Anyone know why this unit has been on the back burner for so long? The last thing I heard they where having problems with the couplers. I have some of there freight cars. They are really nice!
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Maybe will know more at the T.C.A meet at York, Pa.
Thanks
Does anyone know how MTH, Lionel and others ship their products from (mostly) China? The last time I looked (meaning the last article I read in the SF Chronicle) there is still a big slowdown in handling container ships all up and down the left coast, with big impacts on LA/Long Beach and Oakland especially. As far as I know the labor dispute hasn't been resolved and I believe the slowdown has been for several months at this point. FWIW.
Originally Posted by richs09:
Does anyone know how MTH, Lionel and others ship their products from (mostly) China? The last time I looked (meaning the last article I read in the SF Chronicle) there is still a big slowdown in handling container ships all up and down the left coast, with big impacts on LA/Long Beach and Oakland especially. As far as I know the labor dispute hasn't been resolved and I believe the slowdown has been for several months at this point. FWIW.
Don't know about anyone else, but the west coast slowdown added almost 2 months delay to American Models T&P sets.
Rusty
I never new there was a big slowdown in handling container ships. No wonder it takes months and months to get something from overseas.
Ern
Lionel ships full container only. Via Panama canal to East coast port = 6 weeks.
As of Feb 14 there were forty container ships anchored out at sea off the coast of long beach CA. Each ship holds roughly 7500 40 foot containers. They have room at the port for 3 to 4 ships at a time and it takes 24 hrs or more to unload one ship. So basically 280000 containers waiting to be unloaded. And then factor in the shortage of drivers and availability of chassis for the containers. Etc etc
