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  2. 7mm Narrow Gauge Association - Wikipedia

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    The association covers modelling British narrow-gauge railways in the following gauges: O16.5.O scale on 16.5mm track, representing 2 ft 4 1 ⁄ 4 in gauge. This scale is widely used to model railways of 2 ft (610 mm), 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauges. [1]

  3. List of model railways - Wikipedia

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    Considered to be the first 'scenic model railway', Madder Valley and John Ahern's series of books was a major influence on railway modelling through the 1950s. [15] As well as its scenic aspects, this also represented an influential shift from compressed representations of main line stations to a smaller branch line , where the model could more ...

  4. British narrow-gauge slate railways - Wikipedia

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    Quarry connected to the Nantlle Railway and the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways via separate inclines. Fron-heulog quarry tramway [3] 1854 1913 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Nantlle: Quarry connected to the Nantlle Railway. Gallt-y-Fedw quarry tramway [3] 1857 1901 2 ft (610 mm) and 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Fron: Quarry connected to the Nantlle Railway.

  5. Modelling British railway prototypes - Wikipedia

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    For historical reasons, British model scales have developed somewhat separately from those in other countries, and the commercial standards; 00 gauge and British N gauge are unique to British prototypes. The railways in Britain were for the most part standard gauge, and consequently most support focuses on these scales. Narrow gauge, and broad ...

  6. British narrow-gauge railways - Wikipedia

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    Converted to standard gauge in 1881, it exists in 2016 as a preserved railway. North Gloucestershire Railway: 1985–present 2 ft (610 mm) 0.2 miles (0.32 km) Toddington, England: A short railway laid beside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, replacing the Dowty Railway Society North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways [18] 1877–1916

  7. Rhyl Miniature Railway - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. British quarrying and mining narrow-gauge railways - Wikipedia

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    Many of the cement works and their associated chalk pits had narrow gauge railways, particularly those in the South East of England. The Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. (APCM, later Blue Circle Industries, and Lafarge) was the major producer of cement in the United Kingdom in the second half of the twentieth century and many of their plants used railways.

  9. North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways - Wikipedia

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    The North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR) was a railway company that planned to build a number of inter-connected 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge railways across North Wales. The first two of these lines – jointly known as the "Moel Tryfan Undertaking" – were authorised by act of Parliament, the North Wales Narrow Gauge ...

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