Kato Teases New Freight Car

At least I think it is a freight car. I figured you guys will figure it out fast:

https://twitter.com/KatoUSAInc

 

Looks like Amtrak Phase IVb to me on the side of an autorack. Bring on the Autotrain!

Goodbye wallet.

 

Cool! Is this car an "amtrak special" or can we expect future releases with other RR companies?

Seb
N scale US trains

 

Yuck!
But I would like to see autoracks in other paint schemes.

 

4-packs like superliners? Boxcars next?

 

Dang man, you are good...



Although personnally I wish they'd do 1970's era Auto-Train...that would sell like hot cakes and they could bash together the set from many other molds they already have.

 

Maybe I am missing it, but where in the teaser does it say these are going to be N Scale?

 

But the Amtrak Autotrain autorack is different than other autoracks.

And there goes Kato's west coast bias, these cars belong on an east coast train.

 

I'm not familiar with the Auto Train. Does it run with passenger cars in the consist?

 

CN and CP has the same rack.

 

The human passengers ride in Superliner cars. Their cars and they ride from a D.C. suburb (Lorton, VA) to the Orlando (Sanford, FL) area.

 

SD38-2 for one. Still not available in N.
10 years waiting for the NW-2 in N-scale

 

And they never did the Open Side 2-Bay Hoppers in N.


Jason

 

I think UP has some like that, too. Those end doors look familiar.

 

Does this also settle the question of what the next name train will be? Amtrak Auto Train?

 

Probably not, considering that the Superliners are already readily available. That and I can just see it now, Kato selling a 20 pack of autoracks...

 

The AutoTrain in is mostly Superliner IIs... So maybe if they are doing the AutoTrain we'll get some of those!!