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See 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 121 mm 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: See 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (121 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 127 mm 5 in: See 5 in (127 mm) gauge ridable miniature railways. 145 mm 5 + 7 ⁄ 10 in and 5 + 45 ⁄ 64 in Denmark: Brandhøjbanen dk, at Hedeland veteran railway dk, Hedeland, Hedehusene, Høje ...
Emerson Zooline Railroad's Chance Rides C.P. Huntington train in Saint Louis Zoo, one of hundreds of exact copies of this ride model in locations worldwide. A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or ...
He combined prototypes from smaller standard gauge locomotives with those of the 3 foot gauge Isle of Man Railway Beyer Peacocks. 'Most of my buildings are derived from something, but they are not exact copies.' [17] The model survives today at the Pendon Museum. [18] [19] Buckingham Branch: Rev. Peter Denny (1917–2009) EM: 1948–1970s
The facility, owners' residence and acreage was listed for sale in 2017, [7] together with the affiliated railroad catalog store. [18] [better source needed] The railroad was sold to Kings Lights of Texas [19] [20]
A backyard railroad is a privately owned, outdoor railroad, most often in miniature, but large enough for one or several persons to ride on. The rail gauge can be anything from 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (64 mm) to 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) or more. Smaller backyard or outdoor railroads that cannot be ridden are called garden railroads.
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 Portland Company was formed to build locomotives of this gauge for use on the local rail system. [3] The gauge was known as "Texas gauge" while required by Texas law until 1875, [4] and used by the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (NOO&GW) until 1872, and by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad until 1876. The New England ...
When the successors of the T&SL converted to standard gauge, the owners of the Cotton Plant, by then 56 miles long and known as the Batesville and Brinkley (and later as the White and Black River Valley Railway), converted to standard gauge as well. [12] The Arkansas Midland likewise converted to standard gauge a year after the T&SL did. [9]