InterMountain Railway Co makes changes to delivery announcements

[thomasjmdavis]

I really hope to see the 4785s, the undecorated ACF 2927 says confirmed for production but all the others say needs reservations, this is probably an error as I don't think the undecs would fair better than the decorated cars.

Either they made corrections or you must be looking at a different list than I am seeing on their site- which lists 10 roadnames as "reserve now". 
http://www.intermountain-railway.com/n/nhoppers.htm
I think, unfortunately, that this car falls just outside of my 1956 layout date.  At least as painted by IM, these are Ga-111 (ATSF), which would be 1958.  But maybe I will luck out and when the new cars arrive, some folks will dump a few of their Athearn 2893s.  This is one of those times where I wish that manufacturers would put more historical data on their catalog pages- because I might order one or 2 in other roads if I could establish which roads bought them when. While I am sure I could hunt and find the resources somewhere to determine this, the manufacturers would increase sales by making the info readily available on their catalog pages. Surprising how many of what people think of as 60s and 70s freight cars (or paint schemes) were actually introduced in the early-mid 50s (and some even earlier), but unless you are looking at a car type or roadname with which you are familiar, it is a tough call sometimes.

[Mark5]

Unittrain is correct, the ACF 2927 roadnames are all listed as "Pending Cancellation":

http://www.intermountain-railway.com/newsncomingsoon.html

I think the IM webmaster is having trouble keeping all of their pages synced up.

Mark

[thomasjmdavis]

I apologize, gentlemen, we were indeed looking at different pages.  Given that the one you show is dated a couple days ago, and the one I linked (and I think I have the link fixed now) is undated, yours is probably the more accurate.

[Mark5]

I apologize, gentlemen, we were indeed looking at different pages.  Given that the one you show is dated a couple days ago, and the one I linked (and I think I have the link fixed now) is undated, yours is probably the more accurate.

Hey, this is confusing anyway, so no issues. 

I just hope Bullwinkle can pull it out of the hat on the 2927s as I sure could use a little more variety in my 1975 1:160 world.

Mark

[Doug W]

I just hope Bullwinkle can pull it out of the hat on the 2927s as I sure could use a little more variety in my 1975 1:160 world.

Mark

Me too. I need these for my 1975 pike too!