02-08-2012, 10:17 AM
I have a Premier Series 2-10-2 and it is one of the best running locomotives I own. I can't speak for detail. A local hobby shop took one decorated for Southern Pacific and fitted it with a Tsunami large steam decoder planning to use it on the store layout. Somewhere in the process it fell to the floor and broke off the overhang on the back of the cab. The put it out on the "Deal table" for $80.00. The retail price for everything was $289.00. I bought it and sent a letter off to IHC telling them that I had dropped the locomotive and broke the cab, how much for a new cab? They sent my letter back with $25.00 written on the bottom of the my note, I sent it back to them with a check and received the new cab a couple of weeks later. I model Santa Fe normally, and I don't really know how close this model is to an S.P. The IHC 2-10-2 was based on a Santa Fe prototype, but the one picture I have of an S.P. 2-10-2 looks pretty close to it. Of course I had to buy an S.P. caboose to run with it, but it runs great. I consider it a deal at $105.00!