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Mark Blaustein

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NTRAK Modules

  Main Street

  Why a Duck

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Introduction

This page provides details of the NTRAK modules built by Mark Blaustein.

Legend

All descriptions refer to looking from the front of the module.
CCW = Counter-clockwise; CW = Clockwise
Crossovers indicate travel from left to right.
Div, Divn = Division
Mountain Division = Green Track
Mtn = Mountain


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Module: Main Street

Owner Name:

Mark Blaustein

Builder Name:

Mark Blaustein

Date Built:

2010

Status:

Complete

Module Type:

Standard 2' x 4' module (POFF) with Mountain Division

Length:

4'

Width:

2'

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

Mountain Division, Orange, Alternate Blue

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Orange-to-Red; R-to-Y; B-to-Y; B-to-Alt Blue

Electrical:

Track Buses:

12-Gauge Wire with Powerpole Connectors

12VDC Bus (White):

12-Gauge Wire with Powerpole Connectors

Accessory Bus (Brown):

12-Gauge Wire with Powerpole Connectors

LocoNet Bus:

Installed

Packaging for Transport

Packaged with Whay a Duck. Skyboards separate.

Module Photograph

Track Plan

Main Street Track Plan

Description

The design is reminiscent of any small town in the USA with a Main Street paralleled by an active rail line. Life seems to go on normally, even though passenger and freight trains go thundering by on a regular basis!

Trackwork updated in 2020 and Orange line extended through module.


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Module: Why a Duck

Owner Name:

Mark Blaustein

Builder Name:

Mark Blaustein

Date Built:

2009

Status:

 

Module Type:

Standard 2' x 4' module (POFF) with Mountain Division

Length:

4'

Width:

2'

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

Mountain Division, Orange

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Red-to-Orange

Electrical:

Track Buses:

12-Gauge Wire with Powerpole Connectors

12VDC Bus (White):

12-Gauge Wire with Powerpole Connectors

Accessory Bus (Brown):

12-Gauge Wire with Powerpole Connectors

LocoNet Bus:

Installed

Packaging for Transport

Packaged with Main Street. Skyboards separate.

Module Photograph

Why a Duck Front View

Track Plan

Why a Dick Track Plan

Description

This is a mostly rural module with Fall colors, and includes a viaduct based on the one at Starucca Creek in Lanesboro, PA. After completing the module, I happened to recall the old Graucho Marx "Viaduct/Why a Duck" routine, and the name stuck!


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