MANARDS - US Army Tank Car

One Adam-12, see the threads at:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/holy-tank-busters

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...on-andamp-see-photos

Rusty

I think these will be very popular, particularly at the price point. nice addition to your Special Forces Train.

Rusty Traque,

   I have seen the other post, I wanted everyone to see the explanation card that comes with the tank car, and some of the experimental tanks at Ft Hood in the 2nd Armor Division were not to much different than this one, made as a childrens toy.  I actually like the flatbed and the M2B2 tank!  As Brian said the kids will love it, and Dad will be able to afford a couple of new tank cars for the military play train.

I am greatful to the other posts so that I knew that the flatbed tank car was available.

PCRR/Dave

Dave...thanks for posting the "mini-review".  This represents great play value which is a good thing!

Alan

I also ordered some of these flats with Tank loads from Menards. You would think I had enough trains at the store! These cars are very nice at a good price point. I did have some issues, I ordered 12 cars and 5 of the 12 were broken. I could not find a customer service number for Menards on line site and I found out that they do not have a phone number for customer service. I had to go to the guest services link on there site and fill out a generic form with my info. One day later they replied with a return FedX label for the return of the cars and they asked me to order the replacements and they would credit me back the money when they receive the bad ones back. I give them a D- for their customer service. Our store would not be in business very long with this type of customer service.

Thanks

Pat

WWW.Patstrains.com

Looks like a lot of fun.  I like the tongue-in-cheek origin of the tank. 
Not sure where they got the laser

Enjoy!

HILARIOUS!! The card says it is Baloney, but there is a lot of truth in there!

I am a 2 railer but not a rivet counter.  But, for this tank.  No comment.  For those of you that do like them...enjoy.

Rick

Gentlemen,

    Thanks for all the nice comments and the (Likes), for sure this is a child wonderland type piece of rolling stock, which fits perfectly into my layouts. 

Patrick,

   Even though my tank car was packed more than well, my tank car was slightly damaged in shipment also, one of the stop blocks against the tank track came off

the flat car.  This was a very miner thing and I repaired it with super glue.  Can not understand why MENARDS operates wihout a customer service contact number however.  I do like this particular piece of rolling stock and will probably order at least 2 more of these flat cars for my SF train, with the Chicago south side made 534 M2B2 Tank. 

Alan,

   For me its all about the play value and the memories, that spurred my Engineering & legal careers, some how my Grandfather & Father realized what I now know, that these O Guage trains are about a lot more than counting rivets or layout realism, there about little boys & girls dreams of building and operating what is in those dreams.  Which in my case turned into a NASA Engineering Career.  Grandpa what is an Ogive?  Not many men know the answer to that question, let alone putting the answer into wording a 5 year old can fully understand, and then draw.  O Guage Railroading, a hobby like no other.  Responsible for many Chief Engineers Careers, including mine.

Thanks everyone for participating in the thread.

PCRR/Dave   

The price of these tank flats make them affordable for anyone on a limited train budget. Along with the recent Menards boxcars it really tells a story on the rip off prices from other train companies on their basic rolling stock.

Thank you.  Nice review.  I agree it is great for kids.  The lazer and the noise are nice features that will add a lot of fun to a layout.  Nice to know what type of tank it is, too.  

These tanks come with 4 different numbers on the tanks, 532, 533, 534, 535. This is the assortment that I received. Some have Blue L.E.D.S and some have Yellow, these Tanks are very nice. This is a great car for the money.

Thanks

Pat

www.patstrains.com

PATSTRAINS,

   I did not realize they came with different numbers, I will definitely ask for the different numbers when I order more cars, thanks for the info, my Tank has the yellow lights when activated.

PCRR/Dave