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Pine Street variety

GMD1s and Sweeps – oh my!

Posted byTrevorApril 16, 2026Posted inCNR Pine Street in HO, DCC, Wiring, and Sound, HO Scale Equipment, Layouts I have designed or built, Locomotives

GWR Full Brake :: finished

The early morning milk train is complete

Posted byTrevorApril 12, 2026April 12, 2026Posted in7mm GWR equipment, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built

Rare pair

Two tools from the hobby’s distant past

Posted byTrevorApril 7, 2026April 16, 2026Posted inInfluences, Philosophy, Workshop

Where Pine and Sullivan cross

Traffic lights add animation – and enhance operations

Posted byTrevorMarch 23, 2026April 16, 2026Posted inCNR Pine Street in HO, Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Scenery, The Little Details

The Cordon and the Python

Bydemill’s busy bay

Posted byTrevorMarch 21, 2026April 16, 2026Posted inBydemill operations, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Doors in a day

Securing the Bydemill goods shed

Posted byTrevorMarch 18, 2026March 19, 2026Posted inBydemill structures, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Structures

Navigation tools

Landing pages, categories, etc.

Posted byTrevorMarch 12, 2026Posted inAchievable Layouts, CNR Pine Street in HO, CNR Port Rowan in 1:64, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Live Steam, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, tech notes

CNR Pine Street sea trial 1

The layout survives its first real ops sessions

Posted byTrevorMarch 7, 2026April 16, 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

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