Pepsi Bldg...........................
Regards, Swafford
Mike, you and Paul are giving me ideas ( scary, considering the source ). How about a large building similar to the Pepsi building as a Santa Fe freight transfer station where I could backup to the docks with my 2,000 Santa Fe box trucks! I like it! LOL
play trains posted:Mike, you and Paul are giving me ideas ( scary, considering the source ). How about a large building similar to the Pepsi building as a Santa Fe freight transfer station where I could backup to the docks with my 2,000 Santa Fe box trucks! I like it! LOL
Play, you know all this started from dad AKA Cabint Bob. He does stuff all the time like that! Which makes the rest of us ask why didn't I think of that?
Mike, he is liked the pied Piper. He plays and we follow and buy and buy....Paul
mike g. posted:Hey there Nick, I think its on there radar! I just don't know if they can get an agreement with any of the brewery's or they don't want to spend a lot of money trying! But either way I am thinking I could get another American Power and light building and just change the signage!
I don't think the big guys from say bud, coors, bush would come after a little guy like me. Hell I don't have anything they would want! LOL
Mike I really don't like the buildings that Menards has been offering of late so I'm just going to bash two MTH granaries together and make one long building with rail docks on one side and truck docks on the other. On the roof I'll put an animated Natty Boh sign.
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WILD MARY,
When you finish building your Brewery from two MTH Granaries, please be sure to post pictures of your finished product. I'm sure everyone would love to see it.
Wild Mary, that is another great ides! I just done have any other buildings just hanging around, and everything I have is mostly modern. I think the Pepsi building would work great and less work for me! LOL
Wild Mary, don't forget the corrugated tunnel that connected the brewery to its warehouse, it ran along O'Donnel Street. 
Most of it's gone now but it was pretty impressive in its day.
Jerry
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jim sutter posted:WILD MARY,
When you finish building your Brewery from two MTH Granaries, please be sure to post pictures of your finished product. I'm sure everyone would love to see it.
Jim that's one of many projects on my plate. I hope to get to it sometime in October. My 2 custom run Atlas Natty Boh reefers have been waiting too long for a home. I'm looking forward to this and posting some pics.
baltimoretrainworks posted:Wild Mary, don't forget the corrugated tunnel that connected the brewery to its warehouse, it ran along O'Donnel Street.
Most of it's gone now but it was pretty impressive in its day.
Jerry
Jerry my first job out of high school in 1962 was at the Natty Boh Brewery. Worked there for 2 yrs before I went into the Army. I remember the tunnel well.
I like the brewery idea, too, but I just sense there is a reason we haven't seen it that will be hard to overcome.
I thought it might be about image, but I hadn't given any thought to the licensing cost. Menards has traditionally been pretty thrifty. Could be a factor.
Menards doesn't sell alcohol, by the way. That is, other than the denatured variety.
Jim R. posted:I like the brewery idea, too, but I just sense there is a reason we haven't seen it that will be hard to overcome.
I thought it might be about image, but I hadn't given any thought to the licensing cost. Menards has traditionally been pretty thrifty. Could be a factor.
Menards doesn't sell alcohol, by the way. That is, other than the denatured variety.
Jim I thought about those thing also. They shouldn't incur any licensing cost if it was their own brewery just like their pickle plant. It should easy to use their existing feed and seed building and just change the signage to "Menards Micro Brewery". I think the building would make a very nice small town brewery.
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wild mary posted:Jim R. posted:I like the brewery idea, too, but I just sense there is a reason we haven't seen it that will be hard to overcome.
I thought it might be about image, but I hadn't given any thought to the licensing cost. Menards has traditionally been pretty thrifty. Could be a factor.
Menards doesn't sell alcohol, by the way. That is, other than the denatured variety.
Jim I thought about those thing also. They shouldn't incur any licensing cost if it was their own brewery just like their pickle plant. It should easy to use their existing feed and seed building and just change the signage to "Menards Micro Brewery". I think the building would make a very nice small town brewery.
WM,
I converted the Menards Sauerkraut Factory and it is now on my layout as the Dark Horse Brewing Company, a local brewery in my small hometown. Works for me! 
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Looks good Paul, did you print the label yourself?
Well, todays the day ! What will it be? A Santa Fe oo---------oo
I'm thinking a Santa Fa Tanker to pick up the beer at the Brewery!
I am hanging by a thread (this one!). 
PDDMI posted:wild mary posted:Jim R. posted:I like the brewery idea, too, but I just sense there is a reason we haven't seen it that will be hard to overcome.
I thought it might be about image, but I hadn't given any thought to the licensing cost. Menards has traditionally been pretty thrifty. Could be a factor.
Menards doesn't sell alcohol, by the way. That is, other than the denatured variety.
Jim I thought about those thing also. They shouldn't incur any licensing cost if it was their own brewery just like their pickle plant. It should easy to use their existing feed and seed building and just change the signage to "Menards Micro Brewery". I think the building would make a very nice small town brewery.
WM,
I converted the Menards Sauerkraut Factory and it is now on my layout as the Dark Horse Brewing Company, a local brewery in my small hometown. Works for me!
Paul that looks really good. I wish Menards would make more buildings for this era.
Well it's not Western Maryland, so I won't be ordering any.
RJR posted:Well it's not Western Maryland, so I won't be ordering any.
Know what you mean. I pretty sure we'll never see any WM rolling stock from Menards.
That may be a good thing------------
for my budget
So when is the big reveal? It's 1:00 PM (EDT).
The clock is ticking. I'm here. We are all here. C'mon Mark, turn it up a notch.
Menard's must be doing something right- I don't recall this much interest in a product launch since Steve Jobs presented the original iPhone at Macworld...
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True. I keep refreshing my browser
Well, hopefully Menard's will be better able to tow the line on prices.
But Apple knows there will always be a horde who has to buy the best. Menards's line seems to cater to those of us who have a more frugal bent (i.e., those of us who learned the value of a dollar at the College of Hard Knocks)
Mark must have fell asleep! LOL
C'mon Mark! I swear there's a cruel streak in that boy you could drive a Santa Fe box truck through! LOL
PLAYTYRAINS......be patient my younger brother. Good things comes to those who wait.......especially for a Menards release...........your older brother Paul
PLAY TRAINS Give him hell Brother! We have been waiting long enough! Paul just doesn't like conflict, but he will get over it! LOL
Happy Tuesday, Everyone!
Inspection of the new item is taking a little longer than expected, thanks for bearing with me. Anytime there are electrical components involved (hint, hint) , we want to make sure everything is top notch before we make the release.
I'm hoping we can still make the release today, but I will keep everyone updated.
Again, sorry for the delay!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy
Guess I better start working on another truck! LOL
Caboose?
My hopeful, hazardous guesses:
1. Lighted Super Chief passenger cars $25 ea.
2. Santa Fe passenger station/bus terminal $100
3. Santa Fe F3s $150
We can dream, right?
JD
Mark's falling down on the job, it's getting late in the day! 
Mark's message reminds me of my dating days! Sometimes those inspections take time so to speak! LOL But time well spent!
