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I have a few IHC models. One is an older Pacific (before the Premier series) and the detail is not really all that great, but for such an old engine, it still runs pretty well. The other two are almost new, both from the Premier series. While the detail isn't superb, it is decent enough that most people looking on won't complain about it. None of the three has an authentic prototype. All three are Union Pacific locomotives, two of which UP never had. The third is a 4-6-2 Pacific that is similar to the ones used by UP, but the number (3524) is not prototypical. The body shell of the Pacific is the same as that on their Mountain, even though the drive mechanism is different. Both units use the same number for all roadnames offered, from what I have seen. It does look funny to see a UP Pacific #3524 next to an SP Pacific, also numbered #3524. <br /> <br />All three seem to run pretty well. I am planning to convert them to DCC, even possibly adding sound. I don't think these engines warrant a Soundtraxx system, however, so I will most likely use the MRC Synchro Steam sound decoder as it can be found for half the price of the Soundtraxx. Again, this would not be prototypical, but for these locomotives, who cares? Basically the intent with these is to keep the kids interested (they don't care about prototypes at this time anyway) and possibly to get some other bigger kids (grown up ones) interested, too (they wouldn't know the difference from the prototypes). <br /> <br />In summary, from my experience with IHC steam locomotives, they are not terribly accurate models, but they are affordable and work well. I don't have any of their diesel models, but from what I have seen, they appear very toylike and the detail is much worse than that on their steam locos. Just my[2c].
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