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Category Archives: 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 inLayout Design, Layout Tour, Layouts by others, Philosophy, Publications, Shout Out

Bydemill at 1

Happy anniversary to my first-ever British layout

Posted byTrevorJuly 20, 2025July 20, 2025Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Philosophy, Shout Out

Mental health and railway modelling

How are you doing?

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

Surviving a trade war

The answer is right in front of you

Posted byTrevorFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inPhilosophy, Workshop

GWR milk run

Developing operating patterns for North American modellers

Posted byTrevorJanuary 15, 2025January 21, 2025Posted inBydemill operations, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Philosophy

Niagara Electrics clinic

My LDSIG presentation is now available for viewing

Posted byTrevorDecember 21, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layout Design, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy, Video

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