Anyone know whats going on with the IHC Mountains? IHC have none listed nor does Walthers, they say unknown status?
Has IHC stopped production?
Hi. IHC, as you may be aware, seems to be upgrading its premier line if the newest 2-10-2 is any indication. So, if there is no stock, and no product announcement, I would guess that they might be getting one into production in the next …I dunno, year, two maybe? Just a guess.
They may have pulled it to update it, considering the pretty good response they got with their 2-10-2. I have an IHC Mountain, and it’s a good, smooth-running steamer. Detail’s a little bland compared with the Santa Fe, and of course, it doesn’t have a DCC plug like their Santa Fe (not that I care). That may be the reason–they may think that some re-tooling and up-dating is in order.
Tom
Since IHC does not actually make these locos they themselves would not be stopping production. Taking a quick look over on the Mehano web site http://www.mehano.si/?PID=21&CID=39 you can see that the Mountain is still listed in their hobby-line. If you look in their Prestige line I find it interesting that the 2-10-2 is listed as having installed Lok-sound decoders. Anyway, it would suggest that the Mountain is still in production, but that IHC have not recently imported any. I don’t really have a clue what the relationship is here other than manufacturer and importer. I wonder how much influence IHC has on what is produced or if Mehano develops things in a vacuum and simply presents them to IHC. For example, whose idea was it to develop the 2-10-2 as a Prestige model?