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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 ...
In the 2004 Guinness World Records, Train Mountain is recognized as the “Longest Miniature Hobby Railroad”. [4] At the time Train Mountain was recognized by Guinness, it was reported to have 69,900 feet (13.24 mi; 21.3 km) of 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge mainline track and 133,250 feet (25.237 mi; 40.61 km) of total track including yards, sidings, spurs, and connector tracks.
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 ...
[5] [1] [14] This included Andy, a professional train driver, model rail hobbyist and volunteer driver on the Severn Valley Railway, [16] [1] and Cameron, engineering ambassador alumnus of St Helens College, miniature steam train driver, and founder of his own heritage engineering restoration business at age 17. [17] [18]
The museum also hosts exhibits related to Walt Disney and his passion for trains, including a full-size barn once located on the miniature Carolwood Pacific Railroad in his backyard. The Carolwood Foundation, a separate non-profit entity from the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum, runs the Disney exhibit space provides volunteers to act ...
Bassett-Lowke produced trains from 15-inch (381 mm) gauge live steam models to Gauge 2, Gauge 1 and 0 gauge trains. The first 15-inch steam locomotive, test run on the Eaton Hall Railway in 1905, was Little Giant. Unlike other engines on the line, it was a replica of main-line locos, built for a public miniature railway at Blackpool.
The Rhyl Miniature Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Fach y Rhyl) is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge miniature railway line located in Rhyl on the North Wales Coast. The line runs in a circle around a boating lake near the promenade, to the west of the town centre. The railway is operated by Rhyl Steam Preservation Trust, a Registered charity. [1]
A junction on the underground freight railway network built by the defunct Chicago Tunnel Company. A steam train on a revived segment of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad in Maine. A Crown Metal Products-built train on Hersheypark's Dry Gulch Railroad in Pennsylvania in 1966. A list of 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United ...