Update on the Springmill Depot preorder of N&W Caboose

[NW Modeling List]

So sad to here this news.  I guess my trains will continue to run with 
"fake"  N&W cabooses.

Walter Davis

Youngsville, NC


On 7/20/2018 1:55 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> I really hope that the N&W caboose don't take as long as the B&O 
> caboose's. I ordered my I5's in June of 2014 and we're hoping to have 
> them this year. They have done such accurate and beautiful work that I 
> can't wait to see both the B&O and N&W models.
> Larry Brown
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018, 12:01 PM NW Modeling List 
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>     Gentlemen:
>     I got an update from Bill Carl of Spingmill Depot on the
>     disposition of
>     the N&W preordered Caboose.
>
>     Apparently things are screwed up in China at the moment. But,it has
>     nothing to do with the trade war but rather the new environmental
>     regulations the Chinese government is implementing on -ALL-
>     factories.
>     Bill stated that Intermountain has stopped putting dates on their
>     projects and instead are using status eg Taking Orders, In
>     Production,
>     Shipping, etc.  He also stated that Rapido has posted some videos on
>     YouTube explaining the difficulties they are experiencing as well.
>
>     Also, capitalism is working in China as their factory had a lot of
>     workers who did not return after the Chinese New Year because they
>     took
>     higher paying jobs at other factories.  So the  plant manager is
>     working
>     through several issues and they are trying to assist him where
>     they can.
>       Bill said that he is working toward sending a mass email soon
>     explaining some of the finer details.
>
>     He has no dates at the moment but believes the cars will arrive in
>     the
>     following order:
>     B&O I-5 cabooses (Alton, GM&O)
>     B&O I-1/2/3 cabooses (Alton, GM&O, SIRT, BC&G, B&OCT, etc)
>     DODX flat cars
>     N&W cabooses
>
>     Eric Raitch
>     Gainesville, VA
>
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