Modules

Modules are individual layout pieces equipped with
standardised ends where the position of rails is fixed to allow
smooth train travel on the track from one module to another. It is
quite possible to compose huge train layouts using the module
principle with many participants, each making their own modules but
following strictly the same standard. The builders combine their
modules and form a big, common module layout in module gatherings.
An N scale module track is also very suitable to be used as a home
train layout as the layout can always be tailored to accommodate
available space at home thanks to the small modules.
N-Club Finland focuses on advancing module thinking
encouraging people to build their own modules for our gatherings in
various events we participate. A great advantage of a module track
is its' flexibility; modules can be combined together in any order
and there are always some new modules as well. This means that a
club module layout is never the same and even for those who have
seen the layout before, it is still offering something new every
time.
While modules normally use standard ends at both
module ends, there are situations when a different style end is
needed. Usually this is the case, when we want to build bigger
segments which are always put together in the same order and which,
from the point of view of a module track, are treated as a single
module despite of being assembled of several segments. Each end of
the segment will have a standard module end to accommodate a
standard module next to them.
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