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Category Archives: Philosophy

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

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

Modellers Without Borders

An alternative to IPMS and how it relates to the railway hobby’s RPM movement.

Posted byTrevorJuly 19, 2024July 19, 2024Posted inPhilosophy, Shout Out

Reworking 20

Painful, but better to fix it quickly than let it fester.

Posted byTrevorJuly 9, 2024August 13, 2024Posted inNiagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, NS&T Freight Motors, Oops!, Philosophy, S Scale Equipment

Elevating the hobby

Who are we exhibiting for, and why?

Posted byTrevorMay 11, 2024Posted inBenchwork, Conventions and Train Shows, Layout Design, Lighting and Presentation, Philosophy

Kalmbach sells everything*

(*Well, almost.)

Posted byTrevorMay 8, 2024May 9, 2024Posted inInfluences, Philosophy, Publications, Shout Out

Take that, you horrible, “daring”, forgettable accent pillow!

A unique staging idea for a show home in Australia.
Remember: It’s not about the layout!

Posted byTrevorNovember 29, 2023November 30, 2023Posted inLayout Design, Layout Tour, Philosophy, Shout Out, Video

Stalled

Is this working? If not, what does?

Posted byTrevorNovember 28, 2023November 28, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Philosophy

The car barn shuffle

The NS&T ends up in a new location

Posted byTrevorJuly 10, 2023July 11, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layouts I have designed or built, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, Philosophy

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