These museum caliber brass locomotives include all state-of-the-art
features with exquisite detail and full sound for DC and DCC. The BLI L-4
Mohawk
is, without a doubt, the very best L-4 Mohawk ever produced: In terms of accuracy,
detail level as well as operational characteristics. Collectors of premium
caliber brass models traditionally take one look at a newly purchased
model and then pack it up and store them for safe-keeping on the shelf.
But no more. The Broadway Limited L-4 Mohawk comes with a state-of-the-art display
case which is fully equipped with roller bearings and power inputs for
in-place display operation. This jewel of an L-4 Mohawk can be displayed in the
included case rather than being stored in the darkness of its box.
The
Broadway Limited L-4 Mohawk has the following features:
Full brass locomotive and tender with the highest accuracy and detail level
Premium caliber painting
Out-of-the-box operation for DC and DCC (with system auto-sensing)
Premium 5-pole can motor with skew wound armature and fly wheel (specific brand is TBD)
Powerful High Fidelity DC/DCC Sound equipped with authentic L-4 Mohawk sounds
Full under-body detail on locomotive and tender
Nickel Silver rods and valve gear
Window glazing
Sprung Drivers
Full cab detail
Prototypical light operation
Scale operating Kadee couplers
Operating power reverse
Builder's plate
Trust plate on tender
Golden white LED headlight
All fabricated components will be produced from the finest Milled Brass
Roller Bearing display case for demonstration of operation and sounds
Minimum radius curve: TBD, currently 22"
Overview Steam engines with the 4-8-2 wheel
arrangement are usually called "Mountains." But NYC called theirs Mohawks
named after the Mohawk River, as they found "Mountain" inappropriate for
their flat route. NYC had four different classes of Mohawks named L-1
through L-4. The L-3 and L-4 classes were used both for freight and
passenger services. A total of fifty L-4 Mohawks were produced by Lima
Locomotive Works in 1943. They had huge tender coal space supported by two
6-wheel trucks. Many L-4 locomotives were equipped with smoke deflectors
in their later years. The New York Central became the largest user of this
wheel arrangement with 600 locomotives of this type as this type is best
suited in many ways for high speed operation on flatland than slow
mountain slogging, with its 4-wheel leading trucks for stability at speed.
Building the most accurate and best running Mohawk is the goal of this
project for our deserving customers.
Production Schedule
Delivery
is scheduled for Winter 2007.
