N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status

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The Steam/transition era is definitely not growing if not on the decline. The J is not a new model nor are the Arrow cars. The only new N&W steam is the N&W shay coming, but that is not a mainline locomotive and has a very limited modeling use. Noting all of that, we have not had a new N&W locomotive in years.
Old brass models is the still go to models for steam era modeling on the mass market. The steam era with it’s dying modelers has now moved to the 70’s plus market according to MR surveys. When BLI announced the N&W caboose they could not get enough orders to produce the models. I myself have dumped the steam era due to lack of new products. Where are the M’s that were being looked at to being manufactured - dead?
I believe yes we have to admit steam is dying out, that no new models in the pipeline shows where N&W steam modeling is headed.
Just some honest objective thoughts.
Stephen Rineair


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

Looking at BLI's stream models coming over the past year, and now Scale Trains getting into the picture with a J model next year (and Arrow set), I'm not so sure that steam is on the decline.
Mike Rector

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 9:03 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
I also cancelled my order of 2 B&O and 3 N&W model's almost 2 years ago.  I had ordered the B&O in July of 2014 and the N&W when they were first announced. There was no deposit with my orders, they had the full amount. If It had been a deposit than I may not have cancelled my order. When they moved the flatcar up infront of the B&O cabooses after a number of years that was very disappointing. They do produce beautifully models there is no dough. At my age and the way the hobby is going with the new younger modelers going for the newer diesels and the number of steam and first generation diesel modelers is getting smaller every year. Does producing transition models make sense. Don't get me wrong N&W caboose models are really needed and I hope that someday the N&W modelers will have better caboose models.  I'm happy with the caboose models that I have both N&W and B&O.  Good luck to Spring Mills I hope that nothing happens to them or the models may never be produced.
Just my thoughts
Larry Brown

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 1:44 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
The CF class.  
Sent from Dave Bott's iPhone


On Jun 23, 2023, at 2:48 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
What caboose are they doing?

Ken Rees

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From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> 
Date: 6/23/23 12:10 PM (GMT-05:00) 
To: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> 
Subject: N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status 

To the Group:

N&W caboose project Spring Mills Depot status???

Does anyone have any update on the status of this project?
I still have my deposit with them.

Eric Raitch
Gainesville, Va
20155
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