Kato - 23-239 - Track Side Accessories - Railroad Structures

Specific Item Information: This set contains two catenary supports designed to span roofless side platforms with double-track between them, plus five additional catenary supports designed to clip between platform roofs. The catenary wire supports are similar to the cantilever style supplied in 23-057, with the large insulators characteristic of high-voltage AC lines. The set also includes other details such as safety fences, small signpoles, bench seats and others. Note that while the five roof-mount elements will fit either side or island platforms with the new (tile floor) platforms, they will not fit the roofs of the older (asphalt floor) platforms and the end sections will only fit the long ends of the side platforms (sets 23-117) and not island platforms or the short open ends supplied with the side platform set (23-121).

Road Name History: Railroad structures include but are not limited to stations, depots, yard offices, interlocking towers and tanks. A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.

It generally consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building (depot) providing such ancillary services as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single-track line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements. The smallest stations are most often referred to as "stops" or, in some parts of the world, as "halts" (flag stops). Stations may be at ground level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams or other rapid transit systems.

From Wikipedia

Brand/Importer Information: Kato Precision Railroad Models (関水金属株式会社 Sekisui Kinzoku Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of model railroad equipment in N and HO scales. The Tokyo-based company manufactures models based on Japanese prototypes (such as the Shinkansen bullet train) for the Japanese market, North American prototypes for the North American market and European high-speed trains for European market.
The Kato (pronounced kah-toe) model railroad companies were founded by Yuji Kato, father of current president Hiroshi Kato, of the parent company Sekisui Kinzoku Co., Ltd.

The design and distribution of models for the North American market are handled by their U.S. subsidiary, Kato USA, located in Schaumburg, Illinois.
The design of special models for the European market is handled for some of them by their partner, Lemke, whereas the general distribution of Kato products in Europe is handled by NOCH; both companies are located in Germany.
As a result, some Kato European models are sold as Kato Lemke and others as Kato (alone).