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7¼" gauge railways
These are generally private and not club tracks.
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Clubs & associations.
 Australia
Boulder
Creek Tramway
 Great Britain
Beer Heights Light Railway
RECOMMENDED
Cheshire Railways
Comrie Railroad
Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway
Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway
Echills
Wood Railway
Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway
Merstham Valley Railway
Moors Valley Railway
RECOMMENDED
Northern Steam
Pinewood Miniature Railway Society Ltd.
Swanley
New Barn Railway
The Bentley Miniature Railway
There is no official site for the Weston Park Railway,
however, there are several unofficial pages on the railway:
On
Sharpo's World:
Page 1,
Page 2,
Page 3,
Page 4
www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/weston/index.htm
Wythall Miniature Steam Railway
 New Zealand
The Winter Creek Railway
RECOMMENDED
United States of America
Big Creek & Southern Railroad
Bitter Creek Western Railroad
Joshua Tree & Southern Narrow Gauge Railroad
Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway
RECOMMENDED
Train Mountain
7¼"
gauge locomotives
These tend to be designs of locomotives that
appeal to me and will be mostly narrow gauge
Quarry Hunslets
I have a gallery of photos
on this site
A number of Hunslets have passed through
the hands of
Station Road Steam:
4" scale "Alice" class
3" scale "Alice" class
3" scale "Alice" class
3" scale "Alice" class
3" scale "Alice" class
The very first John Milner-built "Alice" class
Kit of parts for the John Milner design for an "Alice" class
Garratts
(prototype and model)
A Complete list of Garratt Locomotives
RECOMMENDED
Beyer-Garratt built in Australia
Beyer-Garratts (a page of prototype and model Garratts -
including some of the finest 7¼" gauge examples)
Michael's Locomotive Pages (construction of a ride-in
Garratt) RECOMMENDED
Miniature Garratt Locomotives
RECOMMENDED
Richard Stuart's Garratt
Rack (and pinion) locos
There are a number of videos on YouTube of the 7¼" gauge rack
railway at Beamish:
Video #1:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rSV6qhVoJlg
Video #2:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkqx8Rxgspo
Video #3:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hZCFzT9Fb2g
Video #4:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOCtV4PSBA
Video #5:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p7tJRiLPIms
Video #6:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BNgkE2XL6Lw
Manx Steam and Model Engineering Club have a photo of a
rack loco in use on their line
At least one Orenstein & Koppel rack loco has passed through
the hands of
Station Road Steam:
7¼" gauge Orenstein & Koppel rack & pinion locomotive
Swiss Vapeur Parc
have a rack section on their line but have very little
information on their site (which is only in French and German)
Romulus (and derivatives)
Colin McEke's website on building a Romulus and Hunslet
Shays
Plan - Ahead - Designs
The Shay Locomotive Project
Shay Locomotive Castings and Drawings
Tinkerbell (and derivatives)
Peter Beevers is building a couple of large locos, a
Tinkerbell and an Hunslet
A number of Tinkerbell's and derivatives have passed through
the hands of
Station Road Steam:
0-4-2T
0-4-2T
0-4-0 + 0-4-0 Garratt
0-4-4T
2-4-2T
The
Moors Valley Railway
has a number of Tinkerbell-based locos:
No. 3, "Talos"
(0-4-2T)
No. 4, the "original" Tinkerbell
(0-4-2T)
No. 9, "Jason"
(2-4-4T)
More photos of
"Jason"
(2-4-4T)
Many of the Moors Valley Railway locos are
similar to or share characteristics with Tinkerbells.
The
Dragon Miniature Railway has two Tinkerbells
The
Bentley Miniature Railway has two Tinkerbells
7¼" gauge manufacturers
& suppliers
 Germany
Baumann Feldbahn
Westerwälder Dampf-Eisenbahnfreunde
Great Britain
Bickton Narrow Gauge
Blackgates Engineering
Cromar White
The Engineers Emporium
Knightley Light Railway
Maxitrak
Miniature Pressure Gauge Ltd.
The Miniature Railway Supply Co Ltd.
Model Engineering Products Bexhill
Joe Nemeth Engineering Ltd.
PNP-Railways
A.J. Reeves
Roanoke
Scaleway Signals
Station Road Steam
New Zealand
IKON Engineering
M.B.M. Model Engineering
SteaMECH
 Switzerland
Balson AG
- have the standards for 7¼" rack rail
and pinions (in German)
Garten-Parkbahnen
The workshop apprentices of the standard gauge
Südostbahn
(i.e. a "real" railway) manufacture 5" and 7¼" locomotives and
rolling stock
USA
Cannonball Ltd.
Lawntracks
Live Steam Locomotives - offer drawings and castings for
Union Pacific Challengers and Big Boys
Live Steaming in the Pacific Northwest
MDM Locomotive Works
Mountain Car Company
The Passenger Car Co.
Rail Systems Company
Real Trains
Reedyville
Railroad Products
Rio Grande Associates
RMI Railworks / Roll Models Inc.
Clubs & associations
This list is by no means
comprehensive. A very thorough list can be found here:
International Riding Scale Railroads List
Australia
Australian
Association of Live Steamers (AALS)
Altona Miniature Railway (Melbourne)
Box Hill Miniature Steam Railway Society
(Melbourne)
Bulla Hill Railway (Tullamarine)
Castledare Miniature Railway (Perth)
RECOMMENDED
Cobden Miniature Railway (Cobden)
Diamond Valley Railway
(Melbourne)
RECOMMENDED
Gippsland Model Engineering Society
(Traralgon)
Wandong Live Steamers
(Wandong)
Canada
Vancouver Island Model Engineers
Some information on
their
track
extension is on
livesteaming.com
Great Britain
The 7¼" Gauge Society
RECOMMENDED
Bentley Miniature Railway
Dragon Miniature Railway
Malden and District Society of Model Engineers
Swanley
New Barn Railway
New Zealand
Model
Engineering Association of New Zealand (MEANZ)
Auckland
Society of Model Engineers
Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
Hamilton
Model Engineers
Havelock North Live Steamers (Keirunga Park Railway) RECOMMENDED
Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society
Hutt Valley Model Engineering Society Inc.
Kapiti Miniature Railway
Manukau Live Steamers Inc.
Nelson Society of Model Engineers
New Plymouth Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
Otago Model Engineering Society
Palmerston North Model Engineering Club
Rotorua Model Engineers
Southland Society of Model Engineers
Tauranga Model Marine & Engineering Club
Whangarei Model
Engineering Club
Notes:
- There are other clubs in New Zealand that
do not have websites.
CLICK HERE for an extensive list with contact
details
- There are some
photos on
livesteaming.com of a trip to some New Zealand clubs (inc.
Hamilton and Havelock North)
Switzerland
Swiss Vapeur Parc
USA
Florida Live Steamers
Los Angeles Live Steamers
(has a good list of links to other tracks)
Rocky Mountain Rails (Denver)
Other information on miniature
railways (including non-7¼" gauge lines)
10¼" gauge Miniature Railways
RECOMMENDED
7+ Railroader
Bear Creek Railroad a nice 5" gauge line in Germany
(website also in English)
Camden Miniature Steam Services
Discover Live Steam
RECOMMENDED
Driving Creek Railway (15" gauge)
The Heywood Society
Joe Nemeth Engineering a fascinating site with photos of
several locomotive restoration projects
RECOMMENDED
Live Steaming
RECOMMENDED
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE Running and Management
Miniature and Narrow Gauge Railway Photos
Mini Railways in New Zealand
Miniature Railway Magazine
Miniature Railway World
(The database for Public Miniature Railways in the UK)
Miniature Railway World discussion forum
On The
Rails - Steve James' personal miniature railway website
Peter Beevers' "Miniature
Railway stuff" website
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (15" gauge)
Simon Townsend's pages on the
Rhyl Miniature Railway
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (15" gauge)
Royal Victoria Railway (10¼" gauge)
Safe operation of miniature railways, traction engines and
road vehicles (on the UK Health & Safety Executive's
website)
Salfords Light Railway
(my old 5" gauge garden railway - now dismantled)
Sharpo's World
RECOMMENDED
Tri-ang
Minic Narrowgauge Railways
Yahoo! discussion groups covering 7¼"
gauge and other miniature railways:
7-plus-NGM
(here
are the archives)
RECOMMENDED
passenger-carrying-garden-railways
UKminiaturerailways
Pages of links on other websites
Simon Townsend's Miniature Railway Links Page
International Riding Scale Railroads List
There is reasonably comprehensive list of miniature railways on
Wikipedia
Prototype narrow gauge railways
Australia
Australian Sugar Cane Railway, Bundaberg
CaneSIG The Cane Railway (Tramline) Modelling Special Interest
Group
Canetrains.net
Lake Macquarie Light Railway
Light Railway Research Society of Australia
Germany
500mm Feldbahnprojekt
Berliner Parkeisenbahn
Feldbahn 500
Feldbahn-Fan.de
Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum
Feldbahn-Museum Guldental
Die
Heeresfeldbahnseiten
Heeresfeldbahnwagen
Koppel Locomotive Photos
Waldeisenbahn Muskau
Feldbahn
Woltersdorf
(a private 600mm gauge railway in Germany) RECOMMENDED
Feldbahnanlage Guben
(a private 600mm gauge railway in Germany) RECOMMENDED
Parkeisenbahn Berlin (*)
Parkeisenbahn Bernburg (*)
Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz (*)
Parkeisenbahn Cottbus (*)
Parkeisenbahn Dresden (* - 15" gauge)
Parkeisenbahn Gera (*)
Parkeisenbahn Görlitz (*)
Parkeisenbahn Halle (Saale) (*)
Parkeisenbahn Leipzig (* - 15" gauge)
Parkeisenbahn Magdeburg (*)
Parkeisenbahn Plauen (*)
Parkeisenbahn Vatterode (*)
(*) Parkeisenbahnen were an initiative by the former socialist governments in several Eastern European countries (notably East Germany) to build railways for children to learn how to operate real railways - a bit like an apprenticeship. Many of these are now operated as pleasure lines for everyone to enjoy.
Historische Feldbahn Dresden
The
Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V.
restored an Orenstein & Koppel Mallet repatriated from Java
Feldbahn-Museum 500 e.V.
Feld- und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna
Feldbahn-Museum Guldental
Museumsfeldbahn Leipzig-Lindenau e.V.
Feldbahn im Sächsischen Eisenbahnmuseum
Stumpfwaldbahn
Gruben- und Feldbahnmuseum Zeche Theresia
Feldbahn Neckarbischofsheim
Fränkisches Feldbahnmuseum e.V. Rügland
Gillbachbahn
Waldeisenbahn Muskau (WEM)
Werksbahnen in Deutschland (click on photos to
see a huge selection of industrial locos, steam, diesel,
narrow to standard gauges)
RECOMMENDED
Great Britain
Amberley
Working Museum
Information specifically on their rolling stock
BagOfBits
(a collection of narrow gauge railway photos)
Quarry Hunslet photos
The Beeches Light Railway
(a genuine Darjeeling and Himalaya loco in the UK)
The
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
RECOMMENDED
Industrial
Narrow Gauge Railways
Kerr Stuart "Wren" class locos
Leighton Buzzard Railway
Quarry Hunslet photos on John Rowland's website
Ruston & Hornsbry Locomotives
Simplex Narrow Gauge Locomotives
Statfold Barn Railway
An unofficial site on the
Statfold Barn Railway
Tin Turtles (armoured Simplex locos)
War
Department Light Railways
 Java
Railways of Indonesia (actually in German but with lots of pictures)
Sugar Railways on Java
 Macedonia
Narrow gauge in Macedonia
 Netherlands
Decauville
Spoorweg Museum
New Zealand
Driving Creek Railway
(15" gauge)
South Africa
2 Foot
Preservation Trust
2' gauge Garratt NGG16 #131
South African 2' gauge
South African 2' gauge railway photos index
Sandstone Steam Railway
SAR Steam
RECOMMENDED
Trains and Rail in South and Southern Africa
Sweden
Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
(The narrow gauge railway museum in Mariefred)
Switzerland
Schinznacher Baumschulbahn (SchBB)
United States of America
Bridgton & Saco River Railroad
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum
Maine Two Footers
Sandy
River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad
Wiscasset,
Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum
Yugoslavia
Narrow Gauge in the former Yugoslavia
General narrow gauge railway information
Narrow Gauge Heaven
Model engineering sites
Australian
Model Engineering magazine
Craigmill Engineering
Home Workshop
SAR Steam
RECOMMENDED
Special Interest Model Books
Using Automotive Alternators for Traction Power Source
CAD / CNC sites
CAD
AutoCAD users (on Yahoo! groups)
CADTutor (discussion forum)
daily autocad
CNC
Model Engineers
Digital Workshop
A very interesting site for a
home
made CNC milling machine
RECOMMENDED
Engineering supplies
Eaton Hydraulics
(supplier of medium-duty hydrostatic transmissions, ideal for
miniature locomotive applications)
Surplus Center (Burden Sales Co.)
General engineering sites
Griffiths Engineering
(Huge amounts of information on lathes and other machine tools)
Other railway websites that just
happen to interest me
Links to
Web sites about the Railways in New Zealand
Carl
Arendt's Micro / Small Layouts website (small-scale
modeling)
Mike's Railway History (all sorts of articles including
one on miniature railways)
Railway Herald Worldwide
An unbelievably small model railway
And now for something completely
different
AbeBooks
(superb website for locating out-of-print books)
Cavern of Crystal Giants (National Geographic)
Corsinet (wasting time on the internet, for more than 16 years!)
Intuitor (Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics)
engrish.com
Old
computers
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
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