I managed to get the viaducts set up into a herring bone layout. Here's the video of the train running at full speed. You can compare this with the other video I posted a long time ago running my ICE1. It is a little slower than I had observed at Hobbytech because I'm hauling four extra passenger cars.
I mentioned that Minitrix locomotives run silent compared to the Kato. However, Kato has better quality tracks. The turnouts work flawlessly and the setup is fast and easy. Their main market is Japan. As a consequence, space is a luxury most customers do not possess. A lot of people live in apartments so they set up their tracks to run their trains for a few hours and then take apart for storage. Kato Unitrack is virtually maintenance free. Yeah, its a little bit more expensive, but it's worth it. Like I said before, you get what you pay for. And most of their products are made in Japan, not China. That's a huge plus for me.
Oh I just placed an order for two more Shinkansens. A N500 Nozomi and a Series 700. The only other high speed train I need to complete my collection is the TGV. Unfortunately Kato produces that for Lemke and according to Johnny, they aren't responding to his queries. I guess they don't care about North American customers. If only Minitrix would release a TGV version, I would get it.
I mentioned that Minitrix locomotives run silent compared to the Kato. However, Kato has better quality tracks. The turnouts work flawlessly and the setup is fast and easy. Their main market is Japan. As a consequence, space is a luxury most customers do not possess. A lot of people live in apartments so they set up their tracks to run their trains for a few hours and then take apart for storage. Kato Unitrack is virtually maintenance free. Yeah, its a little bit more expensive, but it's worth it. Like I said before, you get what you pay for. And most of their products are made in Japan, not China. That's a huge plus for me.
Oh I just placed an order for two more Shinkansens. A N500 Nozomi and a Series 700. The only other high speed train I need to complete my collection is the TGV. Unfortunately Kato produces that for Lemke and according to Johnny, they aren't responding to his queries. I guess they don't care about North American customers. If only Minitrix would release a TGV version, I would get it.
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