(11/13/20) New Train Cars from Menards Have Arrived!

Thanks!

Appreciate your commitment to our hobby and our Forum!

Order Placed!

Friday 13th not so bad after all!!!!

Ore cars,,Penn Central green,  Penn Central black, and Conrail brown  please!

ORE CARS - Must be the RMT / K-LINE true O cars?

Need LIRR 's for a sand train.

No word from the proposed RMT's.

Mark, are these being distributed to stores for seasonal stock? I need to know whether I should order online or not.

@Jim R. posted:

Mark, are these being distributed to stores for seasonal stock? I need to know whether I should order online or not.

Hi Jim,

These will be headed to the stores this weekend and hitting the shelves shortly thereafter. However, the store stock comes in mixed assortments (with different SKU numbers), so there is no guarantee certain cars will be available.

If you stop in and the store is out of a particular road name, you can always order online and have it shipped to the store.

Have a great weekend!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy

Just order a pair of Milwaukee Ore cars and I see more in my future.

James

The KCS box looks like the ones they used as head end cars on passenger trains.

The KCS hopper looks good.  However, they use the more modern cylindrical car.  For the price I would not complain.  But for the future as a new car type....

The ote cars are not "Friendly" enough. Hint: SP.

Ordered four Tide boxcars. Two for me and two for the club.

Great job Mark and crew !!!! Looks  like another huge box heading  my way !

Thanks Mark! I just ordered a half dozen😄

     Roger

Thank you Menards for continuing your model train offerings in “O” gauge .

Sorry if already asked, but can we expect some locomotives in the future ?

And will boxes ever be considered for the trains ?
I don’t mind the plastic capsule design their in now , but even if the boxes were available to purchase separately would be nice.

Again , thank you for supporting our wonderful hobby ! 😁

I just added to my order and ordered some Morton boxcars and New Haven hoppers.

Planning lots of basement time.

I have to get some Chicago & North Western and/or Great Northern ore cars to add some length to the train of ore cars that I already have.

Andrew

@Menards posted:

Hi Jim,

These will be headed to the stores this weekend and hitting the shelves shortly thereafter. However, the store stock comes in mixed assortments (with different SKU numbers), so there is no guarantee certain cars will be available.

If you stop in and the store is out of a particular road name, you can always order online and have it shipped to the store.

Have a great weekend!
-Mark the Menards Train Guy

I stopped by the Sioux City store to look at the selection, not good. One short counter with mostly buildings. I was hoping to look at the new cars. About the only thing I saw were the coal cars.

Dick

@CBQer posted:

I stopped by the Sioux City store to look at the selection, not good. One short counter with mostly buildings. I was hoping to look at the new cars. About the only thing I saw were the coal cars.

Dick

You copied the portion about Mark saying that the new cars should be in stores soon.  Why are you complaining about it?

"Hi Jim,  These will be headed to stores this weekend & hitting the shelves shortly thereafter. However,  store stock comes in mixed assortments (with different SKU numbers), so there is no guarantee certain cars will be available."

@mackb4 posted:

Thank you Menards for continuing your model train offerings in “O” gauge .

Sorry if already asked, but can we expect some locomotives in the future ?

And will boxes ever be considered for the trains ?
I don’t mind the plastic capsule design their in now , but even if the boxes were available to purchase separately would be nice.

Again , thank you for supporting our wonderful hobby ! 😁

There will be no engines from Menards if they are smart. Also boxes are just fine. Why would you want printed boxes when the the plain brown box does the job. There is a reason Menards can offer items at the prices they do.

Dave

Was at Menards today and they had the new ore cars. Took home a set(2) of Great Northerns.  Good looking set I think I’ll have to pick up some more.

Are they the same size as Lionel or K=Line cars???

Look good

@franktrain posted:

Was at Menards today and they had the new ore cars. Took home a set(2) of Great Northerns.  Good looking set I think I’ll have to pick up some more.

Wait a minute, what’s going on there?   The description for these on the Menards website says “Each set is uniquely numbered - No two are alike!”, but in the first picture, they’re both numbered “3964”.

Yes, They come in sets of two. Maybe I'll change them some day.

@AMCDave posted:

Are they the same size as Lionel or K=Line cars???

Sorry Dave I do not have any other ore cars to compare.

Are my eyes playing jokes on me or was ore car #3964 pictured on the left of your enclosed photo applied lopsided?

Good catch trbb, they must apply the decals as they roll by!

...coudda been the last car on the assembly line when the time to call it a day whistle blew...???

@cta4391 posted:

Wait a minute, what’s going on there?   The description for these on the Menards website says “Each set is uniquely numbered - No two are alike!”, but in the first picture, they’re both numbered “3964”.

Mark clarified this in another thread. The cars come as "a set", sort of a unit train.  So each two car set carries the same number.  Another to car set will carry the same number, but will be different than these, and so forth.

Here's a side  by side comparison  between  the new Menards ore car and a older K-Line ore car. You can see the difference. This goes to show they have new tooling.

Mark,

How about coming out with some North Eastern Railroads like Long Island.

Regards,

Tom

Thanks Bob!!!!! Menard's Ore cars look like they may be closer to Lionel size.

The mother load came in today along with a surprize....

If you're tossing any of your boxcar cartons+clamshell inserts, I'm looking for three of 'em

(oh, and two of the triple-dome tank car boxes/inserts, if anyone else is about to toss any)

---PCJ

There was another crooked number on the ATSF 5579! On top of that, they look like stickers! Is this common with Menard's cars? No way I'm buying something that looks like that!

My Santa Fe ore cars arrived today.  They too had a lopsided decal on one of them.  I wasn't aware of the duplicate numbers per set.  Kind of defeats the purpose of numbering them.

Received the four Tide boxcars today. Two for me and two for the club. Bright addition to the layout.

What is the probability of Menards producing Norfolk Southern coal hoppers?

Do the Ore Cars and New 4 Bay Coal Hoppers have the same kind of trucks?

Regards,

Swafford

@david1 posted:

There will be no engines from Menards if they are smart. Also boxes are just fine. Why would you want printed boxes when the the plain brown box does the job. There is a reason Menards can offer items at the prices they do.

Dave

I’ve only received the plain box when ordering online from Menards.

I’ve never seen any of the O gauge train cars in anything other than the plastic container when buying at a store.

Some purchases.

I was wondering if anybody else would like to see some Chicago Great Western rolling stock? It seems like most of the other Midwestern railroads have been represented.

@CGW posted:

I was wondering if anybody else would like to see some Chicago Great Western rolling stock? It seems like most of the other Midwestern railroads have been represented.

What specifically has to be made for the Chicago Great Western?

14" flat cars?

gondolas?

Covered hoppers?

Box Cars?

tank cars?

Andrew

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