawks are arriving today, he was talking about some engine that has tons of smoke from the stack, the whistle, and even from the lower belly that's sync'd with the chuffing.  That sounds awesome to me!  If you heard otherwise I'd go with that...I'm just an over excited newbie to this train thing! 

I would rather have the Legacy speed control without the extra smoke affects and better detail on the engine which is how I hope the Mohawk turns out.   The picture of the engine on the manual on the Lionel website appears encouraging.

Does not appear from the manual online that Lionel made any provision for double heading.  Will there be a way to do this without voiding the warranty?

I believe it is an L2a.

Yes, a L2a.  Prototypes were built in the late 1920's    MTH's L4b prototypes were built in the early 1940's.  Two very different engines with regard to details.