The nine-car set will include baggage/Railway Post Office car no. 5017; Pullman 4-bedroom, 4-compartment, 2-drawing room sleepers George Washington Bridge, Bay Bridge, and Queensboro Bridge; club-lounge car Lake Shore; kitchen-dormitory no. 474; dining car no. 401; Pullman 12-bedroom sleeper Port of Buffalo; and 5-bedroom lounge observation Hickory Creek. The set will also include a rerailer with 20th Century Limited graphics similar to those used on the red carpet found on full-size terminal platforms. Standard nine-car sets will sell for $315; versions with pre-installed interior lighting will be priced at $450.
Kato will also offer four-car add-on sets featuring Pullman 10-roomette, 6-double-bedroom sleepers Chicago River and Powder River and 12-bedroom sleepers Port of Boston and Port of Albany. Sets will be priced at $140 (standard) and $200 (pre-installed lighting).
Each car will feature all-new tooling, prototype-specific interior and exterior details, and factory-installed detail parts. The observation car will have an illuminated tail sign. Car interiors can be illuminated with an optional no. 11-211/212 light-emitting diode interior lighting kits.
Electro-Motive Division E7A diesel locomotives nos. 4008 and 4022 will be the power for the train. The newly tooled models, sold in a two-engine set, will be offered in three versions: direct current ($230), with pre-installed Digitrax Digital Command Control ($390), and with pre-installed ESU LokSound sound decoder, $630.
The manufacturer’s suggested retail prices are estimates and subject to change. The models are scheduled for release in October and November. For more information and product updates, visit katousa.com.
