Woodland Scenics burned down!

[MDH]

Unfortunately it would appear that model trees burn quite well...

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/x550 ... -residents



Michael

[Racer]

Ah crap! Now I gotta go to the hobby shop tomorrow and buy some before it's all gone!

[Jochs]

OH THE HUMANITY! First the Corn City Bar and now Woodland Scenics.

[TrainWatcher]

CORN CITY BAR?!?! When did this happen?

[MDH]

CORN CITY BAR?!?! When did this happen?

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... sg-2647295

[dmitzel]

Oh, this is bad, bad news - especially for those of us running "Plywood Pacifics" (yet to do any scenery work). I was planning on using real-stone ballast from other suppliers, but Woodland's foliage products are hard to replace. There really isn't anyone in the business state-side, unless Accurail kept their line going. Anyone know?

Outside of those two there's the European manufacturers like Heiki, but imports cost the dollars to match their exclusivity. Ouch...

[GrandTrunkFan]

This is terrible news. Hope things work out for them!

[sd70accsxt700]

I would venture to guess they had insurance. Dont think it will be the end of the world. May be a year or so before they get back, maybe less.

[MDH]

I would venture to guess they had insurance. Dont think it will be the end of the world. May be a year or so before they get back, maybe less.

No responsible business of any significant size operates without it so that's pretty much my thoughts exactly - I figured 6-12 months to get back to full production best case, perhaps a little longer. The main issue will be people making a run on supplies in the short term followed by shortages of products for the next half year to year or beyond.

[dmitzel]

It's been reported on the Atlas forum that they only lost two of a number of buildings - both manufacturing structures. Their offices, warehouse and other mfg buildings in town were untouched. Any way, it doesn't sound as bad as originally reported in the news.

No word on which products or lines those two lost structures supported, though.

[Saturnalia]

Maybe should think about my planned layout.......it's basically set in a forest. Looks like foliage will have to wait. Hope they can recover....they were one of the best modeling companies

[telus6429]

well this will hurt some what, but it will be back soon... also Scenic Express has some better items over Woodland Scenic, but that's more of the turfs & foam products, but Woodland Scenic has great Ballast product....

[h710railfan]

WOW im building my new layout now and now i will have to run to a hobby shop and hurry up and buy grass and stuff

[rteusink]

Guys -

Remain calm. This is not the end for Woodland Scenics. This structure was just one of several they have in the area. Their main warehousing/admin office was unaffected. While there may be some short term supply chain disruptions, and probably only limited to a few sections of their product line, Woodland Scenics is confident on working thru them. They are communicating to the distributors that they are planning on continuing to take and fill orders as usual. They are expecting a fairly smooth transition as they deal with this event.

Bob Teusink
Milwaukee, WI

[AARR]

Bob T - When did you move to Milwaukee?

[AveryRdhouse]

Thanx for clearing that up Bob. I still have to plant 290,000,000,000,000,000,000 tree's on the layout before July.

[rteusink]

AARR - Been here since Sept 2010.

Avery - Get crackin boy! I'd help, but planting trees from 200 miles away is a bit hard!

[CAT345C]

Scenic Express.........and Super Trees........

[SD80MAC]

Ha, right after I start adding some scenery to my layout, figures!

[Old Hogger]

Here is an email direct from Woodland Scenics themselves:
>
>
>Dear all,
>
>As you may have heard we have experienced a fire here at Woodland Scenics
>and there is good news and bad news. The good news is that no one was hurt
>during the fire or evacuation process. The bad news is that it took out a
>couple of our manufacturing buildings. However, and fortunately, there is
>more good news than bad.
>
>We encompass multiple buildings that are spread out all over the town of
>Linn Creek. We only lost two of those buildings and those two contained just
>a small portion of our manufacturing facilities. Our shipping department,
>warehouse and corporate offices were spared any damage, as were most of our
>manufacturing buildings, so it is business as usual.
>
>Thanks for all your concerns.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Gale Cousins
>Director of Sales & Customer Service
>Woodland Scenics