hi folks
as it been round about 50 years since i had a railway layout
which was my dad and my pride and joy
some of the things and makers as changed a lot since then
was looking at the kato railway items
and was wondering what other make of rolling stock would run on the kato track
sorry if this sound a stupid thing to ask
thanks for any help and tips you can let me know of would be grate
:thankyousign:
I'm not a Kato user but i'm pretty sure Farish and Dapol rolling stock will be fine. I'm sure someone will be along soon to confirm this.
N gauge track is N gauge track, I have run Kato, Tomix, Greenmax, MicroAce, Farish, Dapol, Fleischmann, Brawa, Minixtrix and more on Kato track with no issues. :thumbsup:
thanks guys :beers: :thumbsup:
As railsquid says, just about any make of rolling stock will run on Kato track. My layout is Kato track and I have rolling stock from the likes of Dapol, GF, Arnold, Kato, (of course ;)) and other makes - all roll fine on the track.
Quote from: dps51 on October 20, 2019, 01:31:25 PM
sorry if this sound a stupid thing to ask
Dave, there is no stupid question :no:
@dps51 (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=7946) as others have said, it is pretty universal however, I am aware that some guys have experienced issues running British stock across Kato #4 points, also any older stock with big 'pizza cutter' wheel flanges also can struggle on occasion.
I have run Japanese and American stock without issue except where my track was not perfectly flat and a CP Rail loco kept catching, but that was down to me rather than the track.
Quote from: Lawrence on October 20, 2019, 09:13:13 PM
@dps51 (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=7946) as others have said, it is pretty universal however, I am aware that some guys have experienced issues running British stock across Kato #4 points, also any older stock with big 'pizza cutter' wheel flanges also can struggle on occasion.
I have run Japanese and American stock without issue except where my track was not perfectly flat and a CP Rail loco kept catching, but that was down to me rather than the track.
All my Lima siphons and horseboxes with "pizza cutters" (some since re-wheeled with Farish axles) were fine on Kato pointwork, but I never used #4 points.
Quote from: ten0G on October 20, 2019, 09:34:31 PM
Quote from: Lawrence on October 20, 2019, 09:13:13 PM
@dps51 (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=7946) as others have said, it is pretty universal however, I am aware that some guys have experienced issues running British stock across Kato #4 points, also any older stock with big 'pizza cutter' wheel flanges also can struggle on occasion.
I have run Japanese and American stock without issue except where my track was not perfectly flat and a CP Rail loco kept catching, but that was down to me rather than the track.
All my Lima siphons and horseboxes with "pizza cutters" (some since re-wheeled with Farish axles) were fine on Kato pointwork, but I never used #4 points.
Yup, I don't recall any particular problems with older wheelsets either.
The only thing I know definitely won't work is ancient Lone Star OOO stuff, which will run on N gauge track but the wheel tyres are too thick to traverse pointwork.
You've got some Lone Star stuff, then?
(He asked innocently, already knowing the answer) ::)