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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Kato HO Scale SD40 2 EMD Santa Fe Locomotive Parts DC Topeka Model Train Engine |  |
12 Bids | US $63.12 | 10h 17m |
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KATO 37 01G HO SD40 AT Santa Fe Pre 1972 1705 Non DCC Test Run Only | |
2 Bids | US $62.00 | 14h 16m |
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KATO 37 013 HO SD40 Burlington Northern Undecorated Non DCC Test Run Only | |
8 Bids | US $37.33 | 14h 21m |
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Kato EMD NW2 37 101 AT Sante Fe 2353 HO Loco Engine | |
0 Bid | US $99.98 | 17h 50m |
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Kato 37 02E HO UP Union Pacific EMD GP 35 763 needs assembly no DCC dyn bk | |
2 Bids | US $45.00 | 18h 41m |
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Kato EMD GP35 Phase 1a 37 02B Southern Pacific 6322 With DB HO Loco Engine | |
0 Bid | US $109.98 | 19h 51m |
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HO Kato GP 35 1a undecorated | |
0 Bid | US $102.98 | 21h 12m |
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HO Stewart Kato Boston Maine BM F7A PH I Late Powered Diesel Engine NIB | |
5 Bids | US $54.79 | 21h 32m |
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HO Atlas Kato Burlington Northern BN RS 11 Diesel Engine MIB | |
1 Bid | US $35.00 | 21h 44m |
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HO Atlas Kato Southern GP 7 Diesel Engine w KDs MIB | |
3 Bids | US $45.87 | 22h 1m |
