20-283 Kato 20-283 Electric Turntable Cleaning Car Krois® and Telex® couplings

Krois® and Telex® couplings

The STEAM era version has a slightly yellower “White” aspect

but it was very widely used internationally

Width 180mm

Some 158s have been converted to additional Class 159s and now operate for South Western alongside their original classmates

20-283 Kato 20-283 Electric Turntable Cleaning Car Krois® and Telex® couplingsThe Kato Turntable has a nice smooth rotating bridge which securely lines up with the exit roads. To opperate it you can either press the switch once to move to the next bay, or hold it across to continue to rotate the bed until you release the switch. The exit roads can be moved around the bed to suit your own positioning and are powered by the bridge itself which allows self isolating on the unused exit roads. The bed of the turntable is 160mm long