Update on the Springmill Depot preorder of N&W Caboose

[NW Modeling List]

Aye! you're right about the fake bridge!

Walter Davis, Youngsville


On 7/20/2018 3:13 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List wrote:
> Walter
> Better to have a "fake" caboose than a fake bridge!
> Jim Kehn
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> Sent: Fri, Jul 20, 2018 2:37 pm
> Subject: Re: Update on the Springmill Depot preorder of N&W Caboose
>
> 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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