March KATO news from Train Trax UK 🚅 When I originally sent this, it was a long email, for reasons which will hopefully become clear, settle down with a brew of your choice and have a browse through. Each month, Kato announce what they are going to be producing over the next few months. It's […]

More February 2024 KATO train news from Train Trax UK The latest announcment from KatoUSA is a re-run (with new numbers) of the SD40-2. I'm not a 'railroad' expert, but this is always the loco I think of when I think of North American Railways - tough and utilitarian looking, but colourful! A bit of […]

February KATO train news from Train Trax UK Above you can see the start of February announcements from Kato in Japan. All the items you can see are due in the middle of the year. I've put the latest items from the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) at the top - as those are the most popular […]

January news from Train Trax UK - 10 % off KATO 🚅! January has been a good month at Train Trax - your stream of orders have this small business busy. It's only because of support from modellers like you that we can continue offering the UK's largest selection of KATO products. We're listening and we […]

Japanese Elephants Spend any time on model railway forums or Facebook groups related to Japanese railways or Kato Unitrack, and you'll notice plenty of talk about several large online retailers based in Japan. They have a wide range, large stocks and low prices. In the past I've avoiding referring to them, so in my head […]

January 2024's New KATO 🚅 arrivals at Train Trax UK Earlier this week I sent an email with all the latest announcements from Kato in Japan. Apologies for mixing up 2023 and 2024 - it's that time of year! I don't normally send more than one email in a week, but there have been so many […]

⚡ January 2024 Update from Train Trax UK 🚂 Happy New year! Since we returned from our Christmas break we've barely had time to sit down, so here's a slightly belated January email! The biggest news is that amongst Kato's latest annoucements are the long awaited 9-car Class 800/1 LNER liveried sets. Class 800/1 is […]

A great showcase of all that is a bit different about Japanese railways!

Here's Train Trax's best selling top ten Swiss products from Kato for 2023:

🛤️Happy Christmas 2023 from Train Trax UK🎅 Season's Greetings: Happy Christmas from TrainTrax.co.ukPhoto: Ge 4-4 III 651 "Glacier on tour", Muot - Preda - Miroslav Volek on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/UMHsAD  We just wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for a fantastic year and wish you a joyous festive season. Whether, like me, […]