PCM Y6b's

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WEll I have FIVE Rivarossi Y6b's. Three are still as Y6b's, and two I have 
are kitbashed into a Y6 and a Y4. WIth a little bit of money invested in 
detail parts and DCC decoders I have five unique units. Now, I have had 
trouble getting the DCC decoders in them so am seeking help there, but I 
figure even remotored and with the investment I have in them, I have half 
the investment that one of the PCM units would be, or less.

Bob Welsh

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Subject: RE: PCM Y6b's



> Isn't PCM connected in some way to BLI? IF so what happened to the

> communication between the two companies. Since I heard on the list a Y6b 

> was

> going to be made I was really excited. Now hearing Mr. King's comments on

> the Y6b, which I personally pay very close attention to all comments Mr.

> King makes as well as a lot of others here on the list, I will resume a

> search for a brass model and not purchase the PCM model at all. The model

> railroad industry is BOOMING right now and for PCM to put out a 

> substandard

> model for the price they are asking is ridiculous. I have a tight model

> railroad budget and I would have been severely upset if I had purchased 

> this

> model and my current Rivarossi Y6b be more representative of the awesome

> class of locomotive then the PCM.

>

>

> Just me 2 cents worth.

> Jon Kelley

> norfolknwestern1218 at adelphia.net

>

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> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

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> Nigel - attached is the letter to PCM that will go in tomorrow's mail.

>

> Ed King

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> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:02 PM

> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

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>

>> Hi Ed;

>>

>> Have you sent these comments to PCM?

>>

>> Thank you

>> Nigel F Misso

>>

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>> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:25 PM

>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>

>>

>>> 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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>>> To: "N and W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:22 AM

>>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>>

>>>

>>>> There, there, David.  Everything's gonna be OK.  Let not your heart be

>>>> troubled . . .

>>>>

>>>> EdKing

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>>>> From: <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>>> To: "N and W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:41 AM

>>>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> It's probably my imagination, but....

>>>>>

>>>>> Is there something proportionately off about the front

>>>>> end of PCM's Y6b?  All the individual parts are great,

>>>>> but the front view on the website doesn't look right.

>>>>> Is the headlight a bit too high?  The Y6b bracket was

>>>>> different from the other Y6's and the headlight was

>>>>> located lower relative to the number plate.  Gave the

>>>>> Y6b a less squatty appearance from  the front.

>>>>>

>>>>> Maybe I'm just having a rivet-counter relapse.  Try to

>>>>> keep it under control but don't always succeed.

>>>>>

>>>>> Dave Stephenson

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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