NWSL Saved!!

[carrman]

NorthWest Short Line Press Release
For Immediate Release (August 19, 2019)

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.

[nsfantodd]

This is excellent news!!

[cemr5396]

Good news! To be honest, I'm kinda surprised it took this long.

[valenciajim]

Aug 19, 2019 15:39:37 GMT -8 cemr5396 said:

Good news! To be honest, I'm kinda surprised it took this long.

Agreed.

[bdhicks]

This is great news!

Coincidentally, I finally got the order I placed a few weeks after the going out of business announcement, though part of that delay seems to be that it somehow got shipped to old address and had to be forwarded. Not sure how that would happen since I don't think I had any account on their web store.

[Paul Cutler III]

This is great news! I have repaired many a brass loco only because of NWSL. I wish the best of luck to the new owner.

But I am not surprised it took this long. IIRC, NWSL is also a full machine shop...so not only are you buying molds and inventory, but also the very expensive machines that make the parts. You also have to have the knowledge to operate those machines, and machinists aren't cheap. So the fact that an NWSL employee is buying the company should be good news for everyone.

[es80ac]

great news, although surprising a company with great products and name recognition like NWSL did not get acquired by a larger company earlier.

[Paul Cutler III]

es80c,
A larger company would have probably outsourced everything.