So Lionel is redoing Y'6's in multiple numbers-what they are not doing is the #2156. The 2156 will be moving to Roanoke to be beside the A and the J once it gets back from Spencer. That more than likely means this Y6 will get more attention than any other, yet the number isn't being produced.
Also no one has ever made the best looking Y paint scheme...
On the bright side I saved some big bucks since the N&W #2156 and the Interstate #20 isn't being produced.
Scott Smith
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Scott, that is a really sharp looking paint scheme. Is it a Y6b?
Thanks for posting the picture,
Don
2156 is a Y6a while Lionel is modeling the Y6b. I saw 2156 in St. Louis and the cylinders, like those of a Y6b, are huge! Are there any significant differences in the details between a Y6a and a Y6b? Does "Hot Water" care to weigh in?
My guess is the Interstate would be a Y3 since it was built in 1925.
The blueprint says based on USRA:that would make it a Y3.
Scott Smith
2156 is a Y6a while Lionel is modeling the Y6b. I saw 2156 in St. Louis and the cylinders, like those of a Y6b, are huge! Are there any significant differences in the details between a Y6a and a Y6b? Does "Hot Water" care to weigh in?
OK, the Y6a has the huge Worthington BL type feedwater "system" mounted on the Fireman's side, while the Y6a has the Worthington S type feedwater, which has that big rectangular heater tank mounted up top on the smokebox near the stack. The visual differences are thus, quite pronounced.
Personally I would prefer the Y6a, but Lionel sure will NOT do THAT.
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