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Category Archives: Layout Design

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

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

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

Zero derailments, zero stalls

Need a new year’s resolution? Here’s a good one.

Posted byTrevorJanuary 11, 2026Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layout Design, Operations, Philosophy, Workshop

Discussing layout design in Calgary

CMRS Fall Mini Meet & AGM

Posted byTrevorSeptember 25, 2025Posted inConventions and Train Shows, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy, Where to find me

Bydemill in 2×24

The full layout in one photo

Posted byTrevorSeptember 24, 2025Posted inAchievable Layouts, Benchwork, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Lighting and Presentation, Philosophy

Fresno to Friant (Sept 2025)

Running trains on PIerre’s SP Clovis branch

Posted byTrevorSeptember 21, 2025Posted inCalifornia Dreaming in Proto:48, Eat Drink and be Merry, Layout Design, Layouts by others, Operations, Where to find me

Steve’s PE express yard

Based on a plan almost a quarter-century old and designed for models older than either of us. I love this.

Posted byTrevorSeptember 4, 2025September 4, 2025Posted inPhilosophy, Publications, Shout Out, Layouts by others, Layout Design, Layout Tour

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