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  2. Minories (model railway) - Wikipedia

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    Minories (model railway) Minories is a 'deceptively simple' [1] design for a model railway layout, designed by C. J. Freezer. The design was first published in Railway Modeller in 1957 and it became a regular of Peco 's many collected plans books afterwards. [2] It is notable as an influential design, more than as a single instance of the model.

  3. Frank Roberts (model maker) - Wikipedia

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    Steam in Miniature - Frank Roberts and his garden railway. A H Reed. ISBN 0589009486. Vintage Steam - Stories by Frank Roberts, Edited by Frank Roberts and Gordon Troup, 1967; Film Letting off Steam Working models of railway locomotives at a model engineering society's field-day and children at an exhibition of N.Z.R. models. Held by Archives ...

  4. Virginian and Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The Virginian and Ohio is both the name of a fictional railroad company created by W. Allen McClelland (1934-2022) and the HO scale model railroad he built near Dayton, Ohio featuring this railroad. [1] The V&O is famous in the model railroading world for setting a new standard for freelanced (fictional) model railroads designed to operate in a ...

  5. John Armstrong (model railroader) - Wikipedia

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    Alma mater. Purdue University. Occupation. Mechanical engineer. Known for. Model railroad layout design and operations. John H. Armstrong (November 18, 1920 – July 28, 2004) was a mechanical engineer, inventor, editor, prolific author, and model railroader best known for layout design and operations. He was married for 44 years to Ellen Palmer.

  6. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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    Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned. A scratch-built Russell snow plow is parked on a stub (Val Ease Central Railroad). Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.

  7. C. J. Freezer - Wikipedia

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    Cyril John Freezer (27 June 1924 – 19 May 2009) was an English railway modeller, writer, and magazine editor. He edited Railway Modeller from 1950 to 1978, and Model Railways from 1978 until 1983. He also wrote many articles for Model Railroader. Freezer popularised the 'terminus to fiddle yard layout ', is credited with inventing the "rabbit ...

  8. Model railroad layout - Wikipedia

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    Model railroad layout. Part of an HO scale model railroad layout. In model railroading, a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains. The size of a layout varies, from small shelf-top designs to ones that fill entire rooms, basements, or whole buildings. Attention to modeling details such as structures and scenery is common.

  9. Birmingham Dribbler - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham Dribbler or carpet railway describes a type of very early model railway. It is a bit of a misnomer, as the railway featured a model live steam railway locomotive, but no track – the locomotive was simply run across the floor. In some cases, the front wheels were even made steerable so that they could be run in a circle without track.

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