NorthWest Short Line Press Release
For Immediate Release
NorthWest Short Line is pleased to announce that the entire line has been acquired by an NWSL employee, effective September 3rd, 2019. All existing back orders will be filled, and NWSL will be open to new orders as soon as the new websites are rolled out; the primary website nwsl.com will carry forward as the primary contact point. The line is expected to carry forward largely unchanged although the company will no longer offer phone support. NWSL will be headquartered in Kila, Montana, located near Kalispell, and the new address is PO Box 219, Kila, MT 59920. Email contact is through the website.
It’s good that the person/employee is taking over NWSL. They know how it was done, how it is done and how they want it to be done. My thanks to you. Now we may see again more NWSL parts in the Hobby Shops to fill those empty hooks.
Yahhh Wooo! Now I can rethink about remotoring my United Santa Fe 2-8-0 and add DCC and maybe sound. I already added a United brass Frisco Decapod coal tender I bought use…
NWSL is a critical source for a certain type of modeling. The few parts I used from them were of first quality and greatly expanded what I could do in the hobby.
You’re lucky to have heat…I don’t think we’ve seen even 90ºF around here this summer, although it’s hard for me to tell, what with our dang Celsius temperature readings…not that I’m looking for 90º Celsius, mind you.
That is hot news, though, to learn that NWSL will carry on.
Yes, it’s good news for this O-scaler! With Intermountain out of the scene, I could think of no other supplier than PSC, who have a limited selection, plus it’s hard to know if what I want is even available. (There was a pair of archbar trucks listed, but I never could get a pair; would’ve been great for steam loco tenders.) As Mork used to say, “Heavy sigh…”
Yep. I had big plans for certain locos before NWSL quit. I abandoned a couple of projects after they couldn’t fill all of my last order. Old brass is pretty finicky. It’s difficult to run a roster of the beasts without replacement gears and drivetrain parts.
I am happy for everyone who is happy, but I have been into HO scale in a big way for 15 years now, and I have yet to feel a need to order anything from NWSL.