Kato Model Trains was founded by Hiroshi Kato in 1957, in order to satisfy the needs of the Japanese market, which was booming thanks to the industrial revolution that was happening in Japan at the time and which was the result of the re-modernization of the country after World War II.
In 1987 they expanded to the U.S. market opening its subsidiary, Kato Model Trains USA. Their first product for the American market was the diesel-electric hybrid EMD GP38-2 locomotive produced by General Motors Electro Motive Division
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| HO SCALE KATO UNITRACK SET 3 101 | ![]() |
1 Bid | US $50.00 | 1h 44m |
| HO Kato Santa Fe 37 2907 SD40 2 Road Number 5026 | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $79.99 | 1h 50m |
| HO KATO 37 6333 CP RAIL 5559 EMD SD40 DCC READY MIB NEW OLD STOCK | ![]() |
1 Bid | US $89.99 | 2h 56m |
| HO KATO 37 3007 SOUTHERN PACIFIC 6612 EMD GP35 PHASE 1C w DB DCC READY | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $89.99 | 2h 59m |
| HO KATO 37 3008 SOUTHERN PACIFIC 6623 EMD GP35 PHASE 1C w DB DCC READY | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $89.99 | 3h 2m |
| HO KATO 37 113 BURLINGTON NORTHERN 482 EMD NW2 PHASE II MIB NEW OLD STOCK | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $89.99 | 3h 5m |
| HO KATO 37 114 BURLINGTON NORTHERN 487 EMD NW2 PHASE II MIB NEW OLD STOCK | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $89.99 | 3h 8m |
| Kato HO Union Pacific EMD SD40 Powered and Boxed Diesel 3021 | ![]() |
11 Bids | US $44.00 | 3h 18m |
| Kato 35 6101 Amtrak Superliner Material Handling Car New Mint HO Scale | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $29.98 | 3h 21m |
| Kato 37 6614 HO Scale BNSF Swoosh EMD SD40 2 Loco 6752 New Mint | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $96.99 | 3h 23m |

