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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. Founded in 1957, [1] the Tokyo-based company manufactures models based on Japanese prototypes (such as the Shinkansen bullet train and Cape gauge trains and locomotives) for the Japanese market, North American prototypes for the ...
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While integrated-roadbed track was not invented by Bachmann (foreign train manufacturers such as Kato Precision Railroad Models and Märklin Trains all had their own types of roadbed track), the E-Z Track was still new and innovative to the North American HO train market. Originally offered only in steel, a nickel-silver version of the track ...
Complete train sets were first offered by Atlas in the 1970s, using the Roco-produced diesels and freight cars supplied by Athearn. [9] Atlas later forged a partnership with Japanese manufacturer Kato Precision Railroad Models to release an Alco RS-3 in N scale in 1983 [ 10 ] that raised standards in the hobby for fine scale fidelity.
This is a category for articles about companies that manufacture toy trains, which sometimes differs from model railroading. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
A Japanese H0e scale model railroad One of the smallest (Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the larger (live steam, 1:8) model locomotives HO scale (1:87) model of a North American center cab switcher shown with a pencil for size Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned.
Airfix Railway System Multiple Train Control (MTC) was an analog system introduced in 1979 and used 20 V sinusoidal alternating current on the track with a superimposed control signal. It can control up to 16 locomotives, which a maximum of 4 at a time be controlled simultaneously.
Boston–Chicago (with through trains to Toronto and Montreal) [1945] 1942–1946 Boston–New York Express: New Haven New York Central: New York City–Boston [1938] New York City–Springfield, Massachusetts: 1925–1951 Bostonian: New Haven (until 1968) Penn Central (1969-1971) Amtrak (since 1971) New York City–Boston [1953] 1919–1977 ...