Lionel NYC Pacemaker L-2a Mohawk & Freight Set 

FYI, I goofed and called the feedwater heater on the top of the smokebox a "super heater". Also, there are chapters for those who was to skip around.

Though not an MTH man, I have to admit that black Mohawk with elephant ears is stunning. I also feel Lionel did a superb job on this red Mohawk!

Definitely one of the best-looking fantasy schemes I’ve ever seen from Lionel. Right up with the Hiawatha S3 for absolute certainty in my opinion

Wow, that red really pops. Beautiful locomotive, I’m glad Lionel does those fantasy paint schemes.

Can't go wrong with the NYC & Scarlet & Gray.... 👍 I ordered this paint too, as I figured I can always get an NYC Mohawk in black. Looks great!

My SP1 is my daily carry knife, LOVE IT!

Your Water Level Freight Set is still my favorite reviews of yours. That set is still on my radar. Someday I'll find one.

I've seen NYC 3001 in person and I will say it awesome to see and it being one of two survivors left and I couldn't believe how freaking large they are in person

The paint scheme on the engine is fantastic. My dad always says it doesn't matter what you run or even if it actually existed, as long as you like it. I love that they included the two different eras of PM box car paint schemes.

The plumbing really stands out with red.

The ability to change the color of the marker lights is a feature I've been waiting for! Now we have the ability to accurately classify our trains to be as prototypical as possible! Love it Lionel!!!!!

“…so that opened that can of worms and we all know where it went from there” is the catch phrase for all of us o-scale enthusiasts. haha!

Something cool about Mohawks irl is that one of the tenders is/was used for western Maryland 734

Today was such a great model by Lionel. Awesome video as always!

Cool video Eric. The paint scheme looks awesome on that engine!

Beautiful engine and set, Eric. Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful history and running session! Love it!

You’ve definetly nailed it with your assessment , the locomotive is gorgeous and beautiful👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Amazing set Eric! Happy Easter to you!

Beautiful set brother 👍👍👍

Beautiful looking locomotive...

NYC often left piping uncovered instead of hiding it. Lionel was very good about capturing that

Awesome Set Eric! I like how the Weaver and Atlas cars look with the Lionel expansion pack. 🚂

Love that paint scheme! I’ve also seen 2933 many times and have even been in its cab.

Beautiful engine, happy Easter!

AWESOME set Eric! Congrats and thanks! Happy Easter!

Very Nice, Loco and Box sounds! Thanks!

Nice engine Eric. It looks fantastic

Thanks for the informative review. The paint scheme is really sharp. I have the MTH Premier version of that Pacemaker train and they use an L4a Mohawk 3100 as motive power. The actual caboose on the real Pacemaker train was a converted boxcar with an added cupola and painted to match. The MTH Mohawk you have, 3149, is an L4b and was the last Mohawk built for the NYC. Looking forward to your next review. Happy Easter to you and yours.

Yeah, the color is really nice!

Excellent video and review. I heard both 765 and 1225’s whistles on the Mohawk.

My father had several of the Marx tin Pacemaker boxcars and I have always had a soft sport for them. I also like the Pacific Fruit boxcars.

What a beautiful engine

Wow,this Mohawk set from Lionel certainly makes a statement coming down the track. Lionel did an awesome job with this engine and cars. Before you unboxed everything,I honestly thought a red loco and cars was too yucky and was going to blow this one off. Until the loco came out. When you put the Mohawk on the tracks with the box cars,my heart started pumping. Honestly,for me,the only train that excited me was the vintage Santa Fe 2343 F-3s carrying either freight or shiny's. This train is the bomb exciting. Course,I didnt hear the cost either. That brings me down to reality despite being divorced. Good stuff Eric.

Wow the Lionel ones sound great

That’s a neat lookin model! And nice colors as well. Happy Easter by the way!

Man Eric you have one of the coolest collections. Life goals good sir 🤣 can't wait for your special run diesel to get here!!

That was my grandfather's favorite train to run in HO Scale. Just need about 10 more cars now

Love this Red train

I like how the expansion pack goes with the gray Niagara….or you can lash up both engines….looks great together!

Looks like Lionel addressed the coupler issues. The cars aren't O scale? Are they? I also like the colors. That crew talk loading the box car is nice. One more thing. I wish Lionel would get ALL the engine switches on top. The bottom is a stinker for me. Nice job Eric, and a Happy Easter to you and family.

Sweet!

That air tank at the top in the front actually makes it look like it has a Mohawk haircut. 😂😂

As always, a good review. I have seen this locomotive in a few videos, and I must say I am a little jealous. It passed though my mind to get one, but I have too much other stuff on order, so I passed. Maybe one day.

Boy, Lionel sure hearkens back to my childhood in the 50s! But the one thing I couldn't geranium past was the three rails on the track!

I like the last whistle

Man what a hot looking loco

Damn, I didn’t think I was going to like this thing color scheme but it is gorgeous! Edit: I still miss these longer-form reviews, and am glad to see the plastic pointers back lately, too.

Wonderful train 🚂❤️😎👍wicked awesome Wish they had a version of it in a starter set I collect starter sets

Eric, I truly love your display of the new Lionel models and all of the educational details and minutia that you have incorporated in your videos. Also the price points and countries of production. As we (as human beings on this planet) move forward into the future, I was wondering if you had any thoughts or projections as to the future of model railroading, or the products of future technologies affecting this hobby? Specifically, what will become of real trains and model trains based on them? Like the evolution of the engine--steam, diesel, to electric--possibly to nuclear-powered, or Mag-Lev? I am certain that future model train manufacturers will reflect any changes in technology with all new models being produced. That said, will you have to build new layouts with no tracks, or elevated mono-rail-type lines, or even just flat roads that support semi-airborne "trains" or cars floating above the surface? Most of this may not come in our lifetime, but all hobbies reflect the standards of the time--witness model planes going to actual "rockets", and lighter than air dirigibles, and drones with remote control, and cars and trucks becoming more and more realistic, with some having power plants based on the real thing. Just curious where you think model railroading will head in the future--will you have a train running on air above the"tracks" with no wheels and no fossil fuel. Something to think about.

Cool engine.

One of the Mohawks escaped being scrapped because the shop forces piled a bunch of boxes in front of it and when it was discovered in 1962 the outcry prevented it from being scrapped.

Using that knife for this is hilarious!

Not only were the paint different on the boxcars, but the also had different doors.

Now that's a knife! 🔪 😮

I really hope you do a review on the Lionel C&O Greenbrier in the “Chessie” paint scheme

It’s got the Pere Marquette 1225 and the Nickel Plate Road 765 whistles as options? Too cool

Eric....thanks for keeping us updated on your new arrivals. This is a beautiful engine and set. The lights appear to be quite bright...is it the video ? Just curious. Thanks Again !

I always enjoy your videos and your information us usually spot on, however I need to point out that the tank on the front of the boiler is an Elesco Feedwater heater and not a super heater. The Super heater would be inside the smoke box and feed the steam pipes back into the boiler. I have seen others make this same mistake. Thanks! Gorgeous train!

I believe I even remember your review of the Mohawk way back in the day when you first got it and you mentioning that it was your first steam engine. Doesn't seem like it should be so long ago.

Its 2022 your Legacy system should be smart enough to find your engine by itself.

You americans also called 2-10-4 "Texas" as apposed to Selkirk like we did. so its really interesting to see the name changes depending on location and railway

Hello Eric I love your train collection it nice I been starting my own o gauge collection and do you have any problem out of lionel engine at all just asking because I was interested in getting the new lionel alcea set one day

I actually got the pacmaker set at home, I didnt order the engine but these cars will look great with my other NYC steam locomotive that I have for the fleet

You probably understand this more than I do because there’s actual ballast between lines. Let’s say to give the layout a ‘foggy’ look you could take a Niagara (or any other locomotive with the water scoop effect) and fill the track space with smoke would this work as a legitimate tactic for looks or just choke everyone to death in the room?

Terrific video, Eric. Did you forget to introduce us to the 3 additional rolling stock? Very handsome.

Love e t all day

The MTH Mohawk details really make it look like a brass model. The Lionel Pacemaker Mohawk details look ham-fisted, by comparison. I'll take the MTH details over the Lionel sound because upgrading sound is just a software update away while physical upgrades are a lot harder. I wonder if the caboose is semi-scale. Maybe Lionel, MTH, Weaver, K-Line, or Atlas produced a pacemaker caboose that would better complement these box cars.

Do you really run all your trains, eric.you have such a massive collection.I hear you must run engines to keep them in good order.I try to rotate mine.i don't have a huge collection like you.great video as usual

Made in Korea? Huh. Guess I didn't know they were making them there. But then again, I can't afford the high-end new stuff. That Pacemaker red engine looks great. I have enough black steamers, and I'm really liking the colors and some of the fantasy paint schemes.

Beautiful The caboose would be better if it had the black paint Would've made it pop Maybe offset some of the cons you mentioned

I'm looking at buying the black version on this. Do you know the difference between the #2775 and the #2700 Mohawk?

I love 💕 steam train

Hey Eric. What's with your Chessie System coal hoppers bein' upside down?🤔

Re: engine-tender gap, how'd the coal get into the firebox?

Eric, any suggestions for keeping our collections dust free, especially the stuff displayed on open shelves? You showed your engines from years ago. But we see no dust. Does an air filter help? With large collections, hand cleaning individual pieces seems a very time consuming task. What's your tips?

Hola buenas tardes excelente video miy bueno el tren abrazo grande y mucha gracias por subir el video

The freight sounds are the same for Lionel’s Pacific Fruit Express sounds boxcar. Not bad though.

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Nice train Eric and we have the same first name 😃

Do you have any hobo miniatures to put sitting in the boxcar? Thought that'd be a neat tiny detail on one of your trains.

They have this one an n one with the same colors when is there going to be one with the color scheme in HO

Is that four valve facing thing behind the whistle the safety valves it's very bizarre that they're mounted to shoot steam sideways and not straight up like a conventional safety valve on a steam locomotive

One of the questions who is your camera guy / girl

Any ALCO Locomotives ? ? ?

Good demo of it all, glad to hear they god the sounds for the engine much better. Sorry, maybe it is your voice, but I'm thinking either your mic is in a bad spot, to close or one of the parts of the sound audio line is over loading and gives you that annoying squawk sounding voice.

If you're opening the packages who's holding the camera

Another reason to get the fantasy paint scheme is because it's your cash and you spend it on what you want

Big knife for two big boxes.

I wish lionel would standardize the deck plate like MTH…

Lisa is behind the camera

How much did this cost you? I like it

What’s the barrel on top?

I just got mine in today and it already came with some issues. The main one being the engine won’t go forward without stopping in 2.5 seconds and trying again and again to do it. On the other hand it runs in reverse just fine. I love this engine and I’m really disappointed. Other than that it’s stunning.

Lucy when you have a box that's from New York you got to go with a knife that actually will work but also that's not a knife... that's a knife

Hello

you will macke a good santa clus

better if gray on tender lined up with gray on cars..imho.

Thought it said peacemaker for a second

um i know all 5 whistles 1. polar express 2. NW whistle 3. mabe not 4. polar express aging both legacy 5.npr 765