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Kato - N Scale - Train Set - Morning Daylight - Southern Pacific Lines (SP) (Daylight Scheme As delivered) w/10-car set//4 articulated car sets (8 cars)/GS-4 steam locomotive (SKU 381-DaylightTrain)

Available On: April 1, 2017




In the 1940s, the Southern Pacific Morning Daylight was possibly the most beautiful train in the world. The orange and red striping were reserved for premier train lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Morning Daylight consist ran between Los Angeles and San Francisco along the beautiful California coast, past cities such as Ventura, Santa Barbara, Salinas and San Jose. Heading up the Morning Daylight was the specially built steam locomotive, the GS-4, one of the most well known steam engines ever designed.

381-106062 — SP Morning Daylight Train Set contains a 10-car passenger set (Pullman lightweight) consisting of:

  • 1 Baggage-Chair car (44 seat)
  • 1 Articulated Coffee Shop
  • 1 Articulated Kitchen car
  • 1 Articulated Dining car
  •  2 Articulated Chair cars (each 46 seat)
  • 1 Chair car (44 seat)
  • 1 Tavern car (56 seat)
  • 1 Parlor car (27 seat)
  • 1 Parlor Observation car (22 seat)

381-1066309 (x 4**) — Articulated Chair Car sets -- #2458, 2457
** ( 381-11660 decal set is available for order to re-number the cars to #2460, 2459; #2466, 2465; #2468, 2467)

And 381-1260307 — GS-4 steam locomotive No. 4449


Car Features:

  • All new toolings for each specific car type, with appropriate exterior AND details installed
  • Articulated cars (Coaches and the three-car Coffee shop/Kitchen/Diner) use a movable exterior diaphragm to create the accurate, smoothly connected appearance of the prototype
  • Shock Absorber equipped trucks create a smoother ride and consistent electrical pickup when using interior lighting kits.
  • Observation car has lighted drumhead and marker lights
  • Fully detailed interiors can be lit with optional Interior lighting kit with LED #11-209/11-210
  • Interior Lights can be controlled on DCC with the optional FR11 DCC decoder, while the end observation lights gain on/off control on DCC via an optional FL12 decoder.

The GS-4 runs on eight massive 80 inch drivers, 300lbs psi boiler pressure, and puts out a roaring 5,500 horsepower at 55mph, with a maximum speed of 110 mph. The large drivers gave the locomotive a high top speed, the telling mark of a steam engine built for passenger service. The GS-4 was built for the Southern Pacific Railroad by the Lima Locomotive Works and delivered in the early 1940s for SP premier passenger trains, finding its way to the Daylight series of name trains. One of the more unique specifications for the GS-4 by the SP was its Mars light, a necessity with the large amount of grade crossings and fog present on the West Coast. The Mars light, like ditch lights on modern locomotives, was utilized as a warning for grade crossings that a high speed train was approaching, its shifting light patterns serving as an eye catcher in foggy conditions.

GS-4 Features:

  • Designed to accompany the Kato Southern Pacific "Morning Daylight" Passenger Train sets, able to pull all 18 cars without assistance
  • Drivers are operated by functional side rods for smooth performance
  • Electrical pickup from both driver and tender for constant electrical connection
  • Directional, operating (simulated) Mars light
  • Directional headlight
  • Illuminated number boards
  • Detailed cab interior
  • Front and rear Kato magnetic knuckle couplers
  • All detail parts installed
  • DCC friendly design, designed to take the EM13 Motor Function Decoder








$720.00 US
Country of Origin: Japan