PCM Y6b's

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Bob contact Rick Bell in Augusta, Ga about installing decoders and 
remotoring. He is at Rwbrv4 at aol.com,  Cal Reynolds
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Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's



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

> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:08 PM

> 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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>> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:57 AM

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>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>

>> 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

>>

>>

>>> 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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>>>> 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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>>>>> 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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