N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

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I’d heard the same info over time about the hobby. Spring Mills seems to have worked hard on getting things moving. I’d almost lost faith in them, but I recently received some of their DODX flatcars I’d ordered almost five years ago. They are impressive. They said the DODX cars were a test of the new factory they plan to use. They seemed pleased with the results, so hopefully they’re moving ahead on their other projects and will get caught up again. 

Phil Miller

 

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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 <mailto: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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