BLI Y-6 wishes

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I've watched this thread go on and on, and I  finally can't stand it anymore.  I have not bought,  and will never buy a BLI articulated, of they can't/won't get the articulation right.  The Rivarossi floating rear engine isn't necessary and even it the driver and flange sizes are better, it's still a glaring abomination.  They will never get my money if they can't make a proper engine.  Perhaps if they offered an M, since that is a solid frame engine, I would consider it.  But I will never buy a Y6a, or a Y6, or a Y5 from them if they insist on perpetuating an incorrect drive mechanism.

Dr. J. Brent Greer


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Subject: Re: BLI Y-6 wishes

I’ll join the list of those having suggested BLI do an Y-6/Y-6a. If I recall correctly, I emailed them shortly after they announced their Y-6b.

I noted that the Y-6’s and Y-6a’s outnumbered the B’s by nearly 3-to-1 on the N&W. And living about 15 miles from the prototype 2156 at the time, I even volunteered to measure/photograph it for them.

Their emailed answer to me was, boiled down, thanks but no thanks. I took some solace in their at least getting the driver diameter correct, unlike the ancient Rivarossi model. LOL.

Andre Jackson
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On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 3:31 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Certainly Broadway LTD has not been hampered in producing Pennsylvania RR locomotives.  It seems like a new PRR release every month or two.  Many years ago at the NMRA National Train Show in Philadelphia I spoke with a representative of Broadway.  They had already produced the Y6b and I suggested they could use the same mechanism and do the Y-5, Y-6 and Y-6a boilers.  I know Harold Davenport also suggested this to them but obviously nothing has come of it.

It is my understanding that the PRRT&HS Modeling committee gathers together all the necessary documentation and travels to Florida to meet with the folks at Broadway to promote a new locomotive.  I have even heard a representative of the factory in China is often in attendance. Of course, it seems like anything with "PRR" on it sells well.

Jim Brewer


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