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7¼" gauge railways
These are generally private and not club tracks.
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Clubs & associations.
 Great Britain
Beer Heights Light Railway
RECOMMENDED
Comrie Railroad
Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway
Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway
Echills Wood Railway
Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway
Merstham Valley Railway
Moors Valley Railway
RECOMMENDED
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:
www.sharpos-world.co.uk/homewpr/index.html
www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/weston/index.htm
Wythall Miniature Steam Railway
 New Zealand
The Winter Creek Railway
 Switzerland
Swiss Vapeur Parc
United States of America
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
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)
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
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)
A rather anonymous website on building a Romulus and Hunslet (does anyone know
this guy's name?)
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
Keith Hartley Engineering
Knightley Light Railway
Maxitrak
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
SteaMECH
Switzerland
Balson AG
Garten-Parkbahnen
The workshop apprentices of the standard gauge
Südostbahn
(i.e. a "real" railway) manufacture 5" and 7¼" locomotives and
rollingstock
USA
Cannonball Ltd.
Lawntracks
MDM Locomotive Works
Mountain Car Company
The Passenger Car Co.
Rail Systems Company
Real Trains
Reedyville
Railroad Products
Rio Grande Associates
RMI Railworks
Clubs & associations
This list is by no means
comprehensive. A very thorough list can be found here:
International Riding Scale Railroads List
The 7¼" Gauge Society
RECOMMENDED
 Australia
Altona Miniature Railway
Box Hill Miniature Steam Railway Society
Bulla Hill Railway
Cobden Miniature Railway
Diamond Valley Railway
RECOMMENDED
Gippsland Model Engineering Society
Wandong Live Steamers
Great Britain
Bentley Miniature Railway
Dragon Miniature Railway
Malden and District Society of Model Engineers
Swanley
New Barn Railway
New Zealand
Auckland
Society of Model Engineers
Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
Christchurch Live Steamers
Hamilton
Model Engineers
Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society
Hutt Valley Model Engineering Society Inc.
Kapiti Miniature Railway
Keirunga Park Railway
(Havelock North)
Manukau Live Steamers Inc.
Nelson Society of Model Engineers
Palmerston North Model Engineering Club
Rotorua Model Engineers
Tauranga Model Marine & Engineering Club
Thames Small Gauge Railway Society Inc.
USA
Florida Live Steamers
Los Angeles Live Steamers
Other information on miniature
railways
10¼" gauge Miniature Railways
RECOMMENDED
7+ Railroader
Camden Miniature Steam Services
Discover Live Steam
RECOMMENDED
Driving Creek Railway (15" gauge)
The Heywood Scoiety
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
Peter Beevers' "Miniature
Railway stuff" website
The Railway Channel (produce some DVDs on miniature
railways)
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (15" gauge)
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (15" 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
Yahoo! discussion groups covering 7¼"
gauge and other miniature railways:
7-plus-NGM
(here
are the archives)
RECOMMENDED
mini-steam
passenger-carrying-garden-railways
UKminiaturerailways
Pages of links on other websites
Sharpo's Miniature World
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
Light Railway Research Society of Australia
Germany
500mm Feldbahnprojekt
Berliner Parkeisenbahn
Feldbahn 500
Feldbahn-Fan.de
Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum
Feldbahn-Museum Guldental
Die
Heeresfeldbahnseiten
Heeresfeldbahnwagen
Waldeisenbahn Muskau
Die Feldbanhseite
(a private 600mm gauge railway in Germany)
Feldbahnanlage Guben
(a private 600mm gauge railway in Germany)
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
Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V.
The Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum has 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)
Great Britain
Amberley
Working Museum
Information specifically on their rollingstock
BagOfBits
(a collection of narrow gauge railway photos)
Quarry Hunslet photos
The Beeches Light Railway
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
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
New Zealand
Driving Creek Railway
(15" gauge)
South Africa
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)
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
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
CAD sites
AutoCAD users (on Yahoo! groups)
CADTutor (discussion forum)
daily autocad
Engineering supplies
Eaton Hydraulics
(supplier of medium-duty hydrostatic transmissions, ideal for
miniature locomotive applications)
General engineering sites
Griffiths Engineering
(Huge amounts of information on lathes and other machine tools)
Engineering firms around Hamilton, New Zealand
This section is mainly a notepad for myself to
keep track of the firms I deal with. Some of them do not have
websites or email.
Farrell Bearings, 104 Vickery St., Hamilton, NZ. 07 850
4123, murray@farrell.co.nz
Herbert Machine Tools,
8 King St., Hamilton, NZ. 07 847 3559
Marshall Profiling Ltd,
26 Sheffield St., Te Rapa, Hamilton. 07 850 8336,
kerryl@marshallprofiling.co.nz
(gas cutting)
SEL Engineering, 11 Norman Hayward Place, Te Rapa, Hamilton. 07
849 6992 - brett@seleng.co.nz (steel supply)
Stainless Design,
toby@stainlessdesign.co.nz (laser cutting)
Steel & Tube Distribution, 5 Norris Avenue, Hamilton, NZ. 07 849
3879 (steel supply)
TubeTech Engineering, 19 Lincoln Street, Hamilton, NZ. 07 848 1202
- tubetech@ihug.co.nz
(general steel fabrication, but the owner John Bremner is a model
engineer and a good friend of mine)
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
And now for something completely
different
Corsinet - wasting time on the internet, for more than 16 years!
Intuitor - Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
engrish.com
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