new product news: new HO Y6b

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Years ago I rebuilt a Y6b into a Y5 (2092) and sold or traded it to George
Hughes.  I had since acquired 3 more Y6b¹s and those were also slated to
become Y5¹s.  I also got 3 of the Bachman Aux tenders and with inspiration
from the E3 project, I added back the coal bunkers and walkways, using some
photos from the College collection.  I had planned them to be the time
freight haulers, with my 8 Y3¹s doing coal drag work.  I had also cobbled
together 2 G1¹s for local light freight, and the M2c¹s were for work trains.
The Z1¹s (never built) would do coal work too, but I only got one as a
reference for the rest of the fleet if I ever get around to it.  I had a
tool failure on an ³Auto-Quarter² which did precision quartering and driver
removal so I could swap gear boxes, and make Bowsers run smooth as silk.  I
need to find an excellent machinist to make some replacement pieces in case
I break another.   I learned to make 2 Bowser H9 frames into the SRR 2-8-8-2
simple articulated with a PVC tube boiler, and cab I had to fabricate
myself.  It ran great, but the drive shaft arrangement had to be re-done for
less slop.  I was going to remove the 4th driver and frame stuff and make a
2-6-6-2 Z1 as my next project.  Then along come this wonderful
lady.............


 
Mark Lindsey
 



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Reply-To: "N&amp;W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:25:36 -0500
To: "N&amp;W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: new product news: new HO Y6b

I am the same way. I have a 2174 (I confess its been regeared with Northwest
Shortline products...), and 3 2197's, two of which were renumbered to 2173
and 2192. They all run pretty well.... My Bachmann J is waiting repair....
the gears in the engine broke all the pieces... I almost ordered a Bowser
undercarriage for it....
 
Bob Welsh

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> Why are you so quick to demean the Rivarossi Y6b? I think my Rivarossi 2174

> is a beautiful engine and runs well, compared with my Bachmann Plus J's which

> tended to be tempermental (at least until I find someone willing enough to

> work on them). I will gladly take another Rivarossi engine or maybe more, in

> case anyone would like to part with what they have. Other than that, I feel I

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> Lois J. Ponton

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> Williamson WV Modeler and 611 Historian

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>> Gee another Y6b? .....................uh, the only Y6b that I have seen  that

>> is affordable is the crappy Rivarossi Y6b. Depsite a few upgrades, this

>> engine is still lacking. I am very happy to see this engine made. My  guess

>> is that the reason this engine is being made is not only its appeal to  N&W

>> modelers, but also its appeal to modelers who don't specifically  model the

>> N&W. This is very important to make sure they sell enough to  make models.

>> Furthermore, polls on both magazines and internet that I have  seen have

>> consistently put this engine near the top. Also, consider that the  Y6b is so

>> popular that it is able to support an O gauge 3 rail scale version  by both

>> MTH and Lionel. (3rd Rail is considering a similarly priced brass  version)

>> However, if this engine does sell well, you can probably expect to  see more

>> N&W steam. So rather than bash this engine, we should hope it  sells well so

>> that more N&W steam will be made.

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>> I model both the Pennsy and N&W (actually the Milwaukee Road too,  but that

>> is another story) Notice how much Pennsy stuff is being made. The  reason is

>> simple, Pennsy fans buy Pennsy stuff which means more Pennsy stuff  is made.

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>> Rather than look at this as a glass half empty, lets look at as a glass  half

>> full. Encourage PCM to make an accurate model and hope it sells well.  Then

>> maybe in the future we will see more N&W steam.

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>> Also, as a side note, Sunset models made a pretty affordable HO  scale brass

>> M and M1.  

>> Eric  Lauterbach

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