PCM Y6b's

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Thanks, that will save me a lot of money, since all the BLI  ones have 
terrible articulation and I will never buy another one of those.

Kurt

nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Yep, Kurt.  Hinged at the ends so they can get around those 18" curves 

> and sell all that many more engines.

>

> EdKing

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> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

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>> What about the articulation?  Ia it the same a the BLI's?

>>

>> Kurt S. Kramke

>>

>> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

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>>> So I got mine yesterday, and put it on the programming track today.

>>>

>>> Comments:  Valve gear is not acceptable.  If Proto can put 

>>> acceptable valve gear on the Y-3s, why can't these folks put it on 

>>> the Y-6b?  And Broadway on the N&W A, for that matter?

>>>                     Sound is barely acceptable; the exhaust sound is 

>>> confusing to say the least.  Other sounds are OK; a nice touch is 

>>> the splash of water from the injector overflow after the injector 

>>> shuts off.

>>>                     Programming is OK.

>>>                     Power - not acceptable.  My Broadway 1218 will 

>>> shove the Y-6b right off the test track without slipping a driver (I 

>>> haven't tested it against my Y-3s).  The Y-6b will not budge the A 

>>> if the A is not under power.

>>>                     Tender is heavy all right, but I guess that's 

>>> because of the big speaker.

>>>

>>> Ed King

>>>

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