KATO/Peco 009 Ffestiniog Railway Small England Prince

[Dillon]

I’ve recently purchased Prince from the KATO/Peco Welsh narrow gauge stock, and I’m impressed by the model, the details are 10/10. I’m planning to use this model for future convention operations and personal public events, I hope more 009 models are being made by KATO.

 

Also planning to purchase the rest of the England Engines.

Edited November 13 by Dillon
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[NeMo]

Kato already produce a sister class, the Large England class, which you can obtain through the usual channels.

They're intended to be used alongside Peco's range of 00-9 models, so I don't think Kato will be producing any rolling stock themselves. Bachmann also produce some suitably scaled models though you may to swap couplings to make these work with the Kato model. The Kato model has Rapido couplings fitted, but does include standard Peco 00-9 couplings somewhere in the box. Swapping them over takes a few seconds.

 

Mr Kato is a huge narrow gauge fan. At the International N Gauge Show in September he was showing a teeny-tiny 00-9 model of the locomotive 'Oscar' that uses a tiny mechanism! The real thing will be running on the Sekisui Main Line around one of the Kato factories in Japan.

 

I imagine we'll be seeing more Kato 00-9 sooner or later! There's already a range of 00-9 Unitrack on sale which works the same way as the N scale stuff but has a more realistic distance between the sleepers.

[Dillon]

On 11/17/2024 at 1:49 PM, NeMo said:

At the International N Gauge Show in September he was showing a teeny-tiny 00-9 model of the locomotive 'Oscar' that uses a tiny mechanism!

Yes, a 009 scale of Oscar was show at JAM as a prototype, we’ll mostly getting Oscar next year. I know all the KATO/Peco stuff, really hope next year release would bring more fun.