Introduction

Kato 37-6115 HO Scale GE P42 Genesis Phase VI Amtrak “50th” 108

The General Electric P42, or “Genesis” is a modern 4200 horsepower passenger engine used across the US and Canada. Since their introduction, they’ve had a number of revisions for easier maintenance and parts replacement, including a bolt-on fiberglass nose panel (replacing the original’s solid metal) and a new headlight bezel that’s more rounded than the previous square versions.

FEATURES:

• Perfectly suited to pull Kato’s new production of Phase IVb Superliners.
• Directional headlights and tail lights on both the front and rear of the locomotive, allowing it to operate as both a standard pulling locomotive with double heading capability or a push-pull engine, whether oriented facing forward or back.
• Illuminated pre-printed numberboards
• Capable of navigating minimum 370mm (14 3/5″) radius curves (R1 radius in Europe), allowing the P42 to go where previous Kato locomotives have never been able to go before – dining room tables, coffee tables, spaces previously reserved exclusively for N scale!
• Brand new coreless truck-motor drive paired with a super-heavy solid metal body mechanism; doubling the number of motors while increasing the traction potential and weight for new standard of running smoothness and pulling power.