July 19, 2010 - December 15, 2010
The Mohawk That Wouldn't Quit is a 2010 six-part YouTube mini-series that was created by user "ronthecyborg". As stated from Ron, this series took inspiration from a 1957 book published by author David Page Morgan, titled "The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate".
The series would all be filmed within the 2006 train simulator game made by Auran, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006, and edited all together with Microsoft Movie Maker. In this series, it follows a New York Central "Mohawk" steam locomotive, numbered 3124, who defies all it's odds to survive the era of Dieselisation, and when railroads would come to an end of using steam powered locomotives.
The first part would be uploaded to YouTube on July 19, 2010, and end with sixth part on December 15th, 2010. A few years after the series ended, Ron stated in a comment in the comment section that there would be a sequel to this series, being filmed in Trainz Simulator 12, and also voice actors that would likely play the role of the locomotives.
But since then, there have been no further updates. Either the sequel has been cancelled, or has been forgotten all together.
Description
A 6-part series revolving around the events of a NYC steam locomotive as he attempts to escape from scrap during a time where diesels are increasing in popularity. Made in Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006, the project was finally finished 6 months after the first part was posted.
Sound Effects Used
NOTE: A few of the sound effects are direct rips from the files of Sid Meier's Railroads!
- DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE BREAKS SCREAMING
- Gateway Records, Passing From Car To Car, Train In Motion (The chugging element is used as the chugging sound that emits from New York Central #3124.)
- Sound Ideas, STEAM - HEAVY STEAM RELEASE
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, CRASH - TRAIN APPROACH WITH HORN, BRAKE SQUEALS, HEAVY CRASH (The brake squeal can be heard once in a slightly lower volume when SOO Line #700 falls off the Bascule Bridge before falling into the water in part two.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE: START UP, IDLE, SHUT OFF WITH LONG WIND DOWN (Only the first half is used once near the end of part six before the credits roll.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - DIESEL TRAIN PASS BY WITH HORN DOPPLER, WHEELS CLACKING AND SQUEAKING (Used once for a Santa Fe passenger train that passes by the yard that #3124 hides out at in part four.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, PASSENGER - EXTERNAL: APPROACH, PASS BY LEFT TO RIGHT, FAST SPEED (Used when trains pass by.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, RAILYARD - TRAIN, SWITCHYARD, CARS BEING COUPLED, METAL CRASH, LOUD, VERSION 3, DIGIFFECTS (Used for coupling impacts.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: BRAKING TO STOP, HEAVY BRAKE SQUEAL (An edited variant is heard once in a low volume when #3124 and the "Shasta Daylight" stop in a yard in part six.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: EXTERNAL: ON BOARD: PASSENGER CAR: STEADY SPEED, HEAVY TRACK CLATTER (Only a small portion is used once only in part five.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: IDLE, PULL OUT OF STATION, HEAVY CHUGGING 02 (Chugging element only.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: PASS BY CLOSE (A small portion of the clattering element is used once in a low volume in part six for a Santa Fe passenger train that passes through the yard that #3124 and the "Shasta Daylight" are about to stop at in part six.)