Here's your first hint for the upcoming release. Happy guessing!
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy
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The Band performed The Last Waltz which sounds like The Last Dance which suggests an NBA boxcar.
Cripple Creek Country Store.
Thinking of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" could suggest something surrounding the Civil War (19th century rolling stock, Southern RR, etc.) but now we have to pretend it never happened.
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I agree with Kelunaboy, it's a new building, or I'll say new rolling stock, a Florence and Cripple Creek boxcar, possibly. I know it was narrow gauge and shut down in 1915, but, I like to use my imagination when it comes to trains.
Rusty
Cripple Creek, Colorado has a gold mine that has been active since the 1890s, so my guess is Cripple Creek Gold Mine with ability to switch signage to Morton Salt Mine Co. or to American Power Coal Mine Co.
I'm thinking a music club with the boys on stage with Bob, a hobo shack with vagabonds a la Bob Dylan's harmonic as the sound, a Carnival (because life is...), or a vinyl record store.
"Catch a cannon ball now to take me down the line
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone"
@Jim Brenner posted:The Band performed The Last Waltz which sounds like The Last Dance which suggests an NBA boxcar.
If so, he should've used Neil Young's "The Last Dance" 
N.Young Ok, I'm thinking mid America, med. sized town, entertainment and gatherings.
Band shell, or large gazebo. Maybe a "show bar".
Yes, up on Cripple Creek, she sends me... if I sprang a leak, she mends me!
"Ok, I'm thinking mid America, med. sized town, entertainment and gatherings."
Ahhh . . . gatherings! Remember those? In any case, any structures along these lines sounds like a nice addition.
Martin Guitar Company manufacturing building.
Nazareth, PA.
@James in VA posted:Thinking of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" could suggest something surrounding the Civil War (19th century rolling stock, Southern RR, etc.) but now we have to pretend it never happened.
Careful. Agencies are listening.
“Big Pink”
They sing "This Wheel's on Fire". If I had to guess it is the new fire station.
OK, with this hint, I'll play. Maybe a building; the Cabbagetown Café depicted on the Moondog Matinee wrap-around cover art. I always thought that was great imagery.
Cabbagetown Café? Sounds nice but why not add the adjacent pool hall and music store!
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Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And (and) (and) you put the load right on me…
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And (and) (and) you put the load right on me…
Loads for flat cars and gondolas
"I pulled into Nazareth ..."
Sequentially numbered Lehigh Valley hoppers.
What, me worry?
Rubber band powered locomotive.
Gonna turn you loose like an old caboose...
- Rag Mama Rag
"Unfaithful servant, I can hear the whistle blowing
Yes, that train is a-coming and soon you'll be going"
Unfaithful Servant, The Band
Here it is … Introducing the Cripple Creek Lumber Yard!
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Where are those 2x4s? At the Cripple Creek Lumber Co.
Dimensions: 12-1/2"W x 11-1/2"D x 6-3/4"H
The basics: Railroads haul well over a million freight car loads of forest products every year and the Cripple Creek Lumber yard is ready to become a focal point for industry on your line. This is a multi-level storage building with a simulated corrugated steel exterior. The model is completely assembled and weathered and features business signs on both ends. The rear of the building is enclosed and the front has two open levels for receipt of lumber and dispatch by truck. The structure is 12-1/2" wide by 11-1/2" deep and is 6-3/4" tall.
Cripple Creek has interior and exterior lighting. The building is designed for use with the Menards Plug & Play 4.5 volt power supply, sold separately. Check Menards SKUs 279-4061, 279-4062, or 279-4050. You may wish to consider the 8- or 9-piece Plug & Play accessory kits (SKU 279-4035, 4681) and to serve multiple structures and vehicles. All are available separately.
Why you need this: Lumber and forest products are one of the earliest commodities to hit the rails and are just as important today as in the past. Large and heavy, wood products are impractical to truck long distances, yet they are needed everywhere. The Cripple Creek Lumber Yard is a natural fit to service your model railroad’s home building and construction businesses!
The weathered exterior is beautifully rendered. The roof replicated rusted corrugated steel and has a brownish tinge from rain and the rays of the sun. The external walls are gray, with heavy grime on seams and spots where dirty rainwater might flow. The rusty and dusty look is a good fit for any railroad modeling the 1930s forward. It has a classic small town look, but with features that make it look ready for work today.
The front is open revealing ground and upper levels. Take a look inside ground level and you’ll discover it is erected with trusses and beams. The ground level has four groups of material placed on dunnage. There are four bays ready to load the goods on a truck, and two workers engaged in a chat. Jack is resting in one corner near a hand truck. He is probably hoping for a squirrel to pass by so he can get some exercise.
The upper level is very well illuminated and has safety railing along the outer edge. There is storage for four bundles of lumber ready to move to a construction site. A worker appears to be deciding what grades of wood need to be re-stocked!
The center part of the structure is raised above the roofline. There are four 12-pane windows on front and rear. Cripple Creek signage is placed on both ends above the doorways, and there is exterior illumination from beneath the roof. Both sides have broad doors that may be slid into open or closed positions. You can’t run a train through it, but a delivery truck will be just fine!
The rear of the building has the office. A doorway and window are on the left side. There is a high voltage warning sign and an electrical power box to their right. On the inside, the office is a building within a building, with storage space available on the office roof. A large exhaust stack pops out of the office roof, supported by multiple guide wires.
This is a great rail and highway merging point. Lumber comes off a rail car, gets warehouse, and is moved along the road. This would look even better with a few Menards lighted stake-bed trucks spotted there (SKUs 279-4601-4606). This is an instantly familiar structure and it is a great for your industrial park!
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Just beautiful. FINALLY a age proper building. I hope this is the start of a trend for Menards.
Great Looking Structure ! Great Clues ! And some very impressive responses / guesses ! Happy 4th !
Very nice, looks great and love the weathering!
Outstanding! I must have one!
Nice looking building wish I had room for it.
very nice weathering effect with old looking wood and weathered tin roof. Now if Menards would built a weathered coal tipple building like this, hint, hint, hint..........................................
Menards does it again!! Another one hit out of the park. Keep it up! 
Vey nice. Taking up 144 sq. in., though, gives it too large a footprint for the space I have available. Too bad it's square - if it had been rectangular instead, with less depth, I'd be in.
Wow wow wow! Nicely done Menards!
Nicely done. I've been very pleased with the these buildings. Too bad I already have a Cornerstone series lumberyard.
But I'm glad Menards once, again, included Jack the dog, who fits perfectly here with the Cripple Creek name:
"Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog
He said, "I will fix your rack if you'll take Jack, my dog""
Wondering if the side doors are open enough to run a train thru so you could have flat cars in there full of wood being delivered
@rtraincollector posted:Wondering if the side doors are open enough to run a train thru so you could have flat cars in there full of wood being delivered
Per the website, it looks large enough for a siding and small engine to pass through.
Yay! Another period structure l can use ..as a destination for my logging branch.
Just needs some 1940 Chevy, GMC, IH, or less common brand flatbed trucks to unload the flatcars.
@rtraincollector posted:Wondering if the side doors are open enough to run a train thru so you could have flat cars in there full of wood being delivered
The sliding door opening is 2-3/8"W x 2-3/4"H. Not big enough for a train car but prefect for a stake truck!
