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CNR Pine Street sea trial 1

The layout survives its first real ops sessions

Posted byTrevorMarch 7, 2026March 7, 2026Posted inAchievable Layouts, CNR Pine Street in HO, Layout Tour, Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Midday goods :: Feb 28, 1905

A typical train doing typical work at Bydemill

Posted byTrevorFebruary 28, 2026February 28, 2026Posted inBydemill operations, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layout Tour, Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Relationships

Three layouts, one room How does that work?

Posted byTrevorFebruary 21, 2026Posted inAchievable Layouts, CNR Pine Street in HO, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Room Preparation

Proto:Traction

Why would you? What’s missing? And is that really important?

Posted byTrevorFebruary 21, 2026February 21, 2026Posted inLayout Design, Operations, Philosophy, Uncategorized

Interchange, Eastchester, and Niagara

Visualizing the final phase of the NS&T

Posted byTrevorFebruary 21, 2026February 21, 2026Posted inBenchwork, Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Track and Turnouts

NS&T layout plan?

I don’t have one – not of the conventional kind, anyway. Here’s why.

Posted byTrevorFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026Posted inBenchwork, Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy, Track and Turnouts

Why I don’t save my layouts

There are many reasons I don’t. Here are three.

Posted byTrevorFebruary 11, 2026February 12, 2026Posted inLayouts I have designed or built, Philosophy

NS&T peninsula plywood

The design comes together via 1:1 planning

Posted byTrevorFebruary 10, 2026Posted inBenchwork, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64

Expanding the NS&T

Plus: Raising Pine Street

Posted byTrevorFebruary 8, 2026Posted inBenchwork, CNR Pine Street in HO, Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Lighting and Presentation, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy, Room Preparation

CNR Pine Street – Proof of Concept

Putting it all together – and putting it through its paces

Posted byTrevorJanuary 29, 2026Posted inAchievable Layouts, CNR Pine Street in HO, Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Video

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