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  2. Rabbit warren layout - Wikipedia

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    A rabbit warren layout is a model railway layout. [1] A group of designs, more than a single constructed layout, rabbit warrens provide a display of continuously moving trains that appear to pop in and out of tunnels, seemingly randomly. The rabbit warren design has a number of key, defining features: Continuous running in a loop

  3. List of model railways - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Ridable miniature railway - Wikipedia

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    Stapleford Miniature Railway is an historic steam locomotive-hauled 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge railway at Stapleford Park, Stapleford near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. [10] Considered one of the finest examples of its type, [ citation needed ] the railway is now private but still attracts thousands of visitors from the UK and ...

  5. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot. The Gauge '3' Society represents this aspect of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch gauge railway modelling with both electric and live steam operation.

  7. List of railway roundhouses - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of railway roundhouses. A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables . 1850s drawing of facade and plan of the roundhouse for Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway

  8. Age of Steam Roundhouse - Wikipedia

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    McCloud Railway: 2-6-2 Baldwin Locomotive Works: 1901 Display, awaiting restoration [8] From the Kettle Moraine Scenic Railroad, Wisconsin. [7] 12: Morehead & North Fork 0-6-0 American Locomotive Company 1905 Operational Built as Southern Railway No. 1643. [7] 13 Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal: 0-6-0T H.K. Porter 1919 Display

  9. OO gauge - Wikipedia

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    Double-0 scale model railways were launched by Bing in 1921 as "The Table Railway", running on 16.5 mm (0.65 in) track and scaled at 4 mm-to-the-foot. In 1922, the first models of British prototypes appeared. Initially all locomotives were powered by clockwork, but the first electric power appeared in autumn 1923.

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