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Kato USA HO scale Metra equipment
I hope that other manufacturers come out with HO modern commuter equipment that can run on tighter curves
Looks good - must try and get a set.
Looks good - must try and get a set.
Are they going to have Cal-Train paint schemes as well?
There never was a Chicago Rapid Transit Authority, it was and still is the Regional Transit Authority without Chicago in its name and refers to the six counties in Northern Illinois that includes Cook and surrounding contributing counties.
They served the RTA, Regional Transportation Authority, not Chicago Rapid Transit Authority.
After living in Elmhurst, IL for over 25 years, I stopped at my local hobby shop to order one. He had it in stock. His dad had lived in Elmhurst, so ‘City of Elmhurst’ was the version he had in stock. It is every bit as lovely as reviewed here. My only problem is running it on an SP branch line in the 50’s. I don’t care it was too nice to pass up.
OH…WHAT A LOCOMOTIVE! …BUT I’M SURE IT WOUD OVERWHELM A LONELY SINGLE TRACK SNAKING THROUGH THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
The Australian BLOKE spoke twice?
I would love to have the N gauge version to go with my MP36 locomotive. Otherwise, this looks really good.
The new F40PH looks excellent. I took many trips to work and back home behind one of those on the Rock Island line. Now I would love to see a stainless fluted cab and coach as well. Kudos to KATO.
I’m sure many N scale modelers would like to see these Metra items in 1/160 scale, but Kato is one supplier that has produced quite a number of items in N that they havent’ made in HO, for instance their SD45’s decorated for the D&H.
Where is the N gauge version of this set? I do not want the MP36 locomotive which is all Kato is offering with N scale for Chicago. the F40PH was was around long before the MP36. I retired from Electro-Motive Division of GM and worked on many of the F40PH’s.
The first 16 bi-level galleery coaches were delivered to the CNW in 1955 and were built by the St. Louis Car Co; subsequent cars from P-S were delivered in 1956. P-S’s first cab-coaches arrived in 1960, not the late 60’s. CNW continued to take delivery of various lots from P-S through 1970 when their fleet topped out at 280 bi-level commuter coaches and cab-coaches. Also they remained in service through the late 90’s into the early 2000’s when they were retired and replaced by the fluted stainless steel (Budd-built?? (cars similar to the original CBQ & MILW commuter equipment)) cars now being used throughout the Metra system.
I’ve rode the new and old style trainsets, they all good! The new cars are made off shore and finished here in the US. I like the F40PH engines, I am hoping for the HEP (headend power) set sound that is very audible when the train is working.
“I hope that other manufacturers come out with HO modern commuter equipment that can run on tighter curves”
Is that a complaint against Kato’s product? 18"R curve seems pretty tight for the car length.
Anyone Know Where I Can Get A New Motor For A EMD F40PH, When I Place It On My Railroad, Everything Else Goes Dead.