I understand that the individual parts would not be run unless Mike had an order for the entire item. Example: Any individual part for a 400, could not be ordered unless the 400 loco & tender where ordered. At that point, Mike could order as many of the parts used in the production as spares as he wanted. This would be critical for keeping us & Jim supplied w/ motors and detail parts for any length of time . On top of that is the 25% increase of import duty from China brought on by the Trump negotiations. The above is what I have been told by someone in the know. We ( JLM & I ), have been busting our humps trying to get the MEW parts into production. With the passing of George Tebolt recently, Parts availability is getting strained even more. My 2cents worth. Harry 
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