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General Category => N Gauge Discussion => Topic started by: longbridge on April 12, 2013, 12:12:47 PM

Title: Classic Kato - Class 66 Loco
Post by: longbridge on April 12, 2013, 12:12:47 PM
What could be better than a Kato Class 66, ideal for relivery jobs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EMD-Class66-DLC-PB18-Locomotive-Kato-K10815-N-scale-/121086135547?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item1c314bccfb (http://www.ebay.com/itm/EMD-Class66-DLC-PB18-Locomotive-Kato-K10815-N-scale-/121086135547?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item1c314bccfb)
Title: Re: Classic Kato - Class 66 Loco
Post by: Phil Hendry on April 12, 2013, 12:16:30 PM
Bear in mind that it's made to continental N gauge - so 1:160 rather then British N at 1:148, so it'll look pretty small alongside British N rolling stock.
Title: Re: Classic Kato - Class 66 Loco
Post by: upnick on April 12, 2013, 12:36:53 PM
Quote from: Phil Hendry on April 12, 2013, 12:16:30 PM
Bear in mind that it's made to continental N gauge - so 1:160 rather then British N at 1:148, so it'll look pretty small alongside British N rolling stock.

True Phil, 

Here is a Farish  EWS  side by side for comparison,   the Kato  locos are as  usual  wonderful   smooth runners &  have six pin  decoder sockets.

(http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii377/upnick/WORKBENCH%20PICTURES/010b5ab5-18b1-4237-8a1e-bd395383d533_zps90bbd753.jpg) (http://s549.photobucket.com/user/upnick/media/WORKBENCH%20PICTURES/010b5ab5-18b1-4237-8a1e-bd395383d533_zps90bbd753.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Classic Kato - Class 66 Loco
Post by: Phil Hendry on April 12, 2013, 01:07:16 PM
Here's a 'Rail4Chem' 66 photographed at Oosterbeek in the Netherlands on the morning of 20/03/2005:

(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd64/philhendry/TraiNs/DSCF0633.jpg)

Title: Re: Classic Kato - Class 66 Loco
Post by: Phil Hendry on April 12, 2013, 02:46:41 PM
 :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Classic Kato - Class 66 Loco
Post by: woodbury22uk on April 12, 2013, 07:18:57 PM
And for those of us with Continental layouts Kato have announced the Class 77 in the current ECR silver livery for this year, to add to the EWS/ECR 66 done as a special in France a couple of years back. Regrettably the EWS colour was almost pink on these.

http://christophe.phulpin.pagesperso-orange.fr/Kato.htm (http://christophe.phulpin.pagesperso-orange.fr/Kato.htm)


Mike