any know if any track layout software will let you use Menards track?
Thanks
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I believe Menards track is pretty much the same as Lionel's good old tubular standard O Gauge.
I.e. O31, O54 curves, etc.. 10 inch straights.... they also have O36 curves, and some odd length straights that aren't in the Lionel O line.
However for the basics, just use the Lionel O libraries.
In RR Track just select Lionel O
Same in Rail Modeller Pro on Mac.
I was told menards actually bought lionels tubular track dies once lionel discontinued making it. How true that is I don't know. But I believe it is exactly the same as lionels tubular track. I am planning on buying a couple of cases of track from menards I'm going to stockpile 072 curves , 054 curves , 10 inch straights , and 36 inch straights.
When I visited the Lionel facility in Michigan in 2000, the tour guide showed us the machine that made Lionel tubular track. As I recall, he said the machine was initially designed and built in the 1930s and refurbished/improved from time to time in the decades following. When Lionel moved production to China, that machine went along as part of the deal.
Perhaps other OGR Forum-ites can add to (or debunk) this thread ...
Mike
