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- Excellent quality and performance
- Flywheel drive motor (fully enclosed in the train boiler)
- Operating front and rear tender lights
- Factory equipped with Rapido coupler (back), but knuckle couplers can be retrofitted
- Supplied with 4 Number Plates
- Length = 123mm
- Scale: N
- Very rare and limited edition item, sold out from manufacturer.
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Model Features
- All new model for Kato and the FIRST in a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement!
- Produced in two version: With (Kato 2015) and Without Smoke Deflectors (Kato 2014).
- Operating front and rear tender lights.
- Drawbar-attached tender is all black with three single axles.
- Ideal for "home road" locomotive power, or that special "shop built" or modified steamer.
- This model would be a good addition to a layout, for adding variety, or simply as an example of Japan's premier steam power.
The most produced steam locomotive of its time and the first of a standardized design, more that 780 9600's were built
between 1913 and 1926. Primarily utilized as a yard switcher and branchline road unit, the 2-8-0 steamer proved to
be a reliable and longtime workhorse, with some operating until the mid-1970's. Several of these units still exist
in museums today.
The 9600 type steam locomotive is used on freight trains in mountainous districts and switching service. This was
the most frequently produced locomotive in the Taisho Era. The 9600 type steam locomotive was the first
standardized steam locomotive prototype with 770 engines manufactured between 1913 and 1926. The locomotive
operated in Hokkaido and the Chikuho area, as well as on the Yonasaka and Kawagoe lines in its later years.
The last 3 were assigned to the Oiwake section in Hokkaido until March 1976 and then retired as the last
operating steam locomotives in Japan.
Optional Parts:
- Kato Knuckle Couplers Type N (black) - 20 pieces, KA-11-702
- Kato Magne-Matic Couplers MT-10 - 2 pieces, KA-11-711
