Santa Fe "El Capitan"
Re-live some great moments in history in miniature with Kato's "El Capitan". Usually pulled by an F7A-B-B-A lashup during the last half of the 1950's -- the period selected by Kato to base their new set on. "The "El Capitan" offered coach travel between Chicago and Los Angeles using hi-level coaches, a diner and lounge. It usually had 10 cars but during the summer it increased to 12 cars.

Kato selected the most popular time period of 1956 through 1958 when this train was operated, promoted and advertised by the AT&SF Railroad as its premier all coach hi-level train between Chicago and Los Angeles with a transition car and step-down cars with operating tail lights and a drumhead on the rear of one of the 68 seat coach cars.

In January 1958, the "El Capitan" and the "Super Chief" were consolidated but during the high traffic periods (Christmas and the summer months), the "El Capitan" ran separate from the "Super Chief".

Kato's new release will give you the opportunity to operate this "El Capitan" along with the Kato "Super Chief" (previously released) with all of the correct cars. The combined train was frequently pulled by 5 locomotives, an F7A-A-B-B-A lashup.

The "El Capitan" 10 Car Passenger Set consists of:
(1) baggage-dormitory (transition car)
(1) hi-level 68 sea coach (step-down)
(5) hi-level 72 seat coaches
(1) 80 seat diner
(1) lounge (2 bars)
(1) hi-level 68 seat coach (with tail light/tail sign)

The "El Capitan" 2 Car Add-On Set consists of:
(1) storage-mail baggage car
(1) baggage

Now in stock!

• ATSF Super Chief Passenger Sets
  Kato is again offering the ATSF Super Chief limited edition train set.
  Each car features Stainless Steel body treatment, low flange wheels and Kato magnetic couplers. Cars can easily be illuminated with Kato #11209/11210 lighting kits listed below.
  New Body Style Passenger Cars Included. The Pleasure Dome features the accurate for Santa Fe Straight-Shaped Dome and the Sleeper-Lounge-Observation car sports the correct illuminated "Super Chief" tallsign. This has been an extremely popular set with both N scale passenger fans as well as collectors ... Car names/number included in these sets are shown below. IMPORTANT: for reference purposes, if you click on the photo of the ATSF observation above, BLW has a listing of names included in the discontinued A (1066001) and B (1066002) sets.

  Stock #	Railroad	Car Type	Car Name	Car #
  8 Car Set -- All new names/numbers
  106074	ATSF New 8 Car Set	4-4-2 Sleeper	Regal Arms
  		Pleasure Dome		503
  		Diner		600
  		Sleeper-Lounge-Observatoin	Vista Heights
  		Baggage & Express		3466
  		RPO		82
  		Dormitory-Lounge		1342
  		ACF 10-6 Sleeper	Palm Stream
  ATSF "C" Set -- reissue of same old car names
  1066003	ATSF Set C	ACF 10-6 Sleeper	Palm Haven
  		ACF 10-6 Sleeper	Palm Top
  		ACF 4-4-2 Sleeper	Regal Gate
  		ACF 4-4-2 Sleeper	Regal Hunt