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I see BLI is doing their Y6B in HO again. When do we see one in N.
here we go again. why do we need another y6b?
Who makes a Y6b?
I would be happy with another run of the Lifelike/Walthers/Atlas Y3. I have a couple B&O mallet that I want to make and Y6's are too big. I have a second run w/sound and it is absolutely the best running steam I have, hands down. 2-8-8-2 options...MRC - 70's tooling best of the old schoolRivarossi/Atlas/ConCor - 70's tooling, garbage motors (except the very last Con-Cor run), half axle pickup everywhere, zamac disease candidates.Atlas/Samangosa - never ran right from day one. 30+ years old.Lifelike/Walthers - first run, no traction, second run was a gem.I will take either a Lifelike rerun or a new Y6 with a real motor and actual axle bearings not just slots in Zamac, both would be very welcome.. @draskouasshat if you think 70's tooled Y6's are acceptable compared to today's equipment......well......, no comment.
Are you upset that they are N&W and not something else?
None of those have been available in at least 10 years most over 30. Show me where I can go buy one right now setting in a shop or on a shelf. I will not spend a dime on old/used Rivarossi stuff, I have wasted too much on frames that are rotting away right now. I have probably 30 various Rivarossi/Atlas loco's in my collection. Any more it takes buying 3 to make on good one and not one of them will ever run as good as their modern counterpart.I scratch build steam, detailing one of these is no big deal, getting one to run like a modern Athearn Big Boy or Lifelike/Walthers Y3 will cost more than the loco is worth and more than the price of the new loco. With motorman gone, that price has now tripled. Are you upset that they are N&W and not something else?