For the last few years, Overland Models, Inc. has been marketing its leading-edge plastic models under the name Tower 55 Products.
Those of you who have had any relationship with Overland Models know well our family liking of and close connection to things relating to Union Pacific.
This connection led to the Tower 55 reference in the name, it being an historical tower of some renown in railroad history, and it continues as a major intersection even today in the Union Pacific system.
A short time ago, we were advised that another company feels that the name we have been using infringes on a name that they have been using.
We disagree with their opinion, but we have elected to put our time and money into continuing to develop and produce some of the finest train models available in the market, rather than spend the time and the money arguing back and forth.
As a result, we will be changing the name that we have been using to market our plastic models.
Unfortunately, this decision has required us to temporarily inactivate our web-site at
www.tower55products.com, while we remove any reference to the word tower.
As soon as it is operational, we will send you the pertinent information.
It is essential that you understand that this situation has absolutely nothing to do with our basic business and that it has absolutely no effect on the future of our plastic model projects.
In fact, our last e-mail to you indicated that we had just received at Trainfest the test shots for SD70ACe and SD70M-2 future releases.
Now that we are back in Muncie, we have been able to take pictures of these samples, and they are shown below.
We are very sorry about this totally unexpected development and trust that you will be patient with us while we remove all references to our previous name from the file names and pictures on our old Tower 55 Products web-site. We will shortly reactivate the site under the name
www.t55products.com
This will be a temporary web-site address until our new name is formally registered and unveiled in early 2008.
Sincerely,
Brian Marsh