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The Model Railway Show: The Model Railway Show – A journey through the hobby, by Trevor Marshall

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Yesterday, my friend Cal came over and together we put CNR Pine Street – my HO scale portable layout – through its first real sea trial. Would it prove seaworthy? Would an experienced operator who is unfamiliar with the lay...


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An intrepid photographer climbed onto the roof of the signal box to capture this goods train working at Bydemill.

The crew on the midday goods working sorts wagons as it serves the goods shed at Bydemil.

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I have three fairly extensive layouts underway in my basement. Readers may be interested in how they share the space.

CNR Pine Street, with the NS&T behind and Bydemill on the far wall. I will eventually install a double-sided backdrop on the posts between Pine Street and the NS&T.

When visitors enter the room, the first thing they’ll see is my still-in-e...


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The Niagara St. Catharines & Toronto Railway in the 1950s: Freight motor 19 and train pass a railfan special consisting of cars 83 and (out of view behind it) 623 at Port Colborne. Despite many compelling arguments, I have found very few examples of prototypically-faithful model railways based on traction subjects. Why is that?

I recently watched


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The NS&T’s Niagara Street freight shed is in the foreground at left, with the Eastchester yard in the distance. This will be a busy place during operating sessions but there’s plenty of aisle space between the NS&T and my 7mm scale British layout, Bydemill, at right.

I’m making swift progress on the next phase of my S scale interpretation of the


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