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Woodruffs Spiked

A small but important runaround is ready for service

Posted byTrevorMay 3, 2025May 4, 2025Posted inLayouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Track and Turnouts

Mental health and railway modelling

How are you doing?

Posted byTrevorMay 1, 2025May 3, 2025Posted inPhilosophy, Publications, Railroad Model Craftsman, Shout Out

Track for Ontario and Geneva

Ties and rail for the NS&T, Phase 2 expansion

Posted byTrevorApril 24, 2025April 24, 2025Posted inLayouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Track and Turnouts

Lit-up magnifying glasses

Goodbye, dork helmet!

Posted byTrevorApril 23, 2025April 22, 2025Posted inWorkshop

GWR 1365

Fitting a decoder into a 7mm tank engine was surprisingly difficult

Posted byTrevorApril 22, 2025April 23, 2025Posted in7mm GWR equipment, DCC, Wiring, and Sound, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale

Building NS&T 17 in brass

Read the full story in the May, 2025 issue of RMC

Posted byTrevorApril 22, 2025April 22, 2025Posted inLayouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, NS&T Freight Motors, Publications, Railroad Model Craftsman, S Scale Equipment, Shout Out

NST: Interchange with the CNR

A source for all the freight traffic on the layout

Posted byTrevorMarch 31, 2025March 31, 2025Posted inLayout Design, Layout Tour, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Operations, Philosophy

NST: Geneva Street Terminal

The hub of the NS&T in St. Catharines

Posted byTrevorMarch 29, 2025March 28, 2025Posted inLayout Design, Layout Tour, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy

NST: Port Dalhousie Sub

Planning Ontario Street, and relocating the car barn

Posted byTrevorMarch 28, 2025March 28, 2025Posted inLayout Design, Layout Tour, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Operations, Philosophy

GWR rusted rails

Finishing the track for Bydemill

Posted byTrevorMarch 27, 2025March 27, 2025Posted inGreat Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Track and Turnouts

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