I would like to see Lionel,3rd Rail or Weaver do an updated Pennsy B6a--Legacy,Odyssey,Cruise Control:all of that stuff. Brass or diecast,a new model of this old stalwart would be very nice and overdue at this time.
Norm
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Norm:
There was a K-line B6 many years ago that TAS had done an EOB upgrade. Not bad detail. Motor was really small. I had issues with mine and had Frank Timko do a motor replacement, still small.
Here is a video of the C1 and B6 switching. C1 is Weaver with an EOB upgrade. Click on the image to access the video.
I was able to cram an ERR cruise M in my K-Line B6. Runs like a Swiss watch now and one of my favorite engines.
Pete
Originally Posted by Mike CT:
Norm:
There was a K-line B6 many years ago that TAS had done an EOB upgrade. Not bad detail. Motor was really small. I had issues with mine and had Frank Timko do a motor replacement, still small.
Here is a video of the C1 and B6 switching. C1 is Weaver with an EOB upgrade. Click on the image to access the video.
hello Mike, is that a Weaver BP20 in the background of the first picture?
I hope to have an around the wall layout started in a month or so with one line dedicated to G scale. You will be welcome to stop over to see the KM1 G scale loco Deutche Reishbaun 2-10-0 or 1-5-0 in Euro terms(the one I displayed at Patrick; you had mentioned that you were a G scale fans) run if you like and possibly the Berlyn Locomotive Works K37 narrow gauge loco if it will navigate a 9' curve (all that I will have room for). Norm you are always welcome.
Could he have meant B6sa? The B6 and B6sb have been modeled many times - the selection is really good, with the Williams version almost continuously on eBay. I have three of those and a converted Lionel on my roster, and I am not even a Pennsy freak.
Bart,
I'll take you up on that! The same goes for my layout,I'm finally installing that custom trestle and will soon be running trains on all tracks.
Concerning the various models of the PRR B6:there may be many out there,but none with up to date electronics and detail. Since I only do TMCC,Lionel or 3rd Rail would be preferred. I don't think that Weaver would do it. I'm sure that they would sell very well being a smaller steam engine.
Norm
I read this post and it made me curious. I am a pennsy buff and I could remember a B6A class.
So I got out a couple books and found some good information in Stauffers "Pennsy Power".
The PRR itself did not have any B6a class locos. There were only 10 built by Juniata for Washington terminal which was jointly owned by PRR. The B6a was an upgrade to the original B6. After that there were 55 B6sa locos built for PRR. The "s" indicates that these were superheated. All the B6a and B6sa locos had radial stay fireboxes, not the belpaire we associate with PRR.
After the B6sa, PRR built 238 B6sb locos which did have the Belpaire firebox. This is most likely the loco that comes to mind when you think PRR B6 switcher. The last 97 B6sb built between 1923 and 1926 had the cylinders slated out at the top and in at the bottom. All the others were the opposite, they slanted in toward the top.
There were also 79 original B6 class 0-6-0s built before the B6a. These had inside steam delivery pipes and stephenson valve gear (inside the frame linkage). So on these the only rods showing were the side rods on the drivers and the main piston rods. All the linkage for valves was inside the frame.
