Now that I have hopefully fixed the problem with why I could not get the text in this post when i originally did it, i might be able to explain what help I am after.
I am trying to find a IHC Cheyenne 650Ton Coal Bunker kit in HO scale. I have contcted IHC and they do not have any in stock and I have only been able to find N scale at this stage.
A friend in New Zealand has one of these on his layout, he models Union Pacific the same as I do and the photos he sent me look fantastic with all of his Big Boys and Challengers waiting at the bunker.
I want to do a similar thing, so if anyone can help me locate one it will be appreciated very much.
Apologies also if I caused any problems with trying to get my initial post activated.
This forum gives you a chance to become more familiar with how this forum responds to different features and keeps testing in one place instead of posting tests all over.
IHC has been out of business for several years. The present-day IHC Texas company is not the same as the original IHC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, though they seem to be selling off some of the leftover products from the old IHC warehouse.
Most IHC products were made by Mehano in Slovenia. Mehano filed for bankruptcy and is still in business, but has been concentrating on only the European market for the past few years.
Your only hope of finding an old IHC product may be e-Bay by periodically searching their site. E-Bay has a search function where, once you are in the HO Scale Trains area, you can enter the phrase “Cheyenne 650 Ton Coal Bunker” and hope for the best.
When I did this as a test, two N scale kits turned up even though I was in the HO scale area.
