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Mark5

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Re: Release of CZ and associated locomotives
« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2026, 02:05:51 PM »
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In Kato's defense, I think the Kobo model was based on a museum displayed E8 that had been painted into Wabash colors, not an original Wabash in service E8.

The museum painted part is correct, but Wabash 1009 is an original Wabash E8 located at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA.

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Re: Release of CZ and associated locomotives
« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2026, 11:01:19 PM »
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I'm suspecting that the copy on Kato's website is not ready for prime time.  If I remember correctly, when these came out years ago the only passenger pilot, single headlight shell Kato had was with dynamic brake, which is not correct for Burlington.  I'm now seeing evidence that somewhere along the way they may have remedied that.  I would be delighted if the new Q E units were correct, with lighted number boards to boot.  I guess I'll just stay tuned.  Experts?

And yes, I'm expecting starter sets with single WP and DRGW locomotives.

The caption on the 4 piece set says the models pictured are the old ones.

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Re: Release of CZ and associated locomotives
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2026, 02:54:04 PM »
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Assuming the cars are as modular as the older Kato offerings I have in my collection, trading out for a coach interior from the Kato parts department ( or one 3D printed one if you want all the seats in exactly the right place) should be simple.  The interior is a separate part, and all that might be needed would be some minor surgery on the new interior piece to get notches in the right place to fit, and possibly relocating a bathroom partition.

Another possibility is the Con-cor Budd coach that is modeled on the CZ cars after conversion.  (Con cor made 2 different Budd coaches, the second is an ATSF chair car prototype, which they market as a 'twin-window coach'.)  For that matter, it might be practical to install the Con-cor interior into the Kato carbody (these cars were a major upgrade from old Con Cor passenger cars, and have separate and reasonably accurate interiors, similar to Kato).  I don't know if Con-cor will supply parts any more (to get an interior), haven't purchased anything from them for years.

I'll admit I didn't think about the case of swapping out the interiors for the Kato cars. The Con-cor interior into a Kato carbody is something rather interesting I'll have to check out and probably try and acquire a sample one to see how it'd go.