Will Kato Hammer our wallets again?

[victor miranda]

you guys think they will do the grayhound scheme?
 

I may have to sell something

[EspeeGoldenState]

Unless they do a post-2005 rebuild version of UP 844, I most likely wont buy another.

The one GS-4 version I wish they had done was when she was in high gloss black with pinstrips and BNSF logos on her. Definitely would put that train together.



Chris

[carlso]

That is almost sacrilegious, however  that photo shows what a beauty that loco is. The black with pinstripes I had never seen, but it shows her as classy as possible. I wouldn't mind having one of those too. Oh where is my airbrush?

Carl

[davefoxx]

Kato won't harm my wallet, unless they do this 4-8-4, which I realize just ain't gonna happen:



DFF

[peteski]

Unless they do a post-2005 rebuild version of UP 844, I most likely wont buy another.

The one GS-4 version I wish they had done was when she was in high gloss black with pinstrips and BNSF logos on her. Definitely would put that train together.

Looks like a rather easy custom paint job to me.  What is holding you back? 

[EspeeGoldenState]

Looks like a rather easy custom paint job to me.  What is holding you back? 

Definitely thought about picking up a war baby to do it to, but almost bit the bullet on the AFT first when Lowell Smith started doing the whole thing, then the rumors of 844 started to procure and turned my projects to that.

Honestly, I don't want 3-4 versions of 4449. I'm happy with just the one to run my Daylight set, though I still have the AFT in the back of my mind of maybe one day.

Chris

[strummer]

Kato won't harm my wallet, unless they do this 4-8-4, which I realize just ain't gonna happen:



DFF

Which road is that? ACL? She's a handsome one,to be sure. Kinda reminds me of the Timken "Four Aces"...kinda.

Mark in Oregon

[pjm20]

I vote for the Timken Ace! NP fans will agree too! 

[Wardie]

Kato could get my attention with a B&M R1-D, or a MEC class D Hudson or C-3 Pacific.

[Cajonpassfan]

you guys think they will do the grayhound scheme?
 

I may have to sell something

Victor, me too....

[peteski]

Definitely thought about picking up a war baby to do it to, but almost bit the bullet on the AFT first when Lowell Smith started doing the whole thing, then the rumors of 844 started to procure and turned my projects to that.

Honestly, I don't want 3-4 versions of 4449. I'm happy with just the one to run my Daylight set, though I still have the AFT in the back of my mind of maybe one day.

Chris

I bought the AFT version. I also bought few of Lowell Smith's AFT cars. But the fidelity of those issues (despite to me the outrageously high price for what you get) made me abandon the subscription to his set. I then bought a $200 decal set to model the accurate AFT and started collecting the proper cars.  Accurate model of the AFT is now one of my future projects.

[asarge]

I really do not understand why they don't do the C&O AS616!!!!!   

[nkalanaga]

Sirenwerks:  I'll buy one of your NCL's, but would rather have a MILW Boxcab than the Little Joe.  As many paint schemes (at least three), unit combinations (at least eight), and paint scheme combinations (unknown, as it varied every time a unit needed work) as they served in, Kato could be making these for years.  Also, it would be much simpler than a Little Joe mechanically, and would take sharper curves.  And we already have a brass Little Joe, although it has "issues" other than being very expensive and out of production. 

That said, I'd buy a Kato Little Joe....  Trivia:  They got the name "Little Joe" because they were the smallest freight motors on the railroad, except for the single unit Boxcab switchers.  The Westinghouse passenger motors were only three inches shorter, noticeable taller, and about ten tons lighter.  Even after adding concrete and scrap iron ballast, they were too light to start heavy freights without slipping, which is the original reason for running diesel helpers behind them.  Good motors, but NOT designed for heavy freight service on mountain grades.

[wcfn100]

Trivia:  They got the name "Little Joe" because they were the smallest freight motors on the railroad, except for the single unit Boxcab switchers.

What's your source on that?  The Joe Stalin version seems to be the most popular and it's what I remember from before internet days.

Jason

[delamaize]

What's your source on that?  The Joe Stalin version seems to be the most popular and it's what I remember from before internet days.

Jason

THIS. they were Called "Little Joe Stalins" at first, then shortened to "Little Joe" because the design and order was orginally destin for the USSR.

"GE built 20 locomotives of this type, but they were prohibited from delivering them to the Soviet Railways (SZhD) due to relations between the US and USSR deteriorating into what became known as the Cold War. Fourteen were built to the track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) and the final six were built to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.[snip]

The Milwaukee's operating employees referred to the units as Little Joe Stalin's locomotives which was eventually shortened to simply Little Joe.

...the controls were initially labelled in Russian....

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Road_class_EF-4_and_EP-4

Don't mean to sound like an a$$.....