February News column - 1
February 2013:
The latest model railroad products, news & events
by Richard Bale and Jeff Shultz
New Self-Contained Power Truck
Kato USA has posted a video of a new HO scale drive mecha-
nism currently in use in Japan on the EF510 locomotive. The
compact power trucks are fitted with a coreless motor and a
small flywheel. Although rare in North America, coreless motors
have occasionally been used in the European market by such
manufacturers as Märklin and Fleischmann. Unanswered is
the question of how to keep two independent motors oper-
ating at the same speed, and how Kato’s snap-in trucks can
be adapted to DCC. To view the video click on
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iHobby Returns to Chicagoland
After just one year in Cleveland, the nation’s largest hobby
trade show is returning to the Chicago area. The 2013 event
will be held October 3-6 at the Schaumburg Convention Center
in Schaumburg, Illinois. The announcement was made by the
Hobby Manufacturer’s Association which sponsors the event.
