Shipping Update: RS-WOT & Canadian series baggage-express cars

Just a quick note here - We will most likely still be shipping our RailSmith-Wheels of Time and Canadian series baggage-express cars through the 2nd week of August for all our customers' orders. There are a lot of individual orders which we are working through. Hold tight. We haven't forgotten about you.  If you haven't ordered, the order "window" is still open. Order them before we sell out. Thank you & Happy Model Railroading!

Important Notice on Tariffs

As you know, we currently have a 104% tariffs on Wheels of Time production made in China and with possible threat to 125%. The tariffs on products made in China are unsustainable for a small business like Wheels of Time and in broader sense will really damage the model railroad industry.

Our current project with RailSmith (N scale baggage-express cars) which will be wrapping up in May sometime will have a line item called "tariffs" that will be collected before we ship those products. At the moment, we don't know how much that will be and how much Wheels of Time can actually absorb.

Additional all Wheels of Time production from China will be curtained until tariff situation becomes economically feasible again.

However, our 3D printed and resin cast products will remain in production since they are made in here locally.

Sincerely,

Matthew Young
Wheels of Time
www.wheelsotime.com

A Waiting and a Warm Wish to You in this Season

A season of waiting. Here at Wheels of Time, I am waiting for my factory to complete the production of our special run of heavyweight baggage-express cars with RailSmith.  I am waiting to finish with all the end of year stuff, one must do as a business.

Here in the photo sequence, where we are waiting for the Caltrain special Christmas train to come through. It was late because of an auto was stuck in the tracks.  Was it worth the wait?  Yes!  
Below is my SP C-40-3 caboose #1172 which I built from a modified TrainCat kit -  in-between all my work, assignments and family life.  Well, mostly finished except the frog eyes and interiors - after more than 10-yrs in the making!  Definitely worth the wait.

Waiting is worth it. It's hosting something that is yet to come. It’s like Advent before Christmas.

Regardless how you celebrate this Season, I sincerely wish you the very best. May you be blessed with health, joy and good connections with your family and friends!A waiting for Xmas trainWaiting - 921It's worth the wait!10-years in the making - model of SP C-40-3

June news!

• It's almost summer and Wheels of Time is having a sale on our N scale Fish-Belly Flatcars! Take advantage of this - until June 30th or when stock is sold out.

• As you most of you know, RailSmith has commissioned Wheels of Time for a special run of our N scale 70-ft baggage-express cars to match their "Build-A-Train" You don't want to pass this up. A number of our pre-production samples are to be shown at the N scale Bethlehem Convention @ RailSmith booth.

* On June 21st, Wheels of Time has an exciting announcement.

All the best,
Matthew
Wheels of Time

Customer photo of SP Del Monte in N scale!

Here are photos of J.R. Boye's Southern Pacific Del Monte in N scale! He did a magnificent job in making Wheels of Time kits a reality. Don't you think so? Thank you J.R. for sharing your photos for all of us to enjoy!

First photo is SP 83-L-1 Lounge in front of his scratched built Millbrae station. (I happened to be the recipent of his other Millbrae station which he built for me personally.)N SP 83-L-1 @ MillbraeBar side of SP Lounge in front of JR's eucalyptus treesEarlier Wheels of Time kit - SP 77-ft chair carJR's painted unassembled WOT kit- Matthew, Wheels of Time