The original Marek Mountain Railroad

The early days! . The first permanent indoor Gn3 layout was in the living room of a rented, upstairs duplex. It was started in September of 1991, and removed in January 1996. These photos are of the initial start of the layout and benchwork. Before the backdrop, the initial scenery and many hours of running trains.

The TRACK PLAN is also here. Designed for switching, it included a 3-track for hidden storage under the mountains, a mainline loop, the town area of Los Pinos, the branch line up to Loma Alta, and the switch-back to get there.

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First Run, April 10th, 1992. The initial train on the original MMRR!	Barry Bogs and I had just finished the initial loop, of handlaid track.	The first passenger train ran the next day. Note the fireplace and the windows.	See the L girder benchwork for future mountain range.
Future town of Los Pinos. Note the Celotex surface. More track to come!	Soon, 3 hidden spurs will go on the right. The upper town of Loma Alta goes above.	The "living room" area of the rented duplex. Newly married and our first place!	The initial track plan. The final plan had some additional trackage.

This page was created on January 2nd, 2001.