Walthers HO Flexi-Van

HO Walthers Flexi-Van

HO Walthers Flexi-Van Here’s a well-done model of the unique Flexi-Van intermodal car and trailer system that was developed by the New York Central RR in the late 1950s. It comes assembled with a pair of trailers decorated in appropriate prototype paint schemes. Individual trailer kits and extra bogie wheels are offered separately.This Flexi-Van equipment […]

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Kato N Scale GS-4 and cars

18-car postwar Morning Daylight

18-car postwar Morning Daylight The Southern Pacific promoted its streamlined Daylight as the most beautiful train in the world. A set of newly tooled N scale passenger cars and a GS-4 locomotive from Kato U.S.A. live up to the good looks of their prototypes. Sold separately, the locomotive, 10-car set, and four add-on two-unit articulated […]

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An MR quick look: Kato N scale double-track set

Kato N scale double-track set

Kato N scale double-track set Price: $98 ManufacturerKato U.S.A., Inc. 100 Remington Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Description: click-together single-piece track and roadbed set Comments: Modelers planning an N scale layout now have more options with this new sectional track set from Kato. Part of the firm’s Unitrack line, set V11 features a double-track main […]

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Kato USA HO Amtrak passenger car

Kato USA HO Amtrak passenger car

Kato USA HO Amtrak passenger car An Amtrak Superliner coach and a material handling car are the initial releases in a new line of contemporary HO passenger cars from Kato. Both models are well-detailed and finished in Amtrak’s phase 3 paint scheme of the 1980s with equal-width red, white, and blue stripes. The coach includes […]

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MR quick look: Kato USRA 2-8-2 heavy Mikado in N

Kato N scale USRA 2-8-2

Kato N scale USRA 2-8-2 Price: $175.00ManufacturerKato U.S.A., Inc. 100 Remington Road Schaumburg, IL 60173Description: Plastic and metal ready-to-run locomotiveComments: Kato has re-released its handsome N scale United States Railway Administration (USRA) 2-8-2 heavy Mikado. This new run of steam locomotives includes a version decorated for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, as well as a painted […]

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Kato’s N scale Electro-Motive Corp. NW2

Kato N Electro-Motive Corp. NW2

Kato N Electro-Motive Corp. NW2 Kato’s new N scale switch engine is an accurate representation of a pre-World War II Electro-Motive Corp. NW2. The ready-to-run model includes cab interior details, thin cross-section handrails, and a newly designed and very compact drive mechanism that performs well at low speed. Diesels come of age. The switch engine […]

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MR quick look: Con-Cor N scale “Galloping Goose”

Con-Cor N

Con-Cor N “Galloping Goose” N scale “Galloping Goose” motor car Price: $179.98 Manufacturer Con-Cor International 8101 E. Research Court Tucson, AZ 85710-6750 www.all-railroads.comDescription: N standard gauge ready-to-run motor carComments: This tiny DC motor car is made as an N standard gauge DC model even though its Rio Grande Southern prototype was narrow gauge. A second […]

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Kato’s N scale AC4400CW diesel locomotive is a modern marvel

Kato N scale AC4400CW diesel locomotive

Kato N scale AC4400CW diesel locomotive A superb N scale model of one of the most popular road diesel locomotives of the 1990s, General Electric’s sophisticated and powerful AC4400CW, has been released by Kato. This model is impressive with its smooth performance, excellent paint, and easily installed detail parts. History. In the early 1990s, General […]

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