(08/04/16) NYC Flatcar with Mtn. Dew Truck from Menards!

You are all trying to get me drunk.

1) Release a new road name - take one drink

2) Release a Locomotive - take two drinks

3)  Any Military comments - take three drinks

4) Waiting on PRR Caboose - Four drinks

5) American Power & Light - Finish the bottle

At MOUNTAIN Dew truck on a WATER LEVEL ROUTE flat?

play trains posted:

Would be nice to have anything Norfolk Southern! And don't forget the Army caboose! Pleaseeeee!

Agree!  They have a NS flat car but I do not see those cars come through town often.  I see the hopers all the time.

The NYC/Mountain Dew notice came in a few hours after I ordered 6 Menards freight cars with 6 free Lenox tractor trailers.  Too bad.  I would have added one of the NYC's to the order.

Mark,

I will ask this again. When will you start releasing more than one freight car per week?

Thank you,

Jim Sutter

Great job Mark!  I was on the fence with the Pepsi truck flatcar but now that this is available, I need to get one of each.  Thanks for the great selection of affordable cars! Where else can you get 2 quality flatcars and 2 free tractor trailers for $60, including shipping costs.

Chris

out of curiosity, how many "new releases" do the other companies average per week or per year?

jim sutter posted:

Mark,

I will ask this again. When will you start releasing more than one freight car per week?

Thank you,

Jim Sutter

Morning Jim,

I'm sure that you saw I "liked" the question when you asked earlier . I don't want to put my foot in my mouth with an answer that I can't deliver upon. Sorry Jim!

-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Mark,

So Mark, what are you saying. I won't hold you to it. Do you have, a approximate time when Menard's is going to start releasing more than one car a week. Also, do you have any idea, when we will see another new structure from Menard"s. 

Thank you,

Jim Sutter

If your buying one car a week seems to be more than enough IMHO.

Dominic Mazoch posted:

At MOUNTAIN Dew truck on a WATER LEVEL ROUTE flat?

I know that everything is not real in much of O Gauge land, but I am surprised that Dominic was the first/only person to question why a very-ultra modern truck is being offered on a flatcar for a rail line that went out of existence over 45 years ago?   The Pepsi on CSX car was fine, but this looks weird. 

RadioRon posted:

Dominic Mazoch posted:

At MOUNTAIN Dew truck on a WATER LEVEL ROUTE flat?

I know that everything is not real in much of O Gauge land, but I am surprised that Dominic was the first/only person to question why a very-ultra modern truck is being offered on a flatcar for a rail line that went out of existence over 45 years ago?   The Pepsi on CSX car was fine, but this looks weird. 

I look at it like this:  It's an inexpensive way for me to get a good flatcar, and a cool truck.  I've purchased several flatcars with loads , now, from Menards.  I've rarely kept the load that came with them on the flatcars.   Rather, I take the loads; trucks, ambulances, tractors, etc.., and place them in scenes around the layout, and use the flatcars for other loads that fit the train I'm pulling.

EscapeRocks posted:

RadioRon posted:

Dominic Mazoch posted:

At MOUNTAIN Dew truck on a WATER LEVEL ROUTE flat?

I know that everything is not real in much of O Gauge land, but I am surprised that Dominic was the first/only person to question why a very-ultra modern truck is being offered on a flatcar for a rail line that went out of existence over 45 years ago?   The Pepsi on CSX car was fine, but this looks weird.  us

I look at it like this:  It's an inexpensive way for me to get a good flatcar, and a cool truck.  I've purchased several flatcars with loads , now, from Menards.  I've rarely kept the load that came with them on the flatcars.   Rather, I take the loads; trucks, ambulances, tractors, etc.., and place them in scenes around the layout, and use the flatcars for other loads that fit the train I'm pulling.

I agree ESCAPEROCKS, its a cheap way of putting cool trucks around the layout if you don't like the style. I usually by two for that purpose. the diecast  truck , by the way, is outstanding in quality  and great looking and ALSO for the price.. Bob

ER, my comments were about GEOGRAPHY, not the difference between the type of truck and flat.  BTW. CSX, I think, "owns" the NYC markings.

Simple answer is that Menards is not a train store, never has professed to be prototypical, is not trying to address the rivet counter market, and is just making fun things.....much like what Lionel started out to be over half a century ago. There are some who probably would feel better if they never opened up a Menards' thread as I am sure that it exasperates them to no end. Others of us are happy to see something affordable to run on our railroads that most visitors will not care or know any of the history of the car. When I open up a Menards thread from Mark, it is as if I am sent back 60 or more years when a Lionel Catalog came out. I let the kid in me shine through, rather than the adult. This is in no way to be a dig at anyone on the forum...it is just the way I see the Menards product. For prototypical fare, Lionel, MTH, Atlas, Weaver, and others have saturated that market...and you pay the price. 

I may be the lone opinion, but I am really satisfied that Menards is not attempting to compete with that market as my railroad is driven by thrift rather than total correctness. 

Ranger Rick posted:

Simple answer is that Menards is not a train store, never has professed to be prototypical, is not trying to address the rivet counter market, and is just making fun things.....much like what Lionel started out to be over half a decade ago. There are some who probably would feel better if they never opened up a Menards' thread as I am sure that it exasperates them to no end. Others of us are happy to see something affordable to run on our railroads that most visitors will not care or know any of the history of the car. When I open up a Menards thread from Mark, it is as if I am sent back 60 or more years when a Lionel Catalog came out. I let the kid in me shine through, rather than the adult. This is in no way to be a dig at anyone on the forum...it is just the way I see the Menards product. For prototypical fare, Lionel, MTH, Atlas, Weaver, and others have saturated that market...and you pay the price. 

I may be the lone opinion, but I am really satisfied that Menards is not attempting to compete with that market as my railroad is driven by thrift 

well said Rick !!

Thank you Bob.....and I did go back and correct my time frame reference. Changed "decade" to what I meant to write...."century". 

Had BBQ lunch at Menards, picked up the goodies as well as new batteries for my Whambulance if anyone would need to borrow.   I love the Mt Dew get-up,  even if this most recent release was not for my 7 y/o son, my imagination is key in this hobby.