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Category Archives: Layouts I have designed or built

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

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

An interesting experience

I was surprised to read an article about my layout that I didn’t write

Posted byTrevorJanuary 22, 2026January 22, 2026Posted inAchievable Layouts, CNR Port Rowan in 1:64, Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Philosophy, Publications

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