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Post by calzephyr on Oct 12, 2012 6:55:38 GMT -8
After looking at the latest Model Railroader email, I noticed that ConCor is listing the Intermountain N scale Cab Forward.
Anyone know what the business relationship is between ConCor and Intermountain??
Larry
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Post by bill pearce on Oct 14, 2012 9:09:57 GMT -8
Con Cor was first a distrubutor. Probably still is, although now, so is Intermountain.
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Post by santafe524 on Oct 20, 2012 13:42:32 GMT -8
C-C is trying to resurrect their distributorship and have gotten several manufacturers to sell thru them. Intermountain has tried the same thing with several other manufacturers. Bizarrely they still list as Pre-Order items that were delivered by FVM and ESMC as much as a year ago.
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Post by ssteamguy on Nov 25, 2012 15:22:15 GMT -8
Jose,
Over the years ConCor has entered into distributor agreements with various manufacturers as ConCor's dealer and distribution network is quite vast, as it has been in place for almost 50 years, and I talked to Jim Conway in 2002, and he is eager to distribute any quality product for a host of reasons, including providing a quality product his or not, gives him credibility, his mail order and service program is sophisticated and efficient, the company saves the resources developing a network and many other reasons. ConCor has an more varied, diverse and extensive product line to make them a first responder to customers so to speak. Everyone wins.
One other "unmentionable" factor was a few years ago, ConCor sent many of us questionnaires regarding setting reservations for ConCor to contract with Rivarossi to make a Cab Forward. Although ConCor stated the reasons were poor customer response, the response in the various forums indicated otherwise. ConCor stated that Riv had some interchangeable parts that could be used from existing articulateds and other steamer which could save on tooling costs, which could have been passed on to us. It never happened a a few months later, Rivarossi closed its doors until bought by the British firm.
BTW, the current Cab Forward made by IM is one terrific product, runs quietly smoothly, and has the detail that just cannot be believed.
Ken
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