N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

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Thanks Mike. 😊

Glad I could stir the pot. I can’t speak to most of the differences other than what you mentioned. I’ll have to defer to the experts who see this to point out more.

Phil Miller

 

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Now you've done it, Phil!

I have been buying up Y6b's with plans to either cut down the boiler, and/or create a 3D model/print of whatever I need to change it over.

Can anyone point out differences, besides the feedwater heater and air pumps, and the shorter smokebox ?

Which locos had forward leaning stacks - all Y6 variants, or just the "b"

It seems like a pretty do-able conversion?

I've overlaid a Y6b blueprint over an Y6a image

What glaring items am I overlooking?

 

Definitely in over his head,

Mike Rector

 



 

 

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 6:37 PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

I wish the companies that produce HO-scale Y6b models would consider
offering the Y6a, since there would be a lot of parts/drive mechanism that
could be common to both. 
While the Y6b was the zenith of steam, a Y6a still exists (2156). Seems like
little effort would be expended to offer a model of an existing engine, much
as was done for 611 and 1218. 
Phil Miller

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Anybody got any guesses why no model manufacturer hasn't offered a
reasonably accurate, plastic, steam-era N&W caboose in the past 50 years?

Seems like they would only sell about a 1000 of them in the first year.

I can't even remember how many SMD cabs I reserved. But it was/is a lot

John Garner, Newport VA
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