PSC OR PCM Y6b

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I have the PCM Y6b.  I bought it last year.  It is a stunningly beautiful model.  Jim is correct that both engines swivel.  The PCM does not have traction tires.  Depending on who you ask that can be good or bad.  I can pull about 15 Broadway Limited Coal Hoppers or Stewart 34ft Coal Hoppers (all weighted to NMRA Standards) up a 2.2 percent grade on my clubs layout.  My Broadway Limited A with traction tires can about 30+ cars up the same grade.  I just wish I would not have lost the instructions on how to put a front coupler on the "A"

A.J. Gemperline



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> The PCM model is beautiful. I have one, and am well pleased with the 

> detail. The PSC brass model has one advantage, however. The rear engine 

> is rigidly mounted to the boiler, which is prototypically correct, 

> whereas the PCM model follows current model practice of allowing both 

> engines to swivel. If this matters to you, then the PSC is your choice. 

> If not, I would go with the PCM.   Jim Nichols

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> >     All,

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> >     I am interested in purchasing either the PSC Brass Y6b that came

> >     out in the mid to late 90s or the PCM model recently released. 

> >     Any comments on which is the more prototypically correct model?  I

> >     realize PCS is brass, however the diecast/plastic models have

> >     greatly improved in the past 10 or so years.  Money is not the

> >     issue here, although if the PCM is the better bet, I sure would

> >     not mind the savings.

> >     I looked over the past archives and did not see this question

> >     addressed in any detail.

> >      

> >     Thanks for any help in advance!  Steve Clark

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> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:48:08 -0400

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

> Subject: Re: PSC or PCM Brass Y6b

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> Steve,

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> Part of the decision depends on whether you want the ultimate detailed

> showpiece or a more practical model that runs well and pulls realistic sized

> trains.  I bought a PSC brass class A around that same time period.  It was

> exquisitely detailed, with the pony and trailing trucks equalized with the

> drivers, removable lids on the sand domes, sprung trailing truck, openable

> lid on tender, etc.  The problems started when I tried to operate it pulling

> modest trains of 30+ cars.  It was slippery, and tended to short out on even

> broad curves of 32? radius due to the close tolerances of the brake hangers.

> The next thing I knew, the wormgear (made of brass) in the front engine

> failed.  I had NWSL custom make some replacement wormgears of delrin.  Then,

> after that, the brass universal joints wore out.  It was a nightmare.

> Admittedly, there are extensive 1.5% grades on my layout, but I still think

> that the power train was far too fragile.  I think that the BL class A or

> the PCM Y look very good, and are far more rugged and reliable.

> 

> Bob Folsom

> Clemson, SC

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> On 8/15/07 9:48 PM, "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

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> > All,

> >  

> > I am interested in purchasing either the PSC Brass Y6b that came out in the

> > mid to late 90s or the PCM model recently released.  Any comments on which is

> > the more prototypically correct model?  I realize PCS is brass, however the

> > diecast/plastic models have greatly improved in the past 10 or so years.

> > Money is not the issue here, although if the PCM is the better bet, I sure

> > would not mind the savings.

> > I looked over the past archives and did not see this question addressed in any

> > detail.

> >  

> > Thanks for any help in advance!  Steve Clark

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