Kato GS-4 Pulling Power

Eighteen passenger cars on 4 percent grade, no less. Mind blowing!



Ben

 

Yep, I saw it too. Sweet! And mine should be coming any day, I hope.

 

Someone mentioned a video is available. Could someone please post a link to the video

Thanks

 

Jerry

Thanks for posting the link, quite amazing to watch.

 

Not all cars are on the grade, but still impressive!

(Chaniging my drool towel)

 

I can't wait to see if the concor warbaby shell will fit on the kato chassis. If it does, I'm going to order a few more of the kato's to go under my concor shells. Then I can chop the unused kato shells to make skyline casting molds for my P-10's. Also, with MT comming out with their SP overnights runner packs, I can get a couple of overnight fast freights running with my MT-1 and/or a GS-4. Ah, things are comming together for the SP lines!! Now to justify to my wife why I need 4 kato GS-4's

 

Well... don't you think that mayyyybbbbbeeeee... Kato will use the same platform for their own War-Baby? I know... I know... don't hold your breathe for Kato releases... but it sure would seem a waste to kill-off a bunch of these GS-4's.

That was an impressive video... 4% grade AND it is curved to boot.

Mars light looks a little funky though... don't you think it's a little to 'flashy' looking?

 

This is the proper way to design and build a loco . This is an honest way to promote them for reserve . Kato gets my hard to earn respect on this one . Bravo Kato . Too bad I can't use this though .

 

I am glad i ordered one, only got the 10 cars...thought 18 would look stupid on a 4x8 layout...but....

I have been really impressed with everything I have gotten from kato. I just got a NW2 switcher and man is that thing smooth at low speeds!!

So do you think 18 cars will be too much for a 4x8 layout??

 

Too much for my reverse loops. Twelve would be pushing it.


Ben

 

not if you expand the layout!
no is the time to expand. a nice long passenger train flowing along the tracks around the room! (or garage?, or basement?, or backyard?, or at the model railroad club?)

 

Not if it's 4 yards by 8 yards .

 

Anyone want to trade for a Walthers 0-8-0?

 

If Walthers had posted as much information and video of the 0-8-0 as Kato has for the GS4 a lot of us might not have bought them.

 

Yeah... so I'm upgrading to 5'x9'.

Seriously though, I was planning on getting a Daylight diesel on ebay. Con-Cor and Kato ones show up frequently... PA-1s and E8s. But then Kato offered a second GS-4 with a different road number (March - April), so I ordered that.

Now Kato needs to offer a second observation car and baggage car with a different road numbers.
:tb-wacky:

 

Might be... But damn is it beautiful at the full 18 car length!!

You can expect me to get the full train eventually. Though I may not have a layout big enough for the full train.. I think a static foot wide by train long display will be just as good.

 

Wow, that is impressive in any scale!

 

I went with 14 cars as a reasonable compromise (the Daylight did run with fewer cars in low traffic periods anyway).

 

KATO USA says the first run ships today!!!!! I can't wait for the call from my LHS next week. YIPEEE.