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The founding president was the influential railway official and historian, George Dow. [4] One of its early members, and for some time its Vice-President, was the railway writer and artist C. Hamilton Ellis, whose 1962 book Model Railways 1838–1939 was said by The Times to have "led the way in charting the early history of this ... hobby". [5]
This is a list of model railways. The world's first model railway was made for the son of Emperor Napoleon III in 1859 at the Château de Saint-Cloud . [ 1 ] However, "There is a strong possibility that Matthew Murray, who built the geared-for-safety rack engines for John Blenkinsop's coal mine near Leeds, England, was actually the first man ...
The oldest society is 'The Model Railway Club' [5] (established 1910), near Kings Cross, London, UK. As well as building model railways, it has 5,000 books and periodicals. Similarly, 'The Historical Model Railway Society' [6] at Butterley, near Ripley, Derbyshire specialises in historical matters and has archives available to members and non ...
The latter is in association with The Model Railway Club [15] which is the oldest model railway society in the world, having been formed in 1910, [16] demonstrating BRM's place within the hobby. BRM's first show was The Festival Of Railway Modelling at Doncaster Racecourse in 1997. [ 17 ]
West Wiltshire Society of Model Engineers Mixed gauges: 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) 5 in (127 mm) UK Westbury, Wiltshire: Primarily a Model Engineering society with regular open days for the public. Kapiti Miniature Railway and Model Engineering Society Inc Mixed gauges: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (64 mm) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) 5 in (127 mm) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 ...
See 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (419 mm) gauge ridable miniature railway: England: Berkhamsted Gasworks Railway [18] 432 mm 17 in: England Long Rake Spar mine, underground mine railway [19] 450 mm 17 + 23 ⁄ 32 in: Czech Republic: Industrial railways [20] England Littlethorpe Potteries, hand-worked line connecting clay pits to pottery [21] 457 mm 18 in ...
This became the first model railway village in the United Kingdom, due to the focus of the attraction on the miniature railway. [2] When it opened to the public in 1996 it was the largest outdoor display of G gauge railway in the United Kingdom. [2] [3] The Jones family still run Southport Model Railway Village today. [2]
Pages in category "Miniature railways in the United Kingdom" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .