From the Intermountain Railway home page:
December 1, 2004
For Immediate Release
Longmont, CO: InterMountain Railway Company, recognized throughout the model railroad industry for its highly detailed scale locomotive and rolling stock models, announced today the appointment of Horizon Hobby, Inc. of Champaign, IL as its exclusive distributor effective immediately. Previously InterMountain distributed its products direct to the retailer and will continue that practice for those retailers that wish to maintain a direct relationship with the company.
Frank Angstead, CEO of InterMountain says, "This is a tremendous opportunity for InterMountain to partner with one of the industry's finest in service, marketing, sales and distribution. This announcement will immediately expose our products to more than 2,100 Horizon dealers and make our products more accessible to consumers."
Since its inception 16 years ago, InterMountain has become a leader in fine scale models in both HO and N-scale. Carl Crosier, Director ? Model Railroad Division at Horizon states, "These are truly exciting times at Horizon, to be associated with such fine people that take exceptional pride in their products. The detail level in their products is second to none and we look forward to this opportunity."
For more information contact Frank Angstead at:
InterMountain Railway Company
PO Box 839
Longmont, CO 80502
(303) 772-1901