All,
Here's your hint for our next product release. Happy guessing!
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy
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LOCOS????
My Guess is more locomotives... Just in time for Christmas.
F units
@gunny posted:F units
An orange Ford Truck with yellow trim?
John
All NEW coil cars!!!
Train stuff.
Some thoughts:
- Seattle Union Station was Union Pacific's and later Milwaukee Road's terminal to the city. They shared the building for a while.
- In Seattle they shared a main line.
- They were both early adopters of TOFC service.
Anything else that they may have in common?
Well, the Milwaukee Road ran through UP passenger trains from 1955 to the start of Amtrak, so it’s not inconceivable that Menards might think about releasing their F-units with or without an accompanying passenger train in the Milwaukee Road’s post-1955 UP-inspired passenger paint scheme or perhaps just F’s in UP or the pre-1955 Milwaukee Road passenger paint scheme.
Of course I bet that I guessed wrong and it will be something else entirely.
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@Mister_Lee posted:Well, the Milwaukee Road ran through UP passenger trains from 1955 to the start of Amtrak, so it’s not inconceivable that Menards might think about releasing their F-units with or without an accompanying passenger train in the Milwaukee Road’s post-1955 UP-inspired passenger paint scheme or perhaps just F’s in UP or the pre-1955 Milwaukee Road passenger paint scheme.
Of course I bet that I guessed wrong and it will be something else entirely.
😄
I like your thinking. K-Line did these and they still sell well on the resale market.
My Dad used to take the Milwaukee Road in UP paint into Chicago everyday. I have fond memories of that engine.
How about two new engines just in time for Christmas! Two F units incorporating all the feedback received from their test size sample of the Santa Fe F units.
Decals
That would make for an excellent second F unit.
I hope its those FP units for a similar $200.00 price!
Get 2 units and strip em, err and railsounds them, detail them and paint them!
Definitely hoping for some F units. Although a string of coal hoppers in UP yellow would be an excellent companion to a Big Boy
FP engines with. $200.00 price tag🙏
Hmmm, maybe a few new freight cars or delivery trucks.
