IHCM622 NYC Class L-2a 4-8-2 Mohawk Locomotive #2700

In 1916 the Central ordered and tested a single 69"-drivered 4-8-2 for freight service. It proved fast and economical. Schenectedy delivered 29 more within the year and, by the end of 1918, the road had 185 4-8-2s in freight service. The Central classed them L-1 and numbered them 2500-2684. As to the name, though, Mountain just wouldn't do. The NYC advertised itself as "the Water Level Route," implying that you could sleep comfortably as your train rolled along the banks of the Hudson and the Mohawk and the shore of Lake Erie-you wouldn't spend the night being tossed up and down mountains and flung around curves. Thus on the NYC 4-8-2s were Mohawks. NYC #2700 was the first of 200 Class L-2a Mohawks. (From "Guide to North American Steam Locomotives compiled by George H. Drury.)

FEATURES:

• NEW C-9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box.
• Test Track run time only.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Operating Headlamp.
• One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast high impact plastic.
• Steel main and side rods.
• Real brass bell.
• Powerful state-of-the-art can motor w/flywheel.
• Scale 72" Drivers.
• Easy rolling steel needle point truck axles.
• Includes many owner applied fine detail parts.
• Upgraded with working rear Knuckle Coupler.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder w/KA4 Keep Alive Installe.
  • TCS WOWSound 101 DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • TCS WOWSound 101KA DCC/Sound Decoder w/KEEP ALIVE Installed.
  • MRRHQ Custom Directional Soft White LED Taillight Installed in stock fixture.
• Made in Slovenia by Mehano. Production Year 1996.

Dimensions: Locomotive 7 7/8"L x 1 1/2"W x 2 1/8"T - Tender 6 3/8"L x 1 1/2"W x 2 1/8"T

HO Scale 1:87