7 1/4 in gauge railway

Steam locomotive running round its train on the Beer Heights Light Railway.

7 1/4 gauge railway is a miniature railway that uses the gauge of 7 ¹⁄₄ in (184 mm). It is mainly used in clubs and as a garden railway.

Locomotives

Locomotive power comes from all main types of rail power, steam, electric and diesel. Most of the locomotives are built to an individual design, but some are built as kits and some can even be bought ready to run from manufacturers such as Maxitrack.

Clubs

Most 7 ¹⁄₄ in (184 mm) gauge railways are owned by clubs. This is because of the relatively high price of all equipment required to run the railway. However, some aspects can be privately owned such as locomotives. All clubs are different some clubs have beautiful scenery others have a rack railway [bmeg] others run trains in parks, it varies.

List of railways

See Ridable miniature railways
Museum of Power , Langford, Essex
Mizens Railway, Woking
Coate Water Miniature Railway, Swindon
Amnerfield Miniature Railway
Pinewood Miniature Railway, Wokingham

Beamish Model Engineering Group made the first rack railway www.bmeg.co.uk

Millerbeck Light Railway, Cumbria www.millerbeck.org.uk

References

7 1/4 Gauge Society website

Millerbeck Light Railway

External links

Ridable miniature railways in England

Audley End Railway Barking Park Light Railway Bekonscot Railway Beer Heights Light Railway Blackpool Zoo Railway Blenheim Park Railway Bure Valley Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Coalyard Miniature Railway Conwy Valley Miniature Railway Dobwalls Adventure Park Downs Light Railway East Herts Miniature Railway Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway Echills Wood Railway Evesham Vale Light Railway Fairbourne Railway Fancott Miniature Railway Frimley Lodge Park Railway Great Cockcrow Railway Hastings Miniature Railway Hollycombe Garden Railway Lakeside Miniature Railway Markeaton Park Light Railway Moors Valley Railway Mizens Railway North Bay Railway Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Paradise Park Railway, Cornwall Pleasure Beach Express Plowman's Railroad Purbeck Miniature Railway Radwell Manor Railway Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Royal Victoria Railway Ruislip Lido Railway Saltburn Miniature Railway Sand Hutton Miniature Railway Sherwood Forest Railway Stansted Light Railway South Downs Light Railway Stapleford Miniature Railway Strawberry Line Swanley New Barn Railway Thorne Memorial Park Miniature Railway Wells and Walsingham Light Railway Wells Harbour Railway

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