Our group gets off the tour bus and the cameras come out right away

By the way, our bus company was fantastic for all our tours

Our first presenter shows us the plastic pellets used in the injection molding process

N scale locomotive shells come out of the machine

A machined mold on the table

Closeup of a mold for the bottom of a covered hopper car

Interior shot of the factory

N locomotive shell mold

Pad printing machine

The designer shows us how she lays out the lettering on an HO WP boxcar

File folders of artwork

Artwork for an F7B submitted by Stephen Priest

The head of production tells us how models go from design to finished product

More N scale injection molds

Liquid cooled milling machine

These bits cost at least $80 each

In another building across town, we are given a tour of the office -- this is where remaining stock of discontinued items is kept

Monthly sales figures on the board -- InterMountain does over $4 million a year

Frank Angstead gives a talk on company philosophy to part of our group in the atrium

This is where N scale locomotives are tested, forward and reverse

A tunnel made of Tunnel Motors

Frank Angstead expounds on how InterMountain is focused on quality

This is the room where all N scale stock is kept -- they let each us have a car to take home

The N scale goodie room