N0n brass As and Ys, N-Scale

[NW Modeling List]

Joe:

Non-brass A and Y, N-Scale: To my knowledge no A in N-Scale has ever 
appeared. One manufacturer some years ago offered to do a run, but 
pre-production orders did not satisfy the manufacturer, so the project 
was dropped.

The Y is another story. Roewa in the late '60s produced a Y6b, and when 
that outfit disappeared in the '70s the dies were picked up by Rivarossi 
for several runs through the '80s, and possibly into the early '90s. 
Nothing since then. I think the Roewa-Rivarossi models are reasonably 
accurate, although evaluating loco details is not up my alley. I have a 
number converted to DCC and renumbered in Y6, Y6a and Y6b alike, which 
in the scale you can get away with, unless you are an absolute purist.

Walthers (Heritage series) marketed in the '00s a Y3 manufactured in 
China, DCC with optional sound. I have a number, really smooth 
performers with excellent sound.

These Y3s and Y6s can be found on ebay without too much trouble. I see 
them also, used, listed occasionally via N-Scale Supply.

Frank Gibson



On 02/06/2015 09:39 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> I read how we need this or that to be perfect per the blueprints we 
> have. and all this time talking about brass locomotives in HO costing 
> thousands of dollars. I'm in N scale and would just be happy to see a 
> A or Y, which were manufactured several years back, in plastic that 
> was halfway close to the correct look of the original locomotive. The 
> only thing I've seen in the pass ten years has been the J in several 
> different numbers and paint. And sadly all I heard was this didn't 
> have the correct stack or drivers or paint. I am not a rivet counter 
> carrying a scale rule in my back pocket and Google ready to go on my 
> smart phone. Unless we decide to build our own locomotives and sell 
> them through the NWHS it will never happen.
> Joe Grzelak