Module 10

I number my T-TRAK modules, because it makes it easy for me to assign DCC addresses to switch decoders and NCE Illuminators installed in them. Module 10 is an inside corner module intended to fit inside an L-shaped configuration or an L-shaped around-the-wall arrangement. I took this photo in 2022 not long after I assembled it, without much scenery.

In fact, I wavered over what kind of scenery to give it. Finally I started to add a California-style palm grove using cheapo plastic Chinese palms from eBay, but then I set it aside. Here's the prototype I followed:

When I got a Kato Surfliner set this past weeK, I pulled the module out of storage and hooked it up again:

I decided to try using the palms as a backdrop for closaeup shots testing the Kato Surfliner lighting features:

I'm pretty happy with how these turned out with just the suggestion of scenery. It sort of encourages me in the general approach I've been developing toward T-TRAK.