September 7, 2001

Digitrax-Kato Marriage

According to the rumor mill and to be announced in Chicago this week, Digitrax and Kato have united to produce and market and entry level DCC system manufactured by Digitrax and distributed by Kato exclusively for overseas markets. This new DCC System is seen as Kato's answer to the "Atlas Commander" DCC System manufactured by Lenz, it also is another indicator of the expanding acceptance of DCC.

Some tentative specs include:

2.5Amp DCC output.
4 Digit Addressing.
4-5 Functions.
Knob Speed Control.
Console Format.

More information should be available in a week.