N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

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Spring Mills has released their DODX flat cars, which they moved to
the front of the line because they were a simpler project and a good
test for their new factory. In theory, Spring Mills has B&O cabooses
that predate the N&W, so I can see them bringing those out first.
Hopefully at this point they have all the research regarding details
and paint colors done, so it's just a matter of getting in line at the
factory, but that still puts the cabooses months if not a year or two
out.
Marty Flick

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Subject: Re: N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

 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  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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