OK, ladies and gentlemen. You might think Menards makes cheap trains....well yes they do, but in this day and age when one boxcar that comes from your big Name Train Company cost $50 to $100 bucks. A boxcar from Menards cost me around $17.50 with the 11% rebate and also 2% discount with my Menards Big Red Charge Card. And if you check carefully, you might find the Menards Boxcars still come with all the ginger bread on them. I just purchased around 15 new release Menards Boxcars and most are winners. The Kansas City Southern is one of the most beautiful boxcars I have ever seen. Talk about nifty, this boxcar still has metal door guides. One thing about Lionel and MTH, the metal door guide boxcars are usually always black metal door guides. The Kansas City Southern has Metal Door guides but the bottom guide is painted yellow to match the strip on the lower part of the car. Also, the brake wheel is metal and held in place with a tiny phillips head screw ...that's what I call fancy. I bought two of the KCS Boxcars and I bought two of the KCS Hoppers as the colors match each other. Yes, the KCS Menards Hopper is just as nice as the Box Car. But don't take my word for this, just go into Menards and check out all the box cars and other cars and you will understand how nice they are. The 14 3/4ths inch laser etched wood deck scale flat car is a winner by itself (you can mount all kinds of loads on it) or some come with Helicopters, etc on them. Most of Menards loads that ride on there flat cars are die-cast items such as cement mixer trucks, various military items, etc. I bet you the company in China that makes Menards Cars also make some of the cars for MTH and Lionel. Yes, Menards has gone to a lot of Plastic Trucks on the freight cars, but most of the cars that have these plastic trucks are gondolas, ore, or hopper cars and weight can easily be added to them. One of the best selling points of Menards freight cars are they are colorful, nicely painted, and there even making weathered and graffiti cars. Choose what you want early because many of the freight cars are limited runs and are not repeated. Sincerely yours railbear601
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