New York Central J3a Locomotive Shirt

In 1938 industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss was commissioned by the New York Central to design a new streamlined train set for their flagship train: The 20th Century Limited. Prior to this, Dreyfuss has been responsible for the conceptual design of the New York Central’s Mercury train set, which he used an existing locomotive and passenger cars to create a matching consist. Now in 1938, having proved himself, Dreyfuss took one of the NYC’s J3a Hudsons, and created an Art Deco style concept, incorporating a skyline casting, bullet nose, a vertical fin on the smokebox door, and shrouding over the firebox and pilot. The tender was also streamlined to match the contours of the locomotive cab. The locomotive received the nickname “Dreyfuss Hudson”. Numbered 5445-5454, these hudsons produced 41,000 lbs of tractive effort, allowing them race a 17 car train at over 90mph. All (10) were equipped with 79? drivers, the first (5) being box pox drivers with tradition rods, and the later (5) having scullin disc drivers and lightweight roller-bearing rods.

My name is Dal Cook and I am the owner of  the family business 'Mohawk Design.' I have had a life-long love of trains and have personally worked for the railroad. Each of my T-Shirt designs have been designed by hand to be as faithful as possible to the actual engines they represent. These T-Shirts are unique to my company and you will find them at our booth at many railroad/steel shows and in fine museums around the country. 

I stand behind my products. If you have any problems please contact me immediately and I will make things right. 

At Mohawk Design, we aren't just in the business of selling T-Shirts.  We live and breathe the stories and legacies of our countries railroading, steamboat & steel mill roots. Dal is personally a member of the NYCSHS.

Shirts are Gildan 100% cotton or Fruit of the Loom 100% cotton depending on availability of shirts from distributors.

Here are some great tips on how to best care for your Mohawk (or any screen printed shirt) shirt:

1. Use cold water. Cold water still gets your clothes clean and it's less harsh on the fabric and print.
2. Do NOT use bleach or other strong detergent products. Use a stain remover on spots but avoid bleach if at all possible.  Standard household detergents should be just fine.
3. Turn your clothes inside out before you wash and/or dry them.  This will help to prevent fading of the printed art.
4. Do NOT put your clothes in a hot dryer.  Setting the dryer to its highest heat settings for screen printed shirts will shorten the life of the printed art.  If you want to be extra cautious, remove them from the dryer before they are completely dry to hang up or lay out to finish drying.  Like hot water, that hot air can shorten the life of your garment.
5. Wash similar textures of clothes together.  Rough materials or items with zippers mixed with your nice cotton shirt can rub the graphics and cause them to crack and peel from too much friction.