{"id":3095,"date":"2024-01-17T08:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:43:39","slug":"new-n-gauge-kato-azuma-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3095","title":{"rendered":"New N Gauge Kato Azuma Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/railsofsheffield.com\/search?q=10-1675\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/railsofsheffield.com\/search?q=10-1675\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>\n<span>Kato Announce New N Gauge 9 Car LNER Azuma Sets!<\/span>\n<p><span>Class 800\/1 is a 9-car train that has features that traditional 5-car trains do not have, such as an inner frame bogie, a simple roof top, and an intermediate car with all first-class passenger cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This model is being released in three variants &#8211; Analogue, DCC Fitted, and DCC Sound Fitted.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/p><\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/railsofsheffield.com\/search?q=10-1675\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kato have now officially announced they will be producing a 9-car variation of their very popular Class 800 in LNER Livery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Class 800, which was introduced as a replacement for the old HST (diesel high-speed train) under the Intercity Rapid Transit Plan (IEP) being promoted in the UK, is a train that has been electrified in sections based on the company&#8217;s &#8220;A-train&#8221; series concept.<\/p>\n<p>It collects current from the pantograph as before, and in non-electrified sections, the engine and generator unit supply power to the motor, making it possible to operate directly between electrified and non-electrified sections. Manufactured at the Kasado Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture and Hitachi Rail&#8217;s UK factory, it is currently being used on the LNER, the UK&#8217;s main line, nicknamed &#8220;AZUMA&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kato Announce New N Gauge 9 Car LNER Azuma Sets! Class 800\/1 is a 9-car train that has features that traditional 5-car trains do not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-model-railways"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}