N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

[NW Modeling List]

I recently spoke with Bill Carl to congratulate him on the excellent review
the Spring Mills DODX received in a recent issue of RMC.  He told me the
B&O caboose project was now moving forward (i.e. tooling was being created)
to be followed by the N&W project.

Jim Brewer

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 12:16 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
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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