Railking Y6B Info Please

All Imperial engines have more and better details.

The later one you listed is also 3V PS-2 and may have a better sound set.

I have a Railking PS2 Y6B.  It was the second O-gauge loco I bought (2007) and the first articulated O-gauge loco I owned.  I still have it and its one of the few non-scale locos I have kept since I have gone to all scale stuff.  I love it and will never let it go.  It is bulletproof, just a superb little runner and nothing upsets it, not tight curves, rough track, etc.  All the traction tires have broken off it after six years and many hundred hours of running.  It still pulls hard without them, aided by a bit of frog- snot.

I have the 2010 Imperial Version. It was done both as a seperate sale engine and in the special set with engine, 4 hoppers and caboose. I bought the set. The 2007 version has a slightly different sound file which includes the "off beat" chuffing (which I prefer). Detail wise, they are the same although there is possibly one or two very little differences.  

 

It is a terrific engine. Looks great, runs great, sounds great. The N&W Hooter whistle is dead on accurate. 

 

Don't trust the catalog photos for an accurate representation. See page 14 of the 2010 V. 2 catalog for an accurate "live" photo of the engine in the early pages where the different categories of the Railking line are described. 

Like Lee, I mainly run scale locomotives now. But when I first got into this hobby, I purchased a number of RK steam locomotives, a GN Y6B among them. I have discontinued running most of them with the exception of a RK Imperial UP 4-8-4 and my Y6B which also is an Imperial. They both run like swiss watches, sound great, and looked right at home on my previous layout. I've got no plans to get rid of them or to stop running them. RK Imperials truly give you great bang for the buck.

I have the 2007 Imperial N&W version. It is a favorite and a great runner.

The level of detail is great, and yes it has boiler marker lights (LED's actually).

I added a set of tender marker LED's just for the heck of it, because I like them.

Mine gets lots of use. I think it has about 500-600 miles on it so far. Never any issue.

 

Rod

Thanks for your replies - it looks like I shall be looking either Imperail version from what you say. Which ever comes up first I guess!!

 

CHEERS MIKE

Mike;

You won't be sorry.

They look just great with a long string of coal hoppers in tow.

 

Rod

I have the Rail King 30-1163-1 Y6b and it is one of my favorite engines. As for the chuff sound, it lacks the offbeat chuffs of a real articulated. However, running it at 5 chuffs per revolution is an improvement.

The 2007 Imperial version has the out-of-sync sounds and it is quite realistic.

Bobby, if yours is a PS-2 3v version you should be able to load the same soundfille and get the same effects.

 

Rod

I have the 2007 version and it is the most run locomotive in my collection. It has pulled over 50 reefers without a whimper or problem. And the 2007 sound file is much better then the newer one.

Thanks for the info Rod.