Track Diagrams
Graphics I drew up ahead of the 2021 Albury Wodonga model train show.
Diagrams show, sizes, wiring and points configuration.
Track
I'm using Kato Uni Trak, available from Aust-N-Rail or Branchline (Melbourne) both sell it online via there websites.
T Trak uses Kato Uni Trak which comes in all different shapes and sizes.
I like using this T Trak website to help work out module sizes and track requirements
Track Diagram - Electronics
Using Adobe Illustrator I drew up a track diagram including key features and sizes.
I will soon add an extra layer to this drawing to include the wiring configuration and turnout numbers (electric points)
This will be used to create a control panel in the future.
I have tried to keep to the Australian T Trak standard when it came to laying out the Kato Unitrack. This allows other modules in the future to connect to Culcairn.
Note Culcairn obviously doesn't have a balloon loop at one end and a fiddle yard at the other. These were added to make the layout ready for exhibitions.
Project Culcairn
I have been wanting to use the T-Trak system to make a layout for a while now. Its very simple when it comes to joining modules and wiring, so it was an easy choice.
I wanted to base the layout on something that was current, not back in the 1950's, just because I wanted to be able to run NR's and the XPT plus other modern Australian locomotives and rolling stock.
Culcairn is not far up the road from me, being based in North East, Victoria. Most Victorian stations don't have a yard left. The main ones like Benalla and Wangaratta have been done in HO scale. Albury is too big and Seymour very complicated.
Culcairn was a good fit, station, silos, some yard and the town centre is very close to the tracks. Making for good modelling potential.
The picture shows three modules, the 4th will have a level crossing and bridge (Albury end/closest to camera).