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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 ...
Built to 10 1 ⁄ 4 inch dimensions. 18 Thor 4-6-2 Black 2005 Privately owned and built. One of the largest, most powerful 7 1 ⁄ 4 inch locomotives built. 19 Athelstan 2-8-0 E.A.R. Lined Red 2005 Privately owned. The design resembles an East African Railways class 24. 20 Emmet 0-4-0T, Lined Red 2005 The railway's 2 ft (610 mm) gauge engine
This is a category for all broad gauge railways built with a track gauge of 7 ft (2,134 mm) Brunel gauge, as used for Brunel's Great Western Railway. This gauge later was defined being 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm).
This rail gauge was soon changed to 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) [105] to ease running in curves. 2,140 mm 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in: South Africa East London and Table Bay harbour railways England Brunel's Great Western Railway until converted to standard gauge by May 1892, see Great Western Railway The "gauge war".
0-4-2 T: Exmoor Steam Railway: 1997 Formerly named Dennis, built for Brocklands Adventure Park: Arrived July 2015 4 Ellie: 15 in (381 mm) 0-4-2 T: Exmoor Steam Railway: 2006 Originally built for a private line, was regauged from 12 1/4 inch gauge Ellie seen during the winter of 2021 Arrived August 2017 50 City of Truro 15 in (381 mm) B-B DH ...
The Statfold Barn Railway is a narrow gauge railway based near Tamworth, Staffordshire and partially in Warwickshire, England. [1] Founded by engineering entrepreneur Graham Lee and his wife Carol at their farm-based home, they originally designed what is still termed the garden railway, in which Graham could run his trains and Carol could design an extensive English country garden around a lake.
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The first stage of the venture at Thorne was completed by late July 1998, with a 600-foot (180 m) loop of dual 5-and-7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge (130 and 180 mm) ground-level track with a 100-foot-long (30 m) branch line to the preparation area and locomotive shed. In 2000 the Doncaster Model Engineering Society became the Doncaster & District Model ...