kato RTR 009 'Small England Class' and Double Fairlie.

[B.Meldon]

I thought I would start this thread.

Peco have announced that Kato will be producing a ready to run FR 'Small England Class' and Double Fairlie in 009.
These items will be produced in association with Peco.
The drawing shown for the Double Fairlie is of Livingston Thompson as it was when running as Earl of Merioneth and as it is now in the York museum.
If this is correct it will be somewhat smaller than the double locos that are running on the FR now and the tanks will be too big to represent Merddin Emrys as it was before the closure period.
But perhaps other versions are planned.
A date of 2021 has been mentioned.

Brian Meldon

[Paul Walton]

At last a Rolls Royce of RTR in 009, as someone with an  extensive stable of Kato USA N scale locos both diesel and steam, the quietest, smoothest running, beautifully engineer products you would want, I hope they get sufficient support to expand the range. They won't be cheap but they will not be that much more expensive than lesser RTR products, but hey you will probably save the difference in price by savings on postage returning other makers products several times to get a decent runner that refuses to self destruct.