AMB CF Caboose new manufacturer

Sun Aug 4 18:40:43 EDT 2024

worth noting that there is a plywood-sheathed version, too
http://lakejunctionmodels.com/product-detail/10189/Norfolk-%26-Western-CF-Class-PlyWood-Sided-Caboose

Mike Rector

On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Hey Roger (and everyone), the AMB CF caboose is back in production by a
> new vendor: http://lakejunctionmodels.com/catalog.php/12/3/cabooses
>
> From various forum posts, apparently the AMB’s CAD files etc. were
> purchased by http://berkshirevalleymodels.com/. They held onto the
> structures, then resold the car kits to Lake Junction. Or something like
> that.
>
> I only found one former-AMB structure kit on the Berkshire valley site.
>
> Matt Goodman
> Columbus Ohio
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2024, at 12:06 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> I have to agree with that. Oftentimes a manufacturers selection doesn't
> make sense. I know they need to make a profit on their investments but many
> choices seem strange. I know Pennsy is one of the top railroads but the
> recent S-1 is so questionable. It's a HUGE engine that was one of a kind
> and isn't something most Pennsy modelers can actually run or use but other
> more popular items never seem to get produced.
>
> I just find it hard to believe some of the odd choices made when something
> popular and needed gets avoided while EVERYONE produces F-7s, E-units and
> PS-1 or X-29 boxcars. Now even the AMB CF kit is gone!
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>
>
> On Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 09:30:09 AM CDT, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> This one never made sense to me. BLI knows how many Y6b's they sell, and
> J's. And H2a's. All of this are always sold out, and highly desired on eBay
> after the initial deliveries. So it's hard to believe they are barely
> selling enough to make them profitable. How could a CF have been a hard
> decision to make, considering the rest of their N&W offerings?
>
> Mike Rector
>
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 7:08 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> Roger: N&W people have not been ignored. The problem is that Manufactures
> cannot get enough reservations.
> BLI had announced the CF caboose on their website and did not get enough
> orders needed to produce the model.
> Stephen Rineair
>
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> *Sent: *Friday, August 2, 2024 11:36:14 AM
> *Subject: *Re: N&W RPOs M1
>
> The Division Point M-1 is hard to find and the price was and still is
> astronomical!
>
> What a shame one of the favorite N&W cars hasn't been done in something
> reasonably priced. Most trains had one and they are so very distinctive.
>
> Same goes for the cabin cars like CF, CG, CH and C2. Spring Mills Depot
> announced the cars many years ago but I doubt seriously if they'll ever do
> them as it's their eighth car and they STILL haven't released their 3rd car
> from around 10-14 years ago.
>
> N&W modelers have been grossly ignored in my opinion yet Bowser CONTINUES
> to print their boxcars with the  "&" rather than spelled out "AND"!
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>
>
> On Friday, August 2, 2024 at 10:27:01 AM CDT, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks, I'll poke around for M70 kits. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a real
> model but a stand-in must do for some equipment you can't really buy as
> it's too rare. Lol if anyone wants to get rid of one ... I've got some K1s
> and K2s that would be happy to pull them.
>
> I've leaned enough through the society to try and get a better balance of
> mail/storage vs. express.
>
> :)
>
> David Baker
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 8:07 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> David,
> If a stand-in will do, you might watch E-bay for a Walthers 7831.  It was
> an M1, but the lapse of 60 or so years has rendered it "crude" by today's
> standards.
> Jim Cochran
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 7:22 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for the info. Only done in brass probably means it would take ten
> years to even find one, hmmm it looks a bit like the PRR M70. Perhaps I'll
> use that as a a stand in.
> Thanks!
> David Baker
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 7:09 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> The M1 has been dine in brass.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 09:32:12 PM EDT, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Society,
> Were there any N&W RPOs done in HO? Specifically the M1 or something that
> was not a combination RPO?
> Thanks for sharing the knowledge,
> David Baker
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