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Category Archives: Layouts by others

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

Experiencing Liberty Village

The last time I saw it, I was wiring drop feeders. So much has changed…

Posted byTrevorMay 19, 2024May 23, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layouts by others, Operations, Shout Out, Where to find me

GBTS 2024 – Roweham

A weekend of running 7mm trains, GWR-style – after so many years

Posted byTrevorMay 9, 2024Posted inConventions and Train Shows, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, Influences, Layouts by others, Where to find me

An Edwardian Interlude

Exploring the GWR at Tetbury in 7mm scale

Posted byTrevorAugust 6, 2021July 11, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, Layouts by others, Layouts I have designed or built

Austin Eagle: Layout Tours

Some of the excellent layouts I saw while visiting Texas.

Posted byTrevorJune 22, 2018July 11, 2023Posted inConventions and Train Shows, Layouts by others, Shout Out, Where to find me

David Barrow’s vision

David Barrow influenced a generation of hobbyists. Here’s what I learned when I visited his layout.

Posted byTrevorJune 22, 2018July 11, 2023Posted inLayout Design, Layouts by others, Philosophy, Where to find me

Jim Zwernemann’s Proto:48 masterpiece

A visit to an exceptional model railway in Proto:48.

Posted byTrevorJune 21, 2018July 11, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Layouts by others, Shout Out, Where to find me

Austin Eagle: Operating Sessions

While in Texas, I joined a couple of operating sessions.

Posted byTrevorJune 21, 2018July 11, 2023Posted inConventions and Train Shows, Layouts by others, Operations, Shout Out, Where to find me

Investing in others: Roweham

An example of how one can engage with and contribute to the hobby – even when one does not have the space or time to build a layout of one’s own.

Posted byTrevorMay 1, 2018July 11, 2023Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, Layouts by others, Philosophy, Shout Out, Where to find me

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