Kato 11-107 Driving Unit For B Train Shorty Commuter Train 2

Thanks to another earlier review I spotted for this, I repowered my Bachmann Brill Trolley with one of these. It took only a couple strips of double sided foam tape to marry them. You can buy new bodies from Bachmann parts currently for 12 bucks and change. The only snag I had was that the old power pack I'm powering my Trolley line with goes right from stop to too fast. These run on less voltage than typical n scale. If your throttle can get down near zero volts, then you can creep well.

im gonna have to get a different loco to pull, and use this one as a helper engine. fun though! small fast and light. 8 wheels pick up current, 4 wheels drive. one of the driving wheels has a rubber traction tire.

These power units by KATO are superb runners. Mine had a very high speed, but they can be throttled down to a realistic speed. Note that hey come with older style Rapido couplers for N scale. I have been very happy with my five units. They are light weight and can only pull one or two cars on their own. I use these in my HOn30 models and add weight to the engine shell. My little engines using these unit can pull six light weight cars.

Took a chance on size that it would fit a old Lima switch loci I have had for years, going to dcc it when I put it together

Not much power and doesn't fit B Train Shorty as advertised (above)

They are good people with good products

Building a mining railway

Unit runs smoothly and was perfect to repower my old Bachman N Scale Brill Trolley. It is not a "drop-in" replacement, but with some minor modification of the Kato unit (remove the couplers) and the trolley body (thin shims to center and method of attachment) it works very well.