During the 2017 NMRA National Train show in Orlando, coordinator Fay Chin, noting the fantastic reception that the T-TRAK layout was receiving, suggested to fellow coordinator, Bruce Arbo, that an attempt should be made to break the existing T-TRAK record at the next National Train show in Kansas City. The previous record had been set at the World's Greatest Hobby Show, in San Antonio, in 2016. That layout consisted of 264 separate modules, with an outside, continuous run, across every module, of 15.6 N scale miles.
Accepting the challenge, Fay and Bruce, along with the help of the NTRAK (now NRail) organization, and numerous industry sponsors, were able, over the course of the year, to organize participants and material, to come together at the National Train Show in Kansas City to break that record.
The 2018 layout, in Kansas City, occupied an area 70'x50' and consisted of 340 separate modules of various lengths, arranged to provide an outside continuous run, across every module, of 28.4 N scale miles. Numerous inner loops, arranged around the layout, contributed to make the total trackage over 40 N scale miles!
In 2019 the National Layout was at the NMRA's National Train Show in Sandy, UT (Salt Lake City area). The event was held in the Mountain America Exposition Center (formerly known as Southtowne Expo Center) in Sandy, UT. The layout occupied a 40'x40' space, and was anchored by the Color Country T-Trak Club of Southern Utah, which acted as the host club.
Although plans for another record breaking layout were interrupted in 2020 and 2021, with the cancellation of the NMRA convention and Train Show in St. Louis, and the much reduced virtual show in Santa Clara, CA, the was a VIRTUAL version of The National T-TRAK Layout to help commemorate the 20 year anniversary of T-TRAK in 2020!
Work is currently underway for plans to break the record in 2026 at the NMRA National convention in Chattanooga TN.
National T-TRAK layout website
Layouts
- 2018 - Kansas City - National T-TRAK Layout
- 2019 - Sandy - National T-TRAK Layout
- 2020 - Virtual - National T-TRAK Layout
- 2026 - Chattanooga - National T-TRAK Layout
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