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Kato USA - 106-104-LS - Passenger Car, North America, Transition Era Consist - Chicago & North Western - Train Set

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Stock Number106-104-LS
Original Retail Price$485.00
BrandKato USA
ManufacturerKato
Body StyleKato Passenger Boxed Set North American Prototype
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, North America, Transition Era Consist (Details)
Road or Company NameChicago & North Western (Details)
Road or Reporting NumberTrain Set
Paint Color(s)Yellow & Green
Print Color(s)Green
Paint SchemeC&NW 400
Coupler TypeKato Operating Knuckle
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
MultipackYes
Multipack Count6
Multipack ID Number106-104-LS
DCC ReadinessDC/DCC Dual Mode Decoder w/Sound
Release Date2019-12-01
Item CategoryPassenger Trains
Model TypeDiesel
Model SubtypeEMD E8
Model Variety6-Unit Set
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: Includes:
  • EMD E8A Chicago & North Western #5022-A
  • Pullman Bi-Level Coach-Buffet C&NW #903
  • Pullman Bi-Level 4-Window Coach C&NW #700
  • Pullman Bi-Level 4-Window Coach C&NW #705
  • Pullman Bi-Level Coach-Parlor Car C&NW #6400
  • Pullman Bi-Level Cab-Coach C&NW #154
  • Specially designed bookcase packaging
Model Features:
  • Locomotive: Equipped with a mix of body and truck mounted KATO magnetic knuckle couplers
  • Locomotive: Directional Golden White LED headlights and illuminated preprinted numberboards
  • Locomotive: Factory equipped with an ESU LokSound v5 DCC-sound decoder
  • Cars: Brand new tooling Bi-Level Cars, available in C&NW paint exclusively through this train set
  • Cars: Smooth rolling blackened metal wheels with all-wheel electrical pickup
  • Cars: Ability to be lit with optional 11-211/212 Version 2 LED Interior lighting kits
  • Cars: Prototypical directional head and tail lights on the Cab-Coach (with Kato FL12 DCC decoder)
Model Information: Kato boxed sets for North American Prototypes come in various shapes and sizes. These may contain complete train sets with locomotive, track and power pack or may be as simple as a pair of passenger coaches. Many of the sets use "bookshelf" boxes with cardboard sleeves and carefully cut foam inserts.
Prototype History:
Passenger train consists during the transition era were a hedge-podge of different railcars. Many cars were pre-war heavyweights. Some of these heavyweights were rebuilt for postwar service while some were well worn vintage specimens. These were mixed in with newer streamlined cars in both smooth-side and corrugated varieties. Premier flagship trains of this period were usually all-lightweight consists with new colorful paint schemes trailing behind the latest and greatest diesel and/or steam motive power.
Road Name History:
The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s.

Until 1972, when the company was sold to its employees, it was named the Chicago and North Western Railway. The C&NW became one of the longest railroads in the United States as a result of mergers with other railroads, such as the Chicago Great Western Railway, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and others.

By 1995, track sales and abandonment had reduced the total mileage back to about 5,000. The majority of the abandoned and sold lines were lightly trafficked branches in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Large line sales, such as those that resulted in the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad further helped reduce the railroad to a mainline core with several regional feeders and branches.

The company was purchased by Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in April 1995 and ceased to exist.
Brand/Importer Information:
KATO U.S.A. was established in 1986, with the first U.S. locomotive model (the GP38-2, in N-Scale) released in 1987. Since that time, KATO has come to be known as one of the leading manufacturers of precision railroad products for the modeling community. KATO's parent company, Sekisui Kinzoku Co., Ltd., is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

In addition to producing ready-to-run HO and N scale models that are universally hailed for their high level of detail, craftsmanship and operation, KATO also manufactures UNITRACK. UNITRACK is the finest rail & roadbed modular track system available to modelers today. With the track and roadbed integrated into a single piece, UNITRACK features a nickel-silver rail and a realistic-looking roadbed. Patented UNIJOINERS allow sections to be snapped together quickly and securely, time after time if necessary.

The Kato U.S.A. office and warehouse facility is located in Schaumburg, Illinois, approximately 30 miles northwest of Chicago. All research & development of new North American products is performed here, in addition to the sales and distribution of merchandise to a vast network of wholesale representatives and retail dealers. Models requiring service sent in by hobbyists are usually attended to at this location as well. The manufacturing of all KATO products is performed in Japan.

Supporters of KATO should note that there is currently no showroom or operating exhibit of models at the Schaumburg facility. Furthermore, model parts are the only merchandise sold directly to consumers. (Please view the Parts Catalog of this website for more specific information.)
Item created by: gdm on 2019-12-10 09:07:25. Last edited by Alain LM on 2020-06-28 09:33:12

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