Intermountain cancelations

[Freight Train]

I was wanting some of these USRA gondolas 

 

 

Cancelled Reservation Items

December 14, 2012

 


N Scale

 

66601 USRA Gondola - CB&Q

66602 USRA Gondola - C&NW

66603 USRA Gondola - Missouri Pacific

66608 USRA Gondola - Pennsylvania

66612 USRA Gondola - Southern Pacific

66614 USRA Gondola - Southern

66617 USRA Gondola - Michigan Central

66620 USRA Gondola - Monon

67508 Pullman Standard 5277 Cu. Ft. Exterior Post Boxcar - St. Mary's - White

67519 Pullman Standard 5277 Cu. Ft. Exterior Post Boxcar - Valdosta

68205 Milk Car - Borden's

68206 Milk Car - Whiting Milk Co

68208 Milk Car - H.P. Hood & Sons

68210 Milk Car - United Farmers

68211 Milk Car - Dairymen's League

68212 Milk Car - Chateau Martin

68213 Milk Car - GM&O MW - Water Car

68214 Milk Car - Illinois Central - Water Car

 

Red Caboose N Scale

 

RN-15410 4740 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper - Great Northern

RN-15420 4740 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper - Gold Kist

RN-15422 4740 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper - Erie Lackawanna

RN-15424 4740 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper - B&O - Chessie

RN-15436 4740 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper – CB&Q

RN-17036 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Maine Central

RN-17042 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Baltimore & Ohio

RN-17048 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Chicago Great Western

RN-17050 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - New York Central

RN-17056 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Pennsylvania Railroad

RN-17089 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Seaboard Airline

RN-17090 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Central & New Jersey

RN-17091 X-29 & ARA Style Boxcar - Lehigh New England

RN-17611 Evans Coil Car - C&O - Blue & Gray

 

[towl1996]

All that was cancelled????  Delayed? Are they going out of business?

[Bob Bufkin]

Not the first time Intermountain has cancelled a bunch of cars.  Never did get the Reading FP-7 I wanted long time ago.  I sometimes think they try and do too many different roads and they don't have the facilities to pull it off.  Not complaining as I do like a lot of their stuff.

[Kisatchie]

All that was cancelled????  Delayed? Are they going out of business?

Yep, it was cancelled. And I doubt they're going out of business. They've got plenty coming out. Here is just their N scale stuff:

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


Hmm... and I can't afford
any of it until my
inheritance check
arrives...

[chicken45]

I was bummed about those Pennsy REA X29's   

[bbussey]

...  I sometimes think they try and do too many different roads and they don't have the facilities to pull it off...

It's not that they try to do too much.  It's that there aren't enough advance orders to satisfy the minimum requirements for the production run.

[bbussey]

I was bummed about those Pennsy REA X29's   

They turn up on eBay from time to time.

[GonzoCRFan]

What I find perplexing is that MSRP on the old Red Caboose mechanical reefers is $26.95, while the new Intermountain ones are listed at $22.95...the Intermountain car is a vastly superior model, but I'm definitely not complaining that it's cheaper...

[eric220]

Got an email from Chuck today saying that my X29s were cancelled. As he said, Merry Cristmas, huh?

[lock4244]

What I find perplexing is that MSRP on the old Red Caboose mechanical reefers is $26.95, while the new Intermountain ones are listed at $22.95...the Intermountain car is a vastly superior model, but I'm definitely not complaining that it's cheaper...

Shhh, quiet 

I notice that not one single canceled item this time around is a Canadian road. Once advantage of having only a few roads to choose from. No wonder they did the cylindrical covered hopper and the SD40-2W.

[CodyO]

Sad to see some much rolling stock I wanted canceled

[CBQ Fan]

I am not surprised.  That has been common for IM.  I like their stuff when it arrives.  That clears out one of my three remaining email preorders with Wig-Wag.  The two remaining are the Cafe Car and Sleeper from Rapido.  That has been a couple of years it seems and I don't expect to see them in 2013 either.  Oh well, at least Kato, FVM and Atlas are bringing out plenty for me to spend my hard earned dollars on.

[wcfn100]

Weren't the X-29/ARA cars just reprints with new numbers?  I know the CGW cars were.  And I know they weren't worth $23 because I can find the first release for $6 apiece.


Jason

[SkipGear]

The cancelation of the X-29's is really sad to see. We had 2-3 complete sets of the B&O's ordered for customers at the shop (and myself, the  B&O's don't pop up on Ebay but once a year) and at least as many of the PRR variations. Glad I picked up some of the Pennsy's at the trainshow a couple months back. The guy had more and I may buy them if he still has them next time I see him.

[Hyperion]

I kinda like the whole "throw it all at the wall and see what sticks" model.  It sure beats never getting what you want because someone, somewhere, somehow decided that that scheme you wanted just "isn't popular".

It kinda sucks if what you wanted got cancelled, but if the orders aren't there, the orders aren't there.  With a 'superior' form of gauging demand without a market announcement, it likely wouldn't have even gotten that far to begin with.  So at least you've got a chance to 'vote' for it, if nothing else.  And it sure beats companies loosing precious capital dollars because they made a bad choice on a paint scheme and are stuck with a bunch of inventory.  Not only do they lose money but they get less risk-adverse in the future that way.