Kato N 106-9001-LS-DMW with DCC/ESU LokSound V5 and Lights Pacific Surfliner Base Train 4-Piece Set

Description

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Kato N 106-9001-LS-DMW with DCC/ESU LokSound V5 and Lights Pacific Surfliner Base Train 4-Piece Set

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This 4-Piece Set Includes:

• DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Equipped SC-44 Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #2122 (Los Angeles)**
• Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Business Class #6806 with Interior Lights
• Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Coach #6406 with Interior Lights
• Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Cab Coach #6907 with Interior Lights and FL-12 Decoder for Taillights Installed**

Model Features:

• Exclusive DCC/ESU LokSound V5 model from Duford Models**
• Equipped with body mounted KATO magnetic knuckle couplers.
• Directional Golden White LED headlights and illuminated preprinted number boards.
• A powerful five pole motor with all wheel electrical pickup and blackened wheels.
• Locomotive is equipped with a speaker in the fuel tank.
  
• Prototypical see through venting on the side of the engine which is illuminated.
• Hybrid steel and plastic wheels give all-wheel electrical pickup with unprecedented prototype details on the visible wheel exterior.
• Bi-Level cab coach features directional lighting for push-pull operation, with a F-12 decoder installed to provide DCC control over the directional lighting.**
• Smooth rolling blackened metal wheels on all Bi-level cars with all-wheel electrical pickup.

**Lombard Hobbies Recommendation - As modelers ourselves we highly recommend ONLY running DCC on DCC systems and DC on DC systems, regardless of 'Dual-Mode' capability. This gives optimum performance and safeguards the unit from possible damage from running on a different system than originally intended and from any inexperienced operator errors.

Model Information:

Kato’s new SC-44 “Charger” model represents the Siemens Diesel-Electric engine as it has been ordered by Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service. This model differs from other variations of the “Charger” model with a shorted nose section, a cowl, a destination marking. All of these details have been carefully and lovingly replicated on the brand-new Kato model, which features brand new molding and design from the ground up.

The smooth curves of the engine are precisely modeled to match the prototype, with a visible engine compartment beneath the engine’s distinctive large grill on the side. In order to duplicate the illuminated engine compartment from the prototype model, an interior lighting kit is capable of being installed into the rear of the engine, allowing modelers to enjoy this extra lighting feature!

Prototype Information:

The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile passenger train the serves coastal communities in Southern California between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, with notable stops in Los Angeles and Anaheim. Since there are no wyes at the terminus of the corridor the Pacific Surfliner runs in Push-Pull service with a locomotive at one end and a cab car at the other end.

The route is the successor the San Diegan a service between Los Angeles and San Diego that had been operated by the Santa Fe since 1938. It was one of the premier routes for Santa Fe until Amtrak took over operations in 1971. In 1988 the service was extended to Santa Barbara, and in 1995 the line was extended to San Luis Obispo. To reflect the nature of the route which follows the coastline for much of its journey the San Diegan service was renamed “Pacific Surfliner” in 2000.

The trainsets used for regular service are composed from a fleet of 52 Bi-Level Surfliner coaches, and 9 Amtrak Superliners modified for push-pull Operation. First introduced in 2000 the Surfliner coaches were designed specifically to handle the demand for the rail corridor by including 2 sets of doors on each coach. The Pacific Surfliner runs with a dedicated fleet of SC-44 Siemens Charger locomotives with a unique cowl to streamline the locomotives and coaches. Unique to the Pacific Surfliner is a special blue and silver livery resembling its namesake of the Pacific Ocean.

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Who is Duford Model Works? Well, if you know him then nothing else need be said. If you don’t then you should know DMW is Kelley Duford, the past Kato employed master DCC/Sound specialist who up to his new employment with ScaleTrains in 2021, was the sole person responsible for installing thousands of custom DCC/Sound packages in ALL Kato engines both HO & N scales. No one knows Kato and DCC better...and no one brings better value to your train dollar than Lombard Hobbies.  Get these unique, limited quantity custom installs while you can!