A Long Term Investment?

UNITRACK was originally created for the Japanese market where space is at a premium and permanent layouts are a rarity. Very elaborate, temporary layouts are created for the day or night on the floor. UNITRACK is engineered to withstand this repeated set-up and teardown. 

The UniJoiner® design not only joins the Rail sections & roadbed together but also protects the electrical and mechanical function of the rail joiner. In the unlikely event one is damaged, the UniJoiner® can be easily replaced.

Is UNITRACK DCC friendly? Its so dCC friendly that Digitrax & zTC use UNITRACK on their demonstration layouts at shows. (Kato Promote & sell the Digitrax DCC systems in Japan, and Digitrax make the New Kato dCC decoders).

Whilst ideal for temporary set-ups, UNITRACK is an excellent choice for permanent layouts, where smooth operation is a priority. UNITRACK also makes sense for staging yards where sidings may have to be rearranged or adjusted to accommodate new traffic flow and in helixes, connecting stacked mainlines where derailments cannot be tolerated.

Any controller - which supplies 0-12V DC, may be used to power UNITRACK; (We of course recommend the Kato 22-014 Controller, for ease of use Its Plug & Play, So Simple!) track sections can be powered in one of two ways;

• By Using the #2-151 Feeder Track.

• or by substituting #24-818 Terminal Joiners for the regular Unijoiners®.

Further track sections can be powered by using DC Extension Leads #24-825 And 3-Way Extension Block #24-827 Then Use with the #2-151 Feeder Track or #24-818 Terminal Joiners for the regular Unijoiners®. For Isolating Sections Use #24-816 Insulated Unijoiners®. 

UNITRACK HO Points come with point motors built into the Track base Or easily Plug on to the side of the manual points and work on A DC power Supply (so If you are using any other make of controller you need a #24-842 AC-DC Converter to power a bank of #24-840 point switches and the points). with the Kato controller this is not needed as the point switches Simple plug onto the side. 

All points are self-isolating (Just like Peco), #6 points also have full power routing capability.

Is UNITRACK DCC friendly? Its so DCC friendly that Digitrax & ZTC use UNITRACK on their demonstration layouts at shows.

The modular nature of UNITRACK allows you to 'plan as you go' on your layout. If you are a computer user, most computer aided track planning software packages include a KATO UNITRACK library. You could use the #20-901 UNITRACK Template.

As long as you include the correct number of degrees of curve track i.e. 360º degree = a full circle, (45º eighth, 90º quarter, 180º half, and 360º full circle respectively), slight errors in geometry can be absorbed in the UNITRACK because of the design of the Unijoiners®.