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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.
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 ).
7½ in gauge railways in the United States (8 P) Pages in category "Miniature railroads in the United States" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
7 1/4 in gauge railway; A. Abbeydale miniature railway This page was last ... This page was last edited on 14 June 2016, ...
Saltwood Miniature Railway was a 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge miniature railway which first opened in Sheffield, but subsequently relocated to Saltwood in Kent, England. It closed in 1987. At one point, the Saltwood Miniature Railway was the oldest extant miniature railway in the world. [1]
The Fancott Miniature Railway (FMR) [1] is a 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge railway located in the gardens of the Fancott public house [2] in Fancott (near Toddington), Bedfordshire, England. The track is laid in an oval with a triangular junction giving access to the station and with a separate steaming bay inside the oval.
Pages in category "Miniature railways by size" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 7 1/4 in gauge railway; T. ... This page was last edited on 20 ...