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  2. Live steam - Wikipedia

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    Live steam. A hand-crafted, coal-fired, 1:8 scale 2-10-0 'live steam' locomotive in 71⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge. A "high line" representation of a Whitelegg-designed Baltic Tank in LT&S Livery. This engine runs on a track gauge of 3.5 inches and is powerful enough to pull several people. High lines are a configuration of a continuously elevated ...

  3. Rail transport modelling scales - Wikipedia

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    Live steam: 1:16: 89 mm Ridable, outdoor gauge. The gauge is 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) the world over. Originally defined to be 89 mm 3 gauge in Europe. Gauge 3: 1:22.6: 63.5 mm One of the original model railroad scales standardized in 1909, a minority interest, which is undergoing a revival in the UK and in Germany (where it is known as Spur II).

  4. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    1:22.6. 2 + 1⁄2 in (64 mm) The smallest scale able to pull real passengers. Was one of the first popular live steam gauges, developed in England in the early 1900s. In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot.

  5. Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALSRM) is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in 1956 by live steam enthusiasts for the purpose of educating the public about railroad history and lore, and to promote live steam and scale model railroad technology. The museum is located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California and ...

  6. Hornby Railways - Wikipedia

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    As part of the 1980 Rocket 150 celebrations, Hornby released a live steam-powered 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) gauge locomotive, a model of Stephenson's Rocket [10] [11] A major goal was to make real live steam accessible to an indoor domestic environment. The boiler was considerably smaller than the external diameter, surrounded by a thick ...

  7. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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    Vactrain. Transport portal. v. t. e. A Japanese H0e scale model railroad. One of the smallest (Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the larger (live steam, 1:8) model locomotives. HO scale (1:87) model of a North American center cab switcher shown with a pencil for size. Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned.

  8. Stephenson's Rocket - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, as part of the Rocket 150 anniversary, Hornby launched a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) gauge live steam Rocket locomotive, with additional track and coaches available separately. In 2020, Hornby announced a newly tooled 00 Gauge model of Stephenson's Rocket with three coaches and crew members as part of their Centenary range. It was available ...

  9. G scale - Wikipedia

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    Accucraft has five scales: Fn3 at 1:20.3, gauge 1 at 1:32, 1 ⁄ 2-inch scale at 1:24. They also build 1:29-scale North American models in live steam and electric under the AML brand, as well as British live steam and electric models in 1:19 scale (also called 16 mm) and Isle of Man live steam and electric models in 1:20.3 scale.