Sunday, December 19, 2010

Introduction to the Merritt-Wright Railroad

The Merritt-Wright Railroad is a 3-rail O gauge layout; about 95% Lionel stuff.  The table is shaped like an "L", and is 20' long by 8' wide, with the L part being 11' wide.  The attempt is a "high-rail" type of layout, in that it mixes the toy end of the hobby with as much realism and scale as possible.  Here is a photo of the layout from early November 2010:


It has taken about 3 years of planning and construction to get to this point. 

The train collection is almost entirely modern Lionel.  There are 2 postwar cars and 1 postwar engine; everything else is modern.  The track and switches are all Lionel Fastrack.  Power is modern ZW and a CW-80 for switches and accessories.