Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?

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 You will also need to shorten the smokebox.
Jim Nichols
    On Thursday, February 6, 2020, 06:25:42 PM CST, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
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I’d like to convert 1 of my Broadway Y6b’s to an “a”.  I’ve not studied differences closely (yet) so haven’t made the yes/no decision to move forward.  Other than the “elephants in the room” changes (replacing the left side pumps with a feedwater heater, adding the 2nd pump on the right, removing the fwh ahead of the stack, changing some piping/air tanks, etc.) can this conversion be done using the same boiler, cab, pilot and running gear?  I have a brass FWH for the left side and can get other parts from Cal-Scale/Bowser or ebay so necessary parts are easily available and lesser parts can be scratchbuilt.

  

Jim King

http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/

  
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