I'll keep it short. Why no GONDOLAS?
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Agree
Gondola's would be a great addition to their line.
scale gondolas
Maybe suggest to Menards which ones to clone or model. Maybe we can come up with a consensus on details.
Yes...I'm just starting to look at gondolas! Gondolas with LOADS!
Maybe Menards could do different lengths like they did with their flat cars.................Paul
TedW posted:Maybe suggest to Menards which ones to clone or model. Maybe we can come up with a consensus on details.
Sounds good to me. Why don't you start this off.
Ok, here's some. But I know real gondola guys have better ones than these.
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A gondola with KEGS!!! From a BREWERY!!!
TedW posted:Ok, here's some. But I know real gondola guys have better ones than these.
Ted that one has my vote.
So many possibilities for gondolas with loads.
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AGREED!!!! And they need to be scale....that does not exclude the traditional guys.....a 40ft scale Gon will run about anywhere if made right. I shown this one before.....and will be HAPPY to supply Menards with one they can send to their vendor to clone....FREE!!!!!
This is the original Rivarossi sold by AHM....other have used it. Molds may still be out there!!!
I converted it to 3R and painted
Scale size....but not so big.......unlimited loads could be done!!!! PLEZ MARK/MENARD'S!
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banjoflyer posted:OK you asked for it...
Mark
Where did you get that red MKT gondola?
Western Maryland floats my boat.
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wild mary posted:Western Maryland floats my boat.
Me too! I have been waiting forever for Menards to make some WM stuff.
Gondolas have my vote!
Log or wood load car?
The SOO LINE had a variety of gondolas that are not made in O scale. Most of these modern gondolas were built by Thrall Car.
Andrew
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Since most of Menards' rolling stock is cloned from existing postwar-era Lionel cars, why not:
--agree on a particular prototype (that there is a hot one 
) that isn't a postwar Lionel or WBB-style gondola.
--locate a source of them in HO (obviously) so that perhaps Mark can obtain a few to use as samples (because use for multiple roadnames are kind-of a necessity--these aren't ever going to be rivet-counter-grade-only-in-protoypical-paintscheme-models).
--The engineers in China should then be able to upsize a physical model in addition to copying every last nuance. All that would be needed is alterations to mount Menards' existing trucks.
---PCJ
Atlas, Athearn, and ExactRail have made several modern gondolas in N and HO scale that railroads such as SOO LINE, Chicago & North Western, Wisconsin Central, BN, ROCK, and ICG had after 1970.
Andrew
banjoflyer posted:Texas Eagle 77 posted:banjoflyer posted:OK you asked for it...
Mark
Where did you get that red MKT gondola?
It's from MTH.
Mark
The other red one. The one above the green on that says MKT on the side.
Two people interested in the Katy (gondolas)....that must mean they also run yellow cabooses?
I'm all for Louisville & Nashville (L&N)
Brent
