I ran my Kato Locomotives only once. And I liked them alot. But…
Why in the world would Kato make Models that have the Rear Headlight come on while Coupled to another(Back to Back)Unit. To me there realy so no point for a rear headlight on while it is going backwards with another unit. It makes no since at all. I find it rather kind of pointless. Unless you plan on useing your unit for just switching moves. Allan.
They no doubt design their lights this way because a lot of people can’t afford two locomotives. Athearn and other brands are wired this way, too, so it’s not just Kato that does it.
DCC eliminates this problem by allowing you to configure the consist lighting.
I thought so. Thank you very much.
Allan.
Locomotives with directional lights will always do this on DC. There is no way to control it without DCC.
I have a Kato Norfolk Southern SD80MAC. The light on the back kicks on because sometimes your engine will couple to cars using the front coupler. As your train moves with the engine pulling the cars, the back light will kick on. NS and some other railroads do this with their engines. We have 2 SD60s here that do local switching at a grain elevator. When the engine is coming at you with the cab first, the front lights come on. When the engine gets the grain cars and moves back onto the main track, the back of the engine is now the front and a second pair of lights on the back of the engine will kick on so that people see the engine coming. If the unit is coupled to another unit, then the rear headlights will kick off. To control this on your Kato locomotive you need DCC which will give you the option of turning this light off.