[h=5]Bowser bowing out ?[/h]« on: Today at 06:01:34 PM » Quote Modify Remove Having trouble viewing this email? Click here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bowser Manufacturing Company Inc. After a thorough review of our forward planning and business objectives, Bowser Manufacturing Company Inc. has decided to sell the tooling for all formerly manufactured Steam Locos, Cary, Arbour, Selley and O & Standard Gauge wheels, HO, S and O Turntables and O Gauge Trolley cars. I. Tooling includes the following: 1. Steam Locos, dockside, Baby Trainmaster and Aero Train includes new locos in development: PRR K-5, USRA, Heavy 2-8-2, 2-10-0, 4-6-2, 4-6-4 2. Selley Finishing Touches HO and O 3. Cary - die cast diesel and steam loco bodies 4. O Trolleys and Power mechanism for Corgi Birney and PCC 5. Arbour 6 or 7 Steam Locos made by spin casting 6. Bowser Turntables - HO, O, and S 7. Varney Brass Box Cars and Reefers 8. Menzies steel Box car tooling 9. Standard and O Gauge wheels 10. Bowser O People 11. Pittman motor tooling DC-77, DC-60, DC-195, DC-84, DC-86 12. Metal HO trolley bodies (Brill, PCC, IRR and LVT Jewett) and floors 2. Large inventory of parts (precise inventory not available at this time) 3. Specific Tooling Included: One (1) Zinc die casting machine One (1) Spin caster One (1) Melting pot One (1) Wax injectors One (1) Wax injector - vacuum assist Bell jars One (1) Spring table One (1) Vacuum casting machine One (1) Burnout Furnace One (1) Metal furnace Flasks for casting One (1) Vacuum pump One (1) Mixer One (1) Glass bead blaster cabinet One (1) 18 Ton punch press One (1) 3 Ton punch press - hand operated Two (2) Rapid Air automatic feeds for punch press One (1) Coil holder for punch press One (1) Die casting machine and tools to match Three (3) kick presses One (1) Fray mill One (1) Reid Grinder One (1) 5c Precision Spin Fix - One (1) 5c spin fixture One (1) Magnetic Angle Plate One (1) Gauge Block Set One (1) Gauge Pin Set One (1) Granite Block One (1) Surface height gauge One (1) Atlas lathe One (1) Harding speed lathe and collets One (1) Single spindle CNC One (1) 12 tool CNC Two (2) 5c cnc spin head and tail stock and control boxes One (1) Panel saw for cutting 4 x 8 sheets One (1) Wood Bandsaw One (1) Metal cutting bandsaw Six (6) drill presses Two (2) tappers One (1) Optical Comparator with digital readout One (1) paint booth Two (2) Autoroll pad printing machines One (1) Vibrator tumbler Three (3) steel trays of extra machine clamps Tooling, jigs, dies, patterns, molds for production of above Computer drawings, advertising, instructions, photos etc Copy of the Access data base for bills of material and inventory listing Copy of the Bowser web (information steam locos and other parts) Hundreds of tools to make parts Zinc die casting molds Rubber molds for wax casting of Cary parts Rubber molds for spin casting pewter parts And much more Note: This is desired to be an "all or nothing" transaction. Interested buyers initially must contact Lee English by email. bowser@bowser-trains.com
They're wanting to sell off all the "old stuff" they aren't going to produce any more. It may be better for somebody to get it, and produce some limited amounts of the older stuff, than have it sit in a warehouse. Or landfill.
Fortunately they are not getting rid of the Stewart F7s. Probably just selling the older items. Heck! I would just like to see some of those items.