Well done! And I see you went 100% and used the black table clothes, the proper way to do a show. First impression is everything when you want to introduce the public to T-Trak.
A small trailer… and the back seat of my Avalanche for the modules that do not yet have transport boxes.
Very cool; that's a lot of modules for one person to have built and transported! It's also the first I remember seeing the use of a free-floating, double-track Unitrack piece to bridge two corner modules to adapt the span between back-back modules. But then again, I don't get around to train shows much lately (I missed the NMRA show in town.) I also noticed what looked like a Digitrax panel and throttle. Is there a standard for which DCC system to use for T-Trak, or do clubs choose their own?
So each club is welcome to use whatever DCC system they want. Before I joined the club they used an NCE Power Cab as the command station. My system is Digitrax and I have the ability to run DC trains as well as DCC by just flipping a switch. The floating piece of track was to make up for the oddity that was created using the front to back module the way I did. If all the modules are in standard and you don’t do what I did here, then you will not need the bridge piece. The only other option we had with the modules we had with us was to use the singles from the Thomas layout which would have prevented the kids from having fun with Thomas and Percy. The Thomas modules are really popular with the kids even though there is no scenery on them yet, so I didn’t want to take that away.
Second show in as many weekends. This was a small venue but we had a good number of visitors and all and all a good show. The layout was small but we hid some Easter eggs for people to find and they enjoyed that. The kids of course were the best part. Here are a few pics.
The T-Trak layout looks fabulous, Massey. I recognize your corner modules. You've got a lot of detailed scenes on a fairly small layout. I'm guessing it's about 3.5'x10.5'?
