I just received my latest OGR Magazine and there it was, the new Menards 2020 Summer Catalog. If you get OGR the Magazine, you can carefully remove the Menards Catalog and use it as a reference or order guide for their entire train line.
It consists of 24 color pages of Menards Train Stuff. Of course on the front page, John Menards German Shepherd Dog is overseeing the picture. The rest of the catalog has everything that Menards is now offering.
This consists of 40 Buildings -- 43 Die-cast trucks,etc, 1 Twin Span Train Bridge with Lights (very cool), 2 Metal Railroad Plagues, 5 Double Stack (package of 2) 40 Feet Containers and 1 package of three 20 Feet Containers, 3 packages of decorative trees and 3 packages of foliage, 3 different Wall Wart Power Supplies to turn on your buildings plus 2 different Accessory Wire Kits consisting of Splitters, Extension Wires, and 6 LED lighting strips----these will handle all of your needs for powering your buildings, etc., 1 Plug & Play Lighted Billboard with 26 interchangeable Decals, 40 Plug & Play Lighted Vehicles, 17 --10 1/2 inch Flat Cars Carrying Tractors, A Bus, Cars and Farm Equipment, 10 -- 11 1/2 inch Flat Cars Carrying 4 Trucks, 2 Tankers, An Excavator, A Fuel Container, A Bus. and A Cement Mixer, 9 -- 14 3/4 inch Flat Car Carrying A Dump Truck, A Cement Mixer, An Excavator, 3 Wire Spools, 1 Fuel Trucks, 3 Difference Helicopters (really cool), and 1 Bi-Level Auto Carrier Carrying 6 Die-Cast Cars (sharp) plus 4 --Plain Flat Cars which you can put loads on them....please note....the 14 3/4 inch flat cars come with Laser Etched Wooden Deck, Sprung Roller Bearing Trucks with the Roller Bearing attached to each end of the axle and it simulates the rolling motion of the bearing -- another train company has this same axle!. On to the Covered Hopper Cars----12 of them (they are the exact copy of another train companies hoppers, but these are very colorful and the moveable roof hatches are different colors (cool).----Coal Hoppers----15 Hoppers have Coal Loads except the M&M one does not have anything in it....but I have extra coal loads I bought (years ago) from Lionel and turn the coal loads upside down, put it in this M&M Hopper and Throw some M&Ms in it to make a Load...Please note--by turning the coal load upside down and putting it into the hopper cars, it makes a perfect tray for the M&Ms. Don't have a derailment or the M&Ms go everywhere....Gondolas---12 of them that are very colorful....Tank Cars 6 Three Dome and 9 Single Dome Cars that are very colorful,---48 Boxcars of which 4 are Weathered----34 Military Cars carrying various loads and finally the Track-----all O Gauge Tubular----30 inch straight, 10 inch straight, 0-31 curves of which 8 make a circle,---0-36 curves of which 8 make a circle,----0-42 curves of which 12 make a circle.----0-54 curves of which 16 make a circle,----0-72 curves of which 16 make a circle,----0-96 curves of which 16 make a circle And Finally -- Menards has a 10 inch transition track that mates with Lionel Fastrack......
PS--Menards is the only company that is now making "O" Gauge Tubular Track.
If the above is confusing, go out and buy the latest issue of O Gauge Railroading The Magazine to get your Menards Catalog Insert....
Sincerely yours, railbear601
PS: One other thing to add. The Catalog of Menards Stuff that I just wrote about is not complete. After reading the above, go to the Header Page of this forum and "click" on to Menards Add and you will see what I have left out. Reason for this---the catalog of Menards "stuff" that you receive in OGR the magazine was prepared several months ago and obviously Mark the Menards Guy gives you the latest additions in the add on this forum.....Enjoy your Menards Trains....A Real Bargain
And one very interesting note about Menards Train Cars--Every car, every one of them has a different number on them. So, if you go to ten different Menards Stores and purchase the same freight car, they will have a different number on each one....each car is unique in the number....very interesting......{:-)
