Menards new Gas Station

Nice, I need one!!!

Very nice.

Cabinet Boub,

How much are they? What all lights up?

Jim Sutter

Thanks for posting, @cabinet Bob!

Here's a link to the new Sunoco Station >

Stop at Sunoco® … go with confidence!

Founded in Pennsylvania in 1886, the Sun Oil Company, later Sunoco®, now produces, refines, and distributes gasoline and petroleum products to more than 5,000 gas stations in 40 states.

They pioneered custom gasoline blends, including winter blends andhigh-performance formulas. The familiar yellow diamond logo, pierced by a red arrow, is one of the most distinctive images in gasoline marketing. You can now add this iconic service station to your O gauge railroad.

It was a different era: uniformed attendants who pumped your gas, checked your fluid levels, and even wiped your windshield! Of course, if you walked in the office you couldn’t buy a pizza, a beach umbrella, or beef jerky. If you were lucky, you’d find an ice-filled cooler keeping Pepsi® or Coke® cool, and you could get a road map! Oh, and spotless restrooms for the anxious traveler? They were station staff’s top priority.

On the other hand, you could get an oil change, a tire rotation, and maybe new brakes. This was the actual "service" that service stations offered, and why they were a valuable member of the local community. This model captures the feel of this bygone era.

The basics: The Sunoco® Station is a fully assembled and decorated filling station with exterior illumination, gas pumps, service bays, and two licensed die-cast metal vehicles, a 1951 Ford® pickup, and a 1948 Ford® panel truck.

The service station lighting requires power through a 4.5-volt power supply from Menards®. You can use the 279-4061/4361, 4060/4362, or 4050. You can connect them through a single plug over the tabletop or from beneath the station.

Why you need this: The Sunoco® Station is a terrific rendering of a classic mid-Century service station. You’ll find brilliant Sunoco® graphics, including the traditional yellow diamond logo, and a Sun Oils billboard on the back.

The building is faithful to the era with vibrant blue tiles projecting an aura of cleanliness. Sunoco® yellow can be found running along the station’s foundation and a single yellow stripe runs around the sides and front of the building. Near the roof are yellow SUNOCO® letters.
Beneath the station’s overhang are three old-school gas pumps with globes decorated with Sunoco® graphics. These are made the focus of attention from LEDs carefully positioned above.

There are two service bays - one for oil and lubrication and the other for engine and transmission service.

The office and service bays have frosted glass windows. The left side of the office has a second entrance, a doorway to the traveler’s best friend: the restroom.

The two die-cast vehicles are the perfect addition to the station, saluting an era of V8 engines and cars that could easily seat eight!

The Sunoco® Station will complement the scene of any O gauge railroad set from the late 1950s through today!

Oh, I like it!

Okay cabinet Bob, I just ordered one, cannot wait to get it!!!!

Just ordered it. It is supposed to be delivered to my local store by 07/01/24

In the "super stock" era, after 1960,  and driving a car with 11.25 compression, l bought a lot of 260 and 280 gas from Sunoco. Unfortunately, l am modeling 1940. I wonder if there exist maps of territory served by the gasoline brands in periods so that you could correctly choose a brand for a model station  appropriate to your modeled area? Gas stations on layouts are train related.

@colorado hirailer posted:

In the "super stock" era, after 1960,  and driving a car with 11.25 compression, l bought a lot of 260 and 280 gas from Sunoco. Unfortunately, l am modeling 1940. I wonder if there exist maps of territory served by the gasoline brands in periods so that you could correctly choose a brand for a model station  appropriate to your modeled area? Gas stations on layouts are train related.

It would be neat if the pumps actually had the lever to select which octane you wanted !

Where’s JACK the shepherd?

Right--tied up out back? I can't bear the thought of that. Good question!

Placed on the temporary layout today.

I remember my grandfather taking me to the Sunoco gas station for a bottle of pop.

@jim sutter posted:

I remember my grandfather taking me to the Sunoco gas station for a bottle of pop.

YES. not soda, POP.

@JimFMB posted:

Placed on the temporary layout today.

That is beautiful. It looks like Menards did a good job to prevent light leak from the lighted interior, at least on what is visible in your photo.