Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2012 – 2013

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Special 186mm straight module + Standard T-TRAK expanded corner module

Width:

Junction: 186mm
Corner: 14-1/8"

Depth:

Junction: 14"
Corner: 14-1/8"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

From Mine Siding Module

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

None

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS51K1 decoder. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

None

Other:

None

Special:

Junction module must be connected to DCC power

Packaging for Transport:

Description
The junction module base was constructed by NRMRC member Dave Thompson; the extended corner base was constucted from a T-TRAK kit. This corner module is intended to be located to the right of the Mine Siding module to provide a coal mine spur to the Blue Coal Mine.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2020

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Standard T-TRAK Single Module

Width:

12-1/8"

Depth:

14"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Double, Red/Yellow

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS52 decoder. Powered from Red track. Address=137

Accessory Bus

None

Other:

None

Special:

This module must be connected to DCC power

Packaging for Transport:

Track Plan

Module Photograph

Photograph of Module Bottom

Description
The junction module base was constructed from a Masterpiece Models kit. This module is intended to be located anywhere in the layout as required for flexible routing.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2020

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Standard T-TRAK Sungle Module

Width:

12-1/8"

Depth:

14"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Double Red/Yellow

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS52 decoder. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

None

Other:

None

Special:

This module must be connected to DCC power

Packaging for Transport:

Track Plan

Module Photograph

Photograph of Module Bottom

Description
The junction module base was constructed from a Masterpiece Models kit. This module is intended to be located anywhere in the layout as required for flexible routing.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2012 – 2013

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Special 186mm straight module + standard T-TRAK expanded corner module

Width:

Junction: 186mm
Corner: 14 -1/8"

Depth:

Junction: 14"
Corner: 14-1/8"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

From freight house module

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

None

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS51K1 decoder. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

None

Other:

None

Special:

Junction module must be connected to DCC power

Packaging for Transport:

Description
TThe junction module base was constructed by NRMRC member Dave Thompson; the extended corner base was constucted from a T-TRAK kit. This corner module is intended to be located to the left of the Freight House corner module to provide a spur to the Green River Freight House.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2012 – 2013

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Standard T-TRAK expanded corner module

Width:

1' (320mm)

Depth:

14-1/8"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

None

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

None

Other:

None

Description
This module (and its companion Crossover 2 module) was constructed so it could fit almost anywhere in a T-TRAK layout in order to provide operating flexibility with trains having the ability to cross from red-to-yellow and yellow-to-red tracks.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2012 – 2013

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Standard T-TRAK expanded corner module

Width:

1' (320mm)

Depth:

14-1/8"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

None

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

None

Other:

None

Description
This module (and its companion Crossover 2 module) was constructed so it could fit almost anywhere in a T-TRAK layout in order to provide operating flexibility with trains having the ability to cross from red-to-yellow and yellow-to-red tracks.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Date Built:

2012 – 2015

Certified:

Certified, 2019

Module Type:

Green River: Quad width, 14" deep module, with 1" front extension and removable skyboard.
Green River East: Double with removable skyboard.

Width:

Green River: 48.8"
Green River East: 24.4"

Depth:

Green River: 15" Extends 1" to the front.
Green River East: 14"

Passing Sidings:

Red & Yellow

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

Three tracks, off Yellow

Engine Service:

Four tracks, off yellow ladder

Crossovers:

Double crossover red/yellow

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS51K1/DS64 decoders. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

Yes

Other:

TrainSpeed speedometer on Red track, powered from Accessory Bus via 0.5A Slo-Blow fuse and diode bridge rectifier.

Special:

This module must be connected to DCC power only.

Packaging for Transport:

Green River packaged with Kimball. Green River East packaged with Kimball West

Track Plan

Module Photograph

Photograph of Module Bottom

Photograph of Train Speedometer Installation

The photograph of the bottom shows the readout mounted in the module's fascia, and connected by multiple wires to the TrainSpeed circuit board. The multi-wire cable connects the circuit board to the two optical sensors mounted in the track base. The TrainSpeed circuit board is powered from the 15VAC Accessory Bus via a protecting fuse and a diode bridge, shown in the right half of the photo.

Module Description

Green River Wyoming is located in the south west corner of the state. The River has been the drawing point for early settlers and has served as a transportation hub for the Overland Trail, Cherokee Trail, Lincoln Highway, Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, and Interstate 80. Green River is a major Division point on the Union Pacific Railroad between Omaha, NE and Ogden, UT. Nearby mines provide two-thirds of the world’s supply of soda ash (trona), an essential ingredient of baking soda, detergents and glass, and the area has extensive reserves of shale and natural gas. The population is about 12,000.

With all of the grandeur of UP’s Overland route, the highlight of it all might very well be the segment of track known as the Evanston Sub, which runs west from Green River to Ogden. Westbound trains are in the midst of their grueling climb across the Rockies, and it is this portion of track that gave rise to the biggest steam and diesel locomotives that the Union Pacific is so famous for. The Big Boys and Challengers, Gas turbines and Centennials, all were created with one main focus, getting the freight across the Overland Route and fast!

The Green River Module consists of a quad 15” deep T-TRAK module, constructed by NRMRC member Dave Thompson, featuring the two-track Union Pacific mainline, and represents the UP Division Point at Green River although significantly compressed in size. Both the classification yard for freight cars and the locomotive service facilities are modeled, as is a very compressed model of station facilities at Green River. The module extends 1" to the front to provide for a full Red track siding.

The module is equipped with a TDP & Associates, Inc. (now TCS) TrainSpeed™ Speedometer which measures the speed in N scale miles-per-hour of trains passing on the Red track, the second track back from the front of the module. The display readout is on the front side of the module in the center, with appropriate signage.

Main line turnouts are Unitrack #6 turnouts with Unitrack #4 turnouts in the yard and locomotive service facilities. The #4 turnouts have been "tuned" to ensure reliable operation.

All Unitrack turnouts on the module are controlled by Digitrax DCC Accessory Decoders (DS51K1 and DS64) which receive their DCC input from the Red Track. Thus this module can be used in layouts only where the Red Track is DCC powered. The Yellow Track and all tracks to the rear of the Yellow Track can be DC or DCC as required, although DCC is highly recommended. The Red and Yellow tracks are completely electrically isolated. The turnouts can be operated manually by their slide levers as well as from DCC throttles and the Green River JMRI PanelPro panel.

If one track is DCC powered and the other track is DC powered the crossover capabilities of Unitrack double crossover turnout cannot be used due to the incompatible power feeds to the red and yellow tracks.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Builder Name:

John M Wallis

Date Built:

2012 – 2015

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Module Type:

Quad width, 14" depth module with 1" front extension and removable skyboard

Width:

48.8" (1240mm)

Depth:

15" (356mm) + Skyboard

Passing Sidings:

Red and Yellow

Other Tracks:

Trolley, using Tomy Wide-Tram track

Industrial Spurs:

Grain elevator off Yellow

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Double crossover red/yellow

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS52 accessory decoders. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

Yes

Other:

Special:

This module must be connected to DCC power only.

Packaging for Transport:

Kimball packaged with Green River. Kimball Westpackaged with Green River East

Module Photograph

Track Plan

Description

The City of Kimball is a quiet city in rural southwestern Nebraska in the scenic Lodgepole Valley, located along the Union Pacific Railroad’s main line from Omaha, NE to Ogden, UT; about 80 trains per day pass through Kimball. The city is known as the “Gateway to Western Nebraska” because of its location along the railroad and its proximity to Interstate 80. The city also calls itself “The High Point of Nebraska” as it is only 33 miles from that location (5,424 feet above sea level). The population of Kimball is just under 2,500.

Originally called Antelopeville its name was changed in 1885 to Kimball, after Thomas L. Kimball, a vice-president and general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The city is surrounded by endless prairie and fields, and has several grain elevators to handle the harvest of grain from the nearby areas.  There has also been oil exploration and production in Kimball since 1950, and Kimball is also the site of some NORAD ICBMs.

The Kimball Module consists of a quad width 15” deep T-TRAK modules, constructed by NRMRC member Dave Thompsonfeaturing the two-track Union Pacific mainline, plus a siding serving Kimball station and a spur serving the Farmer’s Union grain elevator. As well as the station, grain elevator and related buildings along the railroad, the module features many of the typical buildings seen along Chestnut Street in Kimball. It features a UP caboose on display, representing Caboose Park in Kimball.

The module features a trolley running along Chestnut Street. It reverses direction automatically at each end of the modules, and makes a stop in front of Kimball station. A Bakatronics LLC Model AAR3 Advanced Reversing Control is used for reversing the trolley at each end of the line, and a Bakatronics  LLC Model BKD-2000 Station Stop Adapter is used to stop the trolley at Kimball Station, in each direction.

Main line turnouts are Unitrack #6 turnouts with a modified (tuned) Unitrack #4 turnout accessing the spur to the grain elevator.

All Unitrack turnouts on the module are controlled by Digitrax DCC Accessory Decoders (DS52) which receive their DCC input from the Red Track. Thus this module can used in layouts only where the Red Track is DCC powered. The Yellow Track and all tracks to the rear of the Yellow Track can be DC or DCC as required, although DCC is highly recommended. The Red and Yellow tracks are completely electrically isolated. The turnouts can be operated manually by their slide levers as well as from DCC throttles and JMRI panels.

If one track is DCC powered and the other track is DC powered the Unitrack double crossover turnout capabilities cannot be used due to the incompatible power feeds to the red and yellow tracks.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Date Built:

2020

Certified:

Module Type:

Standard T-TRAK Double

Width:

24-5/16"

Depth:

14"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

Off Yellow

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Single; Red-to-Yellow

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS52 decoder. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

No

Other:

Special:

This module must be connected to DCC power only.

Packaging for Transport:

Packaged with Narrow Junction West

Track Plan

Module Photograph

Photograph of Module Bottom

Module Description
Narrow Junction East contains the trackwork for the double-track T-TRAK mainlines to become a single track. Trains proceeding westbound (left) on Yellow will crossover to Red to continue their journey to the west.

West of the crossover the Yellow line becomes an industril spur.

The Unitrack turnout on the module is controlled by a Digitrax DCC Accessory Decoder (DS52) which receive its DCC input from the Red Track. Thus this module can be used in layouts with DCC power only. The turnout can be operated manually by their slide levers as well as from DCC throttles.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Status:

Track & wiring complete. Scenery underway

Date Built:

2020

Certified:

Module Type:

Standard T-TRAK Double

Width:

24-5/16"

Depth:

14"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

Off Yellow

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

Single: Yellow-to-Red

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

Digitrax DS52 decoder. Powered from Red track.

Accessory Bus

No

Other:

Special:

This module must be connected to DCC power only.

Packaging for Transport:

Packaged with Narrow Junction East

Track Plan

Module Photograph

Photograph of Module Bottom

Module Description
Narrow Junction West contains the trackwork for the double-track T-TRAK mainlines to become a single track. Trains proceeding westbound (left) will crossover to Yellow to continue their journey to the west.

East of the crossover the Yellow line becomes an industril spur.

The Unitrack turnout on the module is controlled by a Digitrax DCC Accessory Decoder (DS52) which receive its DCC input from the Red Track. Thus this module can be used in layouts with DCC power only. The turnout can be operated manually by their slide levers as well as from DCC throttle.

Owner Name:

John M Wallis

Status:

Completed 2020

Date Built:

2016 - 2020

Certification:

Not certified

Module Type:

Inside Corner

Width:

22" x 14"

Depth:

22" x 14"

Passing Sidings:

None

Other Tracks:

None

Industrial Spurs:

None

Yard Tracks:

None

Engine Service:

None

Crossovers:

None

Electrical:

Track Feeders:

Yes

Turnout Control:

None

Accessory Bus

Yes, 0.5A Fuse

Other:

None

Special:

Packaging for Transport:

Solo, must be upright

Description
North Pole is a snowy tree-filled Christmas scene with many points of interest:

There are also three Miller Electric animated signs — a Christmas Tree, a Santa Claus and a North Pole direction sign. The animation can be changed.

The base is a T-Kits inside corner base, purchased assembled. There is 1/8" cork mounted throughout the base, except for the track. Glitter was mixed with Woodland Scenics Snow to give that "sparkle" look.

In total, the module has the following feature quantities: