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Great Northern "Empire Builder"
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First
Release
Leaked: 10-14-05
Orders Due: After announced
ETA: Feb/Mar 2006!
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Item Description
Not all items can be in stock at all
times.
Due to minimum order requirements and shipping charges we
"bunch" up re-orders to save you money.
(We reserve the right to correct errors and change
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Prototype Information — |
We
found an excellent resource for Empire Builder information
on this site:
Great
Northern Railway Historical Society
Including this photo:
From
the Great Northern Historical Society website we find
that a consist of 12 cars
is appropriate starting in 1947
- "1947 --
February 23 saw the inauguration of the postwar edition
of the
Empire Builder. These five consists of 12 streamlined
cars each were
built by Pullman. The trains were given a 45 hour schedule
between
Chicago and Seattle. These
trains were decked out from E unit to
River series observation car in an eye-popping Omaha
Orange,
Pullman Green and gold stripe paint scheme. What came
to be
known as the "Empire Builder scheme" became
the standard
for GN passenger trains for the next 20 years."
- Then, "1950 -- E7
diesel passenger locomotives experience overheating
problems in the mountains.
They are replaced by an A-B-A
set of EMD F units (F3's and F7's).
Great Northern modified these units into "Passenger
F's" with higher gearing
for greater speed and boilers for steam heat.
- Finally: "1955 -- May 29 sees the introduction of Budd-built
"short" domes, 3 to a train
consist. Also from Budd comes full-length dome lounges
for first-class
passengers which arrive in October. All called "Great
Domes" by the
Great Northern, the 3 shorts and 1 full dome per train
provided a
whopping 150 dome seats for Builder passengers."
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Model Features — |
Following very closely after the release of the "Super
Chief" will be the Great Northern "Empire Builder."
It will be available in F7 AB sets and individual F7A units
and three different 4-car passenger car sets, so that you
can enjoy operating this well-known Great Northern train
while incrementally adding locomotives and cars to eventually
build your train into the complete 12 car set
Kato has indicated they will soon provide sample consists
for the following routes or trains: "Western Star",
Spokane to Portland, & Chicago to Spokane.
More details will be posted by Kato soon and we will relay
them as soon as we know.
To
see the F7
locomotives for this set click here or on picture below:
Examples of what train consists could have been:
Possible Empire Builder (Chicago to Spokane)
F7A |
F7B |
F7C |
RPO |
Bag |
Coach |
Dome |
Coach |
Dome |
Coach |
Sleeper |
Diner |
Dome |
Sleeper |
Sleeper |
Dome |
Sleeper |
Obs |
Possible Empire Builder (Spokane to Portland)
F7A |
F7B |
RPO |
Bag |
Coach |
Dome |
Coach |
Coach |
Coach |
Sleeper |
Coach |
Dome |
Sleeper |
Sleeper |
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Part #: Kat-106-1051 - Great Northern 4-car Passenger
set including: Sleeper, Dome, Diner, & Observation cars
(3 cars are named names-t/b/a). All four cars lettered for "Empire
Builder" with sub lettering for Great Northern
Stock # |
Car Type |
Car Name |
Car # |
106-1051 |
Sleeper |
Hart Pass |
1376 |
Dome |
n/a |
1321 |
Diner |
Lake Wenatchee |
1251 |
Observation |
Grand Coulee |
1197 |
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Part #: Kat-106-1052 - Great Northern 4-car Passenger
set including: Railway Post Office, Baggage, Coach, & Dome.
All four cars are lettered Great Northern
Part #: |
Car Type |
Car Name |
Road # |
106-1052 |
RPO |
n/a |
41 |
Baggage |
n/a |
279 |
Coach |
n/a |
1215 |
Dome |
n/a |
1325 |
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Part #: Kat-106-1053 - Great Northern 4-car Passenger set including:
Coach(lettered Great Northern), Dome(lettered Empire Builder),
Sleeper(lettered Empire Builder), Sleeper(lettered Empire Builder)
Part #: |
Car Type |
Car Name |
Road # |
106-1053 |
Coach |
n/a |
1230 |
Dome |
n/a |
1330 |
Sleeper |
Big Horne Pass |
1379 |
Sleeper |
Lewis & Clark Pass |
384 |
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Sorry, Sold Out |
Part #:
156-0701 - Great Northern Dome Car #1320 |
Sorry, Sold Out |
Part #:
156-0702 - Great Northern Coach #1218 |
Sorry, Sold Out |
Part #:
156-0703 - Great Northern Sleeper #1370 "Rogers
Pass" |
Sorry, Sold Out |
Light Kits |
Part #: Kat-11-211 - Interior Lighting Kit w/ LED Version 2
Fits: Corrugated Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner, Daylight, Broadway, Superchief
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picture to see large view
Fits: Budd
Corrugated Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner
Click photo to see large view.
: : : Specifications
* Light bulb in the conventional interior lighting set has been
replaced with white LED in this newly developed lighting set
with the rest of the components remaining the same.
* Set for a single car/Set for 6 Cars
::: Components
for a car:
* Lens Color Filter, Reflector Unit, Unit Holder, and Contact Spring
: : :Features
* Use of newly developed White LED recreates a fluorescent lamp
lighted environment.
* By attaching the Color Filter the white color can be changed
into yellowish “incandescent” light. Use of this
filter is particularly good with older time period cars in which
incandescent light was prevalent.
* Be sure to note the value pricing of the #11-212 Kit giving
you the components for six cars for the price of five single-car
kits!
: : : Additional Notes
* Applicable to those (N) passenger cars which #11-204/206 New
Interior Lighting sets can be fit into.
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Part #: Kat-11-212 - Interior Lighting Kit w/ LED Version 2 (6 pieces)
Fits: Can be used to illuminate any N Scale Kato Passenger car, business car, or RDC.
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picture to see large view
Fits: Budd Corrugated Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner
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Decoders |
Part #: Kat-29-352 - FL12 Tail Light Control Decoder
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DCC Decorder for tail light control in the Daylight, California Zephyr, and Super Chief observation cars. |
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Part #: Kat-29-353 - FR11 Interior Light Control Decoder
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DCC Decoder for N interior lighting kits 11-209/11-211 and 11-210/11-212. Allows programmable on/off functionality on DCC. |
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Stock Checks:
Inventory is a fluid commodity. It changes by the
hour (sometimes by the minute). To retain our pricing structure
we maintain stock levels designed to turnover 6 times each
year. We cannot guarantee stock status till we have an order
in hand. All product is subject to prior sale. If we confirm
that we have it, and, while we are waiting for the order
it sells, you would be upset that we did not hold it.
We used to hold items but learned a VERY EXPENSIVE lesson.
When we held items for customers’ orders, the order
never materialized 80%+ of the time. We lost out on
the orders placed while the item was on hold. Also
we wasted staff time that could have been used to pull actual
orders.
Since we are well known for finding older stock the fact
that it may not be on our shelves at this minute does not
mean we can’t get it. So, as we spell out on our terms
pages, we don’t do it anymore. You may, however, call in and we will tell you if the items
are available and if possible attempt to locate what we
don’t have while you are on the phone. |
Last Update by: GJC |
Thursday, July 25, 2019 5:57 PM |
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