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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 ...
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 ...
Other attractions include a 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge miniature steam railway which runs for 1-mile (1.6 km) on the site. The railway is a single track running around the perimeter of the site. It is curved round 180 degrees at the South of the site with a balloon loop at each end which are superimposed at the North of the site.
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
7 1/4 in gauge railway; A. Abbeydale miniature railway This page was last edited on 14 June 2016, at 08:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The railway was built and opened in 1925 under the guidance of Geoffrey Hoyland (Headmaster) as a 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge railway, for the principal purpose of education. The railway was regauged during the 1930s to the larger gauge of 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in, to allow for new locos to be used on the line. After Hoyland fell ill and retired from ...
This 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge railway originated in 1946 when John Samuel started construction in the garden of his house, 'Greywood', on the Burwood Park estate at Walton-on-Thames. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] With the help of a group of volunteers the Greywood Central Railway developed until 1962, when a run of 0.75 miles (1.21 km) was possible. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Miniature railways by size" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 7 1/4 in gauge railway; T. Ten and a quarter inch gauge