IHC - Premier Gold - Major Sale?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Was browsing the LHS and noticed that the new IHC 2-10-2 and 2-8-2’s are on sale.

The sale price for these engines was IMHO quite cheap. Are these engines being blown out by IHC all over the country?

I was so impressed that I picked up one of the 2-10-2’s myself. For what has been described as a generic engine the detail is quite good. It certainly would be a close second to the Spectrum offering in terms of detail.

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I checked three places. Only Toy Train Heaven has them on sale of those three, and they are going for $117. I’d say that’s a reasonable price, not the $149 MSRP or what IHC sells them for on their site. What price were you looking at, Don?

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MB Klein has the 2-10-2’s for $109 and the Mikes for $99. (they have the old Mikes for $59) I think the only difference is the blackened wheels and decoder plug.
What price did you see?

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$80 for the 2-10-2, I think the others were $75. These are packaged in the red box with the label Command XXV and noted as the Premier Gold Series.

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I’ve heard consistently good reports on the IHC 2-10-2 as far as running and pulling quality. Thinking about getting one for a ‘kit-bash’ myself. Those are good prices.

I might bite [:-^]

Tom

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Yup, those sound like pretty good prices. What is the name of the LHS and do they have a web store also?

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Me too. Though I’m gonna hubnt down a piece I saw online and make (non-articulated) Cab Forwards out of them. Would a Cab Forward modifyied Moutnain still be a Mountain, or would it become a Berkshire? [:D]

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Wow! No wonder you posted. Is this at Central?

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No web presence unfortunately.

They are more a craft store with a hobby section. The road names were quite limited. The 2-10-2’s were Canadian Pacific and the 2-8-2’s CNR.

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Flash–

You could start a new argument similar to those that call a 4-8-8-2 a “Backwards Yellowstone”, LOL. (Everyone EXCEPT old SP steam engineers, that is [:-^] They just referred to them as “Malleys”)

Tom [:D]

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Were there any IHC Pacifics on sale guys ??

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Only saw the 2-10-2’s and the 2-8-2’s. I will be going back this weekend and check then.

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Yeah, but who would want a CP? Oh wait! (checks avitar…) I would![:D]

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I’ve seen those 2-10-2’s kitbashed into VERY respectable Canadian lokies, and the more I look at them, they could be kitbashed into a pretty respectable ATSF model, and with a LOT of kit-bashing, they could probably be made into a Rio Grande F-81. That lokie has a LOT of possibilities [:P].

Tom [:)]

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You can do this with the 2-10-2: -