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Kato - 70-101 - DD54 Diesel Locomotive - Japan Railways West - DD 54 33

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N Scale - Kato - 70-101 - DD54 Diesel Locomotive - Japan Railways West - DD 54 33
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Stock Number70-101
Original Retail Price$82.00
BrandKato
ManufacturerKato
Body StyleKato Box Set Japanese Prototype
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
PrototypeDD54 Diesel Locomotive
Road or Company NameJapan Railways West (Details)
Road or Reporting NumberDD 54 33
Paint Color(s)Red with Grey Roof
Print Color(s)White
Coupler TypeKato Operating Knuckle
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
DCC ReadinessReady
Item CategoryPassenger Trains
Model TypeDiesel
Model SubtypeCommuter
Model VarietyDD54



Specific Item Information: The DD54 is a mass-produced model that was built in 1966 based on the prototype DD91 for the high-output 1-engine sub-mainline. Belonging to both Fukuchiyama and Yonago engine districts, it was active in a wide range of areas from ordinary passenger trains to freight trains on the Sanin Main Line from Kyoto to Hamada, the Fukuchiyama Line, the Bantan Line, and the Habi Line. In addition to the express trains "Daisen", "Izumo", "Oki", the corresponding modified locomotive drove the 20 series "Izumo" after a special express upgrade, and was pulled by Shigeren at the Fukui National Athletic Meet in 1968.
Model Information: Kato boxed sets for Japanese Prototypes come in various shapes and sizes. These may contain complete train sets with track and power pack or may be as simple as a pair of passenger coaches. Many of the sets use "bookshelf" boxes with cardboard sleeves and carefully cut foam inserts.
Road Name History:
JR-West was incorporated as a business corporation (kabushiki kaisha) on April 1, 1987 as part of the breakup of government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR). Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the JNR Settlement Corporation (JNRSC), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among the new JR companies.

For the first four years of its existence, JR-West leased its highest-revenue line, the Sanyō Shinkansen, from the separate Shinkansen Holding Corporation. JR-West purchased the line in October 1991 at a cost of 974.1 billion JPY (about US$7.2 billion) in long-term payable debt.

JNRSC sold 68.3% of JR-West in an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1996. After JNRSC was dissolved in October 1998, its shares of JR-West were transferred to the government-owned Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation (JRCC), which merged into the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) as part of a bureaucratic reform package in October 2003. JRTT offered all of its shares in JR-West to the public in an international IPO in 2004, ending the era of government ownership of JR-West. JR-West is now listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange and the Fukuoka Stock Exchange.

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Brand/Importer Information:
Kato Precision Railroad Models (関水金属株式会社 Sekisui Kinzoku Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of model railroad equipment in N and HO scales. The Tokyo-based company manufactures models based on Japanese prototypes (such as the Shinkansen bullet train) for the Japanese market, North American prototypes for the North American market and European high-speed trains for European market.
The Kato (pronounced kah-toe) model railroad companies were founded by Yuji Kato, father of current president Hiroshi Kato, of the parent company Sekisui Kinzoku Co., Ltd.

The design and distribution of models for the North American market are handled by their U.S. subsidiary, Kato USA, located in Schaumburg, Illinois.
The design of special models for the European market is handled for some of them by their partner, Lemke, whereas the general distribution of Kato products in Europe is handled by NOCH; both companies are located in Germany.
As a result, some Kato European models are sold as Kato Lemke and others as Kato (alone).
Item created by: CNW400 on 2020-06-19 00:11:56

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