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I received this e-mail July 30 :
Sayonara Shinohara
An iconic brand says goodbye and what it means for the rest of us
Hi John,
In case, you missed the news back in April, the Japanese track manufacturer Shinohara announced that it would be ceasing track production.
This means that the Shinohara and Walthers Shinohara brands will soon be no more.
(This brings a bit of a nostalgic tear to my eye because my very first layout was built largely with Shinohara track.)
As you know, Shinohara makes all kinds of awesomeness such as curved turnouts, double crossovers, and double slip switches, Shinoharaas well as flex track, bridge track, and other goodness.
All that will soon be toast.
The good news is that our rep at Walthers has informed us that the Walthers Shinohara brand will live on, albeit under another name.
They are currently in talks to have another manufacturer produce the track. The bad news is, no one knows how long that will take. If you remember a few years back when Atlas switched (pardon the pun) track suppliers, their track was unavailable for a couple of years!
Sayonara Shinohara
An iconic brand says goodbye and what it means for the rest of us
Hi John,
In case, you missed the news back in April, the Japanese track manufacturer Shinohara announced that it would be ceasing track production.
This means that the Shinohara and Walthers Shinohara brands will soon be no more.
(This brings a bit of a nostalgic tear to my eye because my very first layout was built largely with Shinohara track.)
As you know, Shinohara makes all kinds of awesomeness such as curved turnouts, double crossovers, and double slip switches, Shinoharaas well as flex track, bridge track, and other goodness.
All that will soon be toast.
The good news is that our rep at Walthers has informed us that the Walthers Shinohara brand will live on, albeit under another name.
They are currently in talks to have another manufacturer produce the track. The bad news is, no one knows how long that will take. If you remember a few years back when Atlas switched (pardon the pun) track suppliers, their track was unavailable for a couple of years!
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