RE: Lionel Great Northern Heavy Mikado - photos

Nice, how about a video? Theres been only 1 other thread on these heavy "Mikes".

I guess Lionel did sell an awful lot of $2000 bigboys.

Wow very very nice, like RickO said. How about a video of it in action

Alex

I'm surprised we haven't saw more about these on the forum.

I'd like to see a video of it also.  I checked youtube this morning and didn't see any videos of the new heavy Mike either.

Strange it hasn't had more publicity.  

I guess I didn't realize that Great Northern had steam locomotives, especially 2-8-2s without Belpair fireboxes.

In fact, there haven't been any videos of it so far in the past two weeks since it was announced.

I guess by comparison it was overshadowed by the Big Boy, Berks, and Cab Forward.

GN had 4 USRA Heavy Mikados, Class O-3.

Pete

Pete-

Thats right. Oddly enough I still have my brass engine from HO days gone by...

I am not sure they painted this class with the green boiler but I do wish Lionel would have put the flying pumps on the front smoke box, and a high wall oil burning tender...

This one would be nice to detail up...

Cannot wait to see the video.

Well, this isn't my video, but here's one of the new CNJ version of the Heavy Mike. Maybe not the sound system I was expecting, but still good.

So much for the "all new soundset" as stated by MR. Ashba. Sounds like another rehash of the Pennsy K4 whistle , just like the light mikes. 

What a disappointment.

I sure hope the NYC version has a different whistle but I'm not feeling very lucky.

I may have  a sealed heavy mike for sale soon.

The M1a is great, guess I should have seen this coming. Some locos get great sounds others get "cookie cutter" stuff.

I'd like to wish Lionel good luck selling the "next batch" of heavy mikes for $1100.

It may be time to consider cancelling my j3a and swap it for an MTH J1e and DCS system for the same money.

Good choice with the Great Northern.

Thanks for posting he video. I had forgotten these had whistle steam. I hope to see mine next week. As for the whistle, who knows what correct whistle would be. The NYC parent company never owned heavy Mikes but the P&LE did. Maybe this is a Pennsylvania whistle.

Pete

Very nice engine. Enjoy your new purchase.

GN had nine O-3 class mikados, road numbers 3200-3208.  The locomotives did not get the face mounted air pumps until their 1943 rebuild, at which time they also got standard GN cabs, "blockhouse" looks to the tender, and footboard pilots.  By 1951, those still on the roster were converted to oil.  By 1936, all of the class were moved to the Mesabi Division, where they all remained until retirement.    

They would have also worn the green boiler jacket in their career.  In general, green boiler jackets were the norm up until 1949, but there was evidently a period of time in the 1930s when black was used as a cost saving measure.   

Information from "Steam Locomotive of the Great Northern Railway", by Kenneth R. Middleton and Norman F. Priebe.  An absolutely outstanding book, and I believe, still available through the Great Northern Historical Society.

The Lionel model is a fairly representative example of the pre-1943 look.  Not perfect, but for most folks, close enough. 

It would be an interesting bashing project to turn one of these into a post 1943 look, but, alas, so much to do, and so little time....................................

One of the former IHMD members had a MTH light mikado converted into something closely resembling the post 1943 rebuild, here is a video link:

Regards,

GNNPNUT

Engine looks great, but i hear the same sound set as the older Mikado's

Still a fantastic engine

Alex

I guess we'll see how the others turn out. I am a little disappointed it's only a higher pitched sounding version of the Light Mikes, but...hey, whistle steam! Okay I know that doesn't justify it. Looking at it now, I'm glad I opted for the NKP Berk as my 2014 purchase. Still, it is a handsome engine, and maybe Lionel will surprise us. Maybe.

I doubt it, lets not forget the "raspy hooter epidemic" in every loco with a 2-8-8-2 wheel arrangement.

Not only was it a poor attempt at a N&W hooter, it was as incorrect as it could possibly be for an em1.

Not disparaging the engine itself but I don't see anything that makes this group of lightly detailed engines worthy of its lofty street price.  Whistle smoke aside, its high cost is especially notable since the heavily detailed ex-JLC H-7 in the same catalog is listed at only $50 more then this model. 

Joe

Looks like a great new engine with the whistle steam. there were a lot of requests for heavy mikados.

with that said, don't say there will be an all new soundset, then ship it with the light mikado sounds??