A build your own style boxcar?
Forget the trucks for cars. The four trucks go to the two coal tenders with an engine thrown in...............Paul
ARRSD90, Just wishful thinking on my part. I haven't been right with one of my guesses yet......Paul
Your killing me Mark !!
The trains are missing cabooses! Thats my guess.
franktrain
flat car with trucks on it
Two new Caboose's.. Final answer...
bad thing this past weekend I had to make a trip to Michigan on the way back my wife had a headache so we had to stop driving for her to get it to go away. (had to take 2 cars) so she was driving the second car so I figured I would stop at a menard's store so I could browse the train section while she rested to get rid of the headache it was the Tipp Ohio store. they don't carry any train stuff 
the one time I stopped in a Menards store there's none in my area. and they had nothing
You can always check 'your store' for ORR Items online. The six Menards within 40 minutes of me keep their ORR upstairs above the Patio items. An Associate will steer you in right direction. Easier to sell inventory than to count it !!
My computer says 24.....just sayin.....
I walked the store and asked an Associate they said they didn't sell well there so they stopped stocking the items
645 posted:To JHAINER - Menard's is a home improvement chain. Their stores only stock the train items around the Christmas/New Year holiday season but you can buy the train stuff year round via their website.
Folks do seem to have a hard time grasping this concept.
Rusty
Big day here at the O gauge shelter, the newest big reveal from Menards!! Lol!!
Rusty Traque posted:645 posted:To JHAINER - Menard's is a home improvement chain. Their stores only stock the train items around the Christmas/New Year holiday season but you can buy the train stuff year round via their website.
Folks do seem to have a hard time grasping this concept.
Rusty
My store closest to me is 6 hours drive away....hasn't stopped me getting what I want. Be happy if you have a store near you.....you can ship to store free......
THANKS Menard's for entering a hobby segment that needed a little shake-up.
don't take what I said as a negative and online if you look most items are stocked yes I realize its a hardware store. I had about an hr to kill while my wife took meds to get rid of her headache and get back driving the 790 miles home so I figured it would be something to pass the time instead of sitting in the car for an hr. I am happy Menards got into the hobby segment have bought many things from them and hoped the Tipp Ohio store had some in stock if they did I would have bought some more. the way I looked at it the one Menards I would walk into didn't carry anything. that's my luck. here in Ga there is no Menards stores so that was the first time I ever walked into a Menards store. I did see one in my home town in Michigan but didn't get time to stop in Had a funeral to attend instead. My comment wasn't bad mouthing Menards it was just stating my Luck the one store I go into had nothing. other wise the trip might have cost me more money as I would have brought home a bunch of new trains too.
Jhainer posted:I walked the store and asked an Associate they said they didn't sell well there so they stopped stocking the items
As always, I do understand the browsing disappointment ( on a whim 
for a good find. In any case, some ORR items are indeed not available online ( E.I. Alaska Flat Car with Lumber Load ), if you browse these Illinois Stores for products not sold online, please let me know, I will arrange to pick up and ship to you: (1) Homer Glen, (2) Crest Hill, (3) Joliet, (4) Montgomery, (5) Plainfield, (6) Bolingbrook, (7) Naperville, (8) Yorkville, (9)Tinley Park. Yes I know that takes the fun out of the meaning in your original post, but that is how I got my two Alaska Flat Cars with Lumber Load.
My guess is two new cabooses. I wonder what kind, bay window, center cupola or SP style? I think a transfer type would be neat.
franktrain
Interesting that they might have leftover holiday stock up stairs.
And sometimes when you ask an associate, the answer you get may not always be totally accurate as to reasons the store did this or that.
I just checked I should have stopped in the Chesterfield Mi store they have items in stock Oh well
I feel like WALTER: WE'll WAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cjack posted:Interesting that they might have leftover holiday stock up stairs.
And sometimes when you ask an associate, the answer you get may not always be totally accurate as to reasons the store did this or that.
I am providing objective information. I ordered online for pickup in store. The Alaska Flatcars were not available online. When I checked out online, I received an e-mail from the Joliet Menards Hardware Desk saying they were holding the item for me. When I arrived at the Hardware desk, they pointed me to the stairs where I found additional ORR items.
A few days later, in my Crest Hill, IL Menards, I took the stairs where a female associate asked if I needed help and pointed me to the ORR, where everything they had listed online was located.
This is my final, final ,final, answer. I'll bet the farm on this.... Two new boxcars.....I'm done..LOL
Good guess, Cabinet Bob!
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If you looked real close , they were in the video....
My local Menards kept it on the main floor until near the end of February then moved it upstairs. The in-store stock does not get replenished much past January. When the flat cars with tanks came out those were stocked. Anyway, the comment that they are a holiday season item is dead on. They stock up for Christmas then let it dwindle. Last time I checked my local store they only had a few items left over. Interesting enough, they never clearance the stuff left over.
Not Friendly enough. No SP, or Cotton Belt.
A fleet of REA storage boxes might sell. Some people here run passenger, or mail and express trains!
They were available on the website about two hours ago. It didn't even register to me when I saw them! Oops.
other than color what is the difference between these new light green NYC and skew #2793421 NYC dark green<noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-PLV9BL" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>8-Piece New York Central System O Gauge Boxcar Super Set at Menards®
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sorry about that , i copied the skew number and pasted it, apparently their is more information inbeded in the number
Grampstrains posted:Isn't the letter "O" in Southern supposed to be filled in green?
It's the green light...easy to remedy!
Yea!!!, That saves me money and my marriage, Cause neither of the road names are what I look for!
I assume these are traditional size. Would they be about the same size as 6464 cars or the longer but similar height Williams/KMT cars?
Pete
Rusty Traque posted:645 posted:To JHAINER - Menard's is a home improvement chain. Their stores only stock the train items around the Christmas/New Year holiday season but you can buy the train stuff year round via their website.
Folks do seem to have a hard time grasping this concept.
Rusty
I don't think he expected a large train display with shelves and shelves of trains. He was just hoping. I also think he knows he can order online
Bill_R posted:other than color what is the difference between these new light green NYC and skew #2793421 NYC dark green
Bill_R,
We received many special requests for the lighter green color so we decided to release this boxcar with this paint scheme.
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
The new colors of these boxcars looks fantastic !!! Sure to be a big seller.
thank you Mark
i am ordering a set
Nice boxcars! Now instead of free box trucks, maybe free contractor vans or tractors! I think I have the legal limit on box trucks! Lol
