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2. 7 1/4 in gauge railway - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Wythall miniature railway - Wikipedia

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   7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge "Nigel", a Hercules class locomotive [1] 7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge "Nefyn", a narrow gauge Reemus class locomotive [1] 7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge petrol hydraulic locomotive. [1] The track runs round the gardens of the transport museum and includes locomotive sheds, a station, a tunnel and a viaduct. The steepest climb on the ...

4. Minimum-gauge railway - Wikipedia

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   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).

5. Moors Valley Railway - Wikipedia

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   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

6. Fifteen-inch–gauge railway - Wikipedia

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   In 1874, he described the principle behind it as used for his Duffield Bank Railway, distinguishing it from a narrow-gauge railway. Having previously built a small railway of 9 in ( 229 mm ) gauge, he settled on 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge as the minimum that he felt was practical.

7. Category:7¼ in gauge railways in England - Wikipedia

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8. Ridable miniature railway - Wikipedia

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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 ...

9. Track gauge conversion - Wikipedia

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   Track gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. In general, requirements depend on whether the conversion is from a wider gauge to a narrower gauge or vice versa, on how the rail vehicles can be modified to accommodate a track gauge conversion, and on whether the gauge conversion is manual or automated.