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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 Downs Light Railway is the world's oldest private miniature railway, [7] with a track gauge of 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (241 mm). 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.
There are also rideable miniature railways running on extremely narrow tracks as small as 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge, for example the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway. Around the world there are also several rideable miniature railways open to the public using even narrower gauges, such as 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 184 mm ) and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 190.5 mm ).
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 ever to make a model locomotive."
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 ...
Exmoor Steam Railway builds several new steam locomotives a year, as well as rolling stock and also advise on the setup and expansion of miniature and narrow gauge railways. Exmoor is a member of Britain's Great Little Railways and has supplied locomotives to many other members who operate public miniature and narrow gauge railways.
Pages in category "Miniature railways by size" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 7 1/4 in gauge railway; T. Ten and a quarter inch gauge