This model shows the Y6b in ex-works or newly overhauled condition, as it may have appeared in the period 1953-58. The paintwork is unspoiled, unlike the auxiliary tender at back, which carries extra water for the gargantuan needs of this machine. #2175 incorporates the sheathed, or lagged/jacketed smokebox. The smokebox door still carries the classic graphited finish, which was used on the smokebox of those engines which were unsheathed. This graphite was often polished till it shone like a 2 bob watch. The Rivarossi model represents the engine with no sheath on the smokebox.
This model was pictured on a Queensland summer day, which explains the rather deep shadows. I had the same problem when attempting to photograph full size Queensland engines back in the early 60's.
The model pictured above, was one of 100 built as a "Crown" series model in 1960, and sold unpainted then for US$150. The Crown series often had added detail or some other improvement, over concurrent or similar models. Note that this Nearly 500 of the Y6b model were imported by PFM in the period 1958 to 1962, representing the number series 2171 to 2200. The tender on these models is representative of a modern type that carried 22,000 gallons of water, and 30 tons of coal, and used by the Y5 through Y6 classes. More pictures of this model of #2175.
Other Y6b models have been sold by Precisiton Scale, and Key Imports (KEY).
Earlier Y classes used 16,000 gallon, 23 ton, or 18,000 gallon, 26 ton tenders.
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