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	As many of you are aware, our main factory shut down very unexpectedly last fall. This was just after they delivered some outstanding samples of the UP 1943 locomotive.
	To say we were disappointed is an understatement! However, we were in the same boat as many other companies, and we just had to wade through the unknown. After several months, our tooling was moved to a new factory.
	The good and bad part is - the tooling has a new home, but many other projects have also found that new home. Throw in the fact that the new place has never seen any of our projects before and the result is a very steep - long learning curve. While they are getting their feet wet right now with a few freight car projects, it will still take a little time to dive into complex locomotives. Even though this may be a little slower, we prefer it this way so that we can see the ability of the new factory and get them up to speed on what we (and the modeler) expect. We hope to have the first few rolling stock projects show up this fall and winter. By then they should have some experience and should be getting into locomotives later this year. There is no crystal ball good enough to give exact dates just yet, and there are some factory down times to factor in as well (Chinese New Year being a big one), but we will do our best to keep you updated on these special runs and will certainly share any samples that come our way over the next few months. We are hopeful to start seeing motive power by mid next year.
	Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to bring out excellent models once again
	Matt