Well railbear601,
With all due respect, if you can figure out why big box stores don't have big displays of snowblowers, snow shovels, ice scrapers, and ice melt all year 'round, then maybe you could figure out why Menard's doesn't display model trains all year 'round. And probably not even the least bit interested in trying a year-long experiment at one store.
Like you, I am a model train enthusiast, and participate in the hobby all year long. I can visit a hobby shop and/or purchase on-line all year long for any hobby related item that I need or want. But I don't expect big box stores or department stores to carry model trains all year long, any more than I expect fast food joints to offer eggnog and hot chocolate in the middle of July. For probably 99.5% of the American public, model trains are a seasonal thing, and any store that doesn't specialize in the hobby business to start with isn't going to waste valuable floor space trying to sell seasonal stuff all throughout the year.
Hope this helps you understand.
