Kato HO scale C44-9W??

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Anonymous

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Kato HO scale C44-9W??

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 2, 2004 4:37 PM

Hey, do any of you guys have these? if so what do you think about them? and do you have pics you can show me? thanks.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 1:41 PM

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 4:40 PM

I have the Santa Fe C44-9W #669. I'd like to get the BNSF ones, but they've got incorrect windows and ditch lights. Other than that, the C44-9W runs extremely well, as does most any Kato.

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csxns

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Posted by csxns on Saturday, July 3, 2004 5:37 PM

I got 15 of them they run great.

Russell

Pennsy58

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Posted by Pennsy58 on Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:01 PM

I have one in Norfolk Southern Livery. It runs extremely well and is ver y well done. I dropped in a decoder to convert it to DCC and it is a pleasure to run. No light conversion needed either. Good Job Kato !!!

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:27 PM

the Kato C44-9W's are pretty good locomotives. the only problem is that they are correct for C&NW and early santa fe only. you only need to make a few detail changes to match units from other railroads. like pilot mounted ditchlights and air conditioners and different rooftop antennas.

I have 5 of them right now and i like them all. i have 1 Santa Fe, 2 Southern Pacific, and 2 Union Pacific. since UP has painted up basically all of the C&NW units, all you need to do is add the proper road number and add an air conditioner to the side.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 4, 2004 4:48 PM

Yep, I have two Kato C-44-9 Locomotives in UP, Road # 9702, and Road # 9726, and they run beautifully, even a little better than my new Kato AC-4400CTE # 5714, They are two of my top four or five Locos, in the running department, I love em. Sorry, no pics though.

Mac

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 4, 2004 5:21 PM

I have two, one Santa Fe and one UP, both of which I'm trying to get rid off, too new for my modeling period.
Ch

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cacole

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Posted by cacole on Sunday, July 4, 2004 6:28 PM

I have two of the Southern Pacific models and they run extremely quiet, and have plenty of pulling power. I pull a 36- car loaded ore train plus caboose with them double headed, up a 2 percent grade, with no problems at all.