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Category Archives: Operations

Operating branch line layouts

A useful primer for the punters

Posted byTrevorJanuary 14, 2025January 17, 2025Posted inBydemill operations, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Publications

Greyhound in charge

A passenger train for Bydemill

Posted byTrevorDecember 5, 2024Posted inGreat Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layout Tour, Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Beyond Bydemill

Coming and going via a new staging area

Posted byTrevorDecember 4, 2024Posted inBenchwork, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Lighting and Presentation, Operations

Shunt with great care

No messing around

Posted byTrevorSeptember 24, 2024Posted in7mm GWR equipment, Achievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Philosophy

Delivering the goods

Not waybills: Wagon tags.

Posted byTrevorSeptember 9, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Bydemill – trial 1 presentation

Preparing the layout to host visitors

Posted byTrevorSeptember 9, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Benchwork, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Lighting and Presentation, Operations

Bydemill trial 1

It worked! (Mostly)

Posted byTrevorSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

That train won’t run itself!

About 40 minutes worth of fun

Posted byTrevorSeptember 2, 2024Posted in7mm GWR equipment, Achievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

Shunting session

Putting the GWR through its paces

Posted byTrevorAugust 18, 2024August 18, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Video

Temporary ground frames

Controlling switches and signals on the GWR

Posted byTrevorAugust 18, 2024August 19, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, DCC, Wiring, and Sound, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations

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