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Steam locomotive running round its train on the Beer Heights Light Railway, Devon, England The Moors Valley Railway, Dorset, England. A 7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge railway is a miniature railway that uses the gauge of 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm). It is mainly used in clubs, amusement parks and as a backyard railway. Locomotives include steam, electric ...
The smaller gauges of miniature railway track can also be portable and is generally 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm)/ 5 in (127 mm) gauge on raised track or as 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm)/ 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) on ground level. Typically portable track is used to carry passengers at temporary events such as fêtes and summer fairs.
See 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 210 mm 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in: See 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (210 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 229 mm 9 in: See 9 in (229 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. England: Railway built by minimum-gauge pioneer Sir Arthur Heywood, later abandoned in favor of 15 in (381 mm) gauge. 240 mm 9 + 7 ...
0-4-2T 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) 2000 Unknown Jane: 307 0-4-2 T: 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) 2000 Pugneys light Railway Jools: 308 0-4-2 T: 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) 1999 Beer Heights Light Railway: Major rebuild by B.H.L.R completed in 2018 Originally named Samstipur Jean: 309 0-4-2 T: 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) 2000 Barnards Miniature Railway Billy May ...
The railway was built and opened in 1925 under the guidance of Geoffrey Hoyland (Headmaster) as a 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge railway, for the principal purpose of education. The railway was regauged during the 1930s to the larger gauge of 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in, to allow for new locos to be used on the line. After Hoyland fell ill and retired from ...
7 1/4 in gauge railway; A. Abbeydale miniature railway This page was last edited on 14 June 2016, at 08:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Built to 10 1 ⁄ 4 inch dimensions. 18 Thor 4-6-2 Black 2005 Privately owned and built. One of the largest, most powerful 7 1 ⁄ 4 inch locomotives built. 19 Athelstan 2-8-0 E.A.R. Lined Red 2005 Privately owned. The design resembles an East African Railways class 24. 20 Emmet 0-4-0T, Lined Red 2005 The railway's 2 ft (610 mm) gauge engine
Plowman's Railroad operates the collection of 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge American outline steam and diesel locomotives from the former Dobwalls Adventure Park and is located at Plowmans Garden Nursery & Plant Centre Ltd, West Parley, Ferndown, Dorset. [1]