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Tramp., my doctor said your doctor is absolutely right - I need at least two beers before I call him; four will make me really ready. Anyway, my Mohawk got here yesterday - I'm laying a circle of 054 on the basement floor to give it a test run. I am forwarding Jon a couple of photos of my own Berk, a Lima-built S-class MTH machine making time on a Nickel Plate reefer block the last trip I made to see my parents.
Flirtin' with disaster...
Well, I'll be really honest - it is not as big as the Berk, in either girth/boiler size or height (the length is similar). I am hoping it has not been scaled down by Lionel to match their postwar cars or other Mohawks, as a good deal of my rolling stock is Weaver/K-Line /MTH Premier and Atlas. However, the detail is excellent, the paint nicely applied, condition was as the buyer stated - very minor roller and wheel wear - likely only test run (he said it had a couple of hours on it). I want to get a couple of laps on it before I forward pictures, bit it is looking like a real keeper. Ive got a set of ABA F3s that I need to test run before they go out to Jeff Sohn for paint (may detail them a little bit, but taking the Dremel to a mint engine is a little nerve-racking - that will have to happen at NO-BEER thirty...
Flirtin' with disaster...
I dont think the drivers were 78" on the L2-class Mohawk. Though they were dual purpose engines, the Hudson was the speedster; early Mohawks were all about under 50 mph pulling. Twenty years later, Niagara 6000 began with 75" drivers and was built up with 78" when the order for the other 24 went in. The Lima Berk was designed completely different in terms of boiler horsepower, and it likely was physically larger. It just surprised me that they were so different. As to cutting up the noses on a pair of F3s that are brand-new (want to install a second headlight and door from P&D), what do you think - good idea/bad idea?
Flirtin' with disaster...
Its an MTH PS1 version - another eBay special; put in a bid of 450.00 figuring it would never win, and found out when I woke up the next morning I was a proud father. Ended up selling my MTH Rail King Hiawatha set to pay for it, but no regrets - its pulled 25-30 cars on flat track without missing a beat; on my dad's 2.5 grades, 15 cars before slippage on the curves. I had planned on turning it over and making a couple hundred on it but, but... well, I can always get rid of something that is not so cool...
Flirtin' with disaster...
Easy on the brew for me as a working day Monday. 
Funny, but I fried up two for myself. A number of sauces, hunter's cheddar melt on English muffins.
Last edited by Tramp on Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Jon, did you get the Berk photos I forwarded? The Mohawk is on the track. It is basically new, so it will probably going to need a little more time on it to smooth the running gear out. Runs nice - a little bit of jerking as I adjust the CAB1 (using conventional at the moment). Sound is nice and throaty, deep whistle tone. I'll try to get a couple of images of it shot, though it will be on 0-27 -height tinplate instead of Atlas O track. I guess it may be time to pull the cellephane off the F3 A-B-A and give it a little workout, too. My better half turned in early tonight, though, so I've got to figure out the way to turn the sound either down or off...
Flirtin' with disaster...
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