N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

[NW Modeling List]

Mike
thank you for your update and insight.
v/r
Eric
Eric Raitch
Gainesville Va

On 2022-04-11 11:59, NW Modeling List wrote:
> My last communication with them was last year, and they assured me it
> was still going to happen, so that's the best 'from the source' info
> I have.  
> I  pre-ordered 13 (I think) cabins and a bunch of caboose trucks, so
> I email them once a year.  I do wish they would put updates on their
> website from time to time.  
> For some actual good news, they just received the DDOX flatcars last
> month, so that is some progress.. This is listed on their website.
> 
> From other sources in the hobby, I have heard there were a series of
> bad events in the model production industry (model rr factories
> shutting down for various reasons, one reason being environmental
> issues, and another being owner retirement) that also affected
> Spring Mills. This required all manufacturers to scramble for new
> production options. One can reasonably assume a smaller group like
> Spring Mills would get lower priority than BLI or Athearn, etc.....
> Obviously COVID caused various significant forms of disruption over
> there, and things seem to have finally started moving again within
> this past year.
> 
> Mike Rector
> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 11:21 AM NW Modeling List
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
>> To the group:
>> Has anyone had contact with Spring Mills Depot on the N&S CF
>> Caboose
>> project?
>> This goes back all the way to 2017.
>> v/r
>> Eric
>> 
>> Eric Raitch
>> Gainesville, VA
>> 
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