Kato N scale Olympian Hiawatha train

Kato N scale Olympian Hiawatha train set

Kato N scale Olympian Hiawatha train set Hiawatha is the name the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, also known as the Milwaukee Road, used for its first streamlined passenger trains in 1935. By the late 1940s, there were Hiawathas providing fleet passage between many cities of the upper Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. The […]

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Kato N scale Operation North Pole set

Kato N scale Operation North Pole set

Kato N scale Operation North Pole set The basic Operation North Pole set includes the top three cars, the bottom two make up the add-on set. Allstate Arena and Donald E. Stephens are cab cars. The cab cars have switches to turn the headlights and marker lights on or off. Kato F40PH with shell removed […]

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Video: Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

This latest version of the N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F from Kato USA includes a factory installed ESU LokSound decoder. Check out this demo of the locomotive and the decoder’s realistic Full Throttle diesel sound package in this exclusive video on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Salt Lake Route model train layout. […]

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Quick Look: Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound Price: $250 Manufacturer Kato USA 100 Remington Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Era: 1988 to 1994 (as decorated) Comments: Factory-installed sound and Digital Command Control highlight this release of the N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F from Kato USA. We reviewed Kato’s direct-current models of the passenger version (see […]

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Quick Look: Kato N scale SDP40F diesel locomotive

Kato N scale SDP40F diesel locomotive

Kato N scale SDP40F diesel locomotive Price: Direct-current, $125; with ESU LokSound Digital Command Control and sound, $250 Manufacturer Kato USA Inc. 100 Remington Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com Era: 1988 to 1994 (as decorated) Road names: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (three road numbers) and BNSF Ry./Maersk (one number) Comments: Yes, we reviewed the […]

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Kato HO scale GE C44-9W

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Kato HO scale GE C44-9W For more than 20 years, the General Electric C44-9W, the most popular locomotive of GE’s Dash 9 series, has maintained a dominating presence on North American main lines. The prototypes were only a couple years old when Kato released its first HO scale Dash 9, reviewed in the September 1996 […]

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Video: Kato HO SD40-2 and EMD 2nd Generation Sound Card

Kato HO SD402 and EMD 2nd Generation Sound Card

Kato USA released a Second-generation Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Sound Card that’s a perfect match to its new HO scale mid-production SD40-2. Check out the realistic effects provided by SoundTraxx as Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala demonstrates the new Sound Card with a Kato Sound Box controller. […]

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