NEW Pioneer Zephyr in N-Scale! 🚅 (KATO Special Announcement)

KATO USA is happy to show off a tooling sample of our NEW Pioneer Zephyr in N-Scale! The Pioneer Zephyr is an ICONIC diesel-powered trainset built for the CB&Q (Burlington Route) in 1934. KATO USA is recreating this model in its current appearance, as displayed at the Museum of Science and Industry. 🖼️ In the early 1930s, railroads suffered great losses as people stopped taking the train due to the Great Depression, and the automobile was gaining popularity. Backed into a corner, the CB&Q decided to strike up a deal with the Budd company to create a “trainset of the future” to provide customers with streamlined service. Thankfully, Budd delivered! The consist was finally retired in 1960, and it was later donated to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. The KATO USA model will be directly based on the MSI look. The train will be available in a 3-Car mini-bookcase set, this set features: Prototypical RPO Power car, baggage/buffet coach, and the observation car “Push and Pull” lighting on the headlight and taillight Unique articulated jacobs bogie design for streamlined operations Upgradable with interior lighting kits DCC Ready Expected Arrival DECEMBER 2026 - DCC & Sound variants at a later date. 106-101 - N CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr 3 Car Set - MSRP $199 106-101-1 - N CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr 3 Car Set (with Lights) - MSRP $244 106-101-DCC - N CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr (with DCC) - MSRP $299 106-101-DCC-1 - N CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr (DCC & Lights) - MSRP $344 106-101-S - N CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr (with Sound) - MSRP $399 106-101-S-1 - N CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr (with Sound & Lights) - MSRP $444 PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW OPEN! Contact your dealer! Chapters: 0:00 Old school introduction 1:03 Prototype information 3:47 Model close up 4:44 Outro