A ridable miniature railway (USA: 'riding railroad' or 'grand scale railroad') is a ground-level, large scale model railway

Rail transport modelling

Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale...

 that hauls passengers using locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

s that are models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

 or petrol engines, live steam

Live steam

Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. The steam is used to operate stationary or moving equipment.A live steam machine or device is one powered by steam, but the term is usually reserved for those that are replicas, scale models, toys, or otherwise used for...

 engines or electric motor

Electric motor

An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force...

s).

Overview

Typically they have a rail track gauge between and , though both larger and smaller gauges are used.

These large model railroads are most often seen in urban park

Urban park

An urban park, is also known as a municipal park or a public park, public open space or municipal gardens , is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality...

s or in commercial settings, such as amusement park

Amusement park

thumb|Cinderella Castle in [[Magic Kingdom]], [[Disney World]]Amusement and theme parks are terms for a group of entertainment attractions and rides and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people...

 rides.

The major distinction between a miniature railway and a narrow gauge railway is that miniature lines use models of full-sized prototypes. There are miniature railways that run on gauges as wide as , for example the Wicksteed Park Railway. There are also narrow gauge railways running on extremely narrow track as small as gauge or less, for example the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a minimum gauge railway and the third railway of any gauge to run along the side of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. The railway runs for on the track bed of an old standard gauge North Staffordshire Railway line. After the NSR line closed down, a small narrow gauge...

, Perrygrove Railway

Perrygrove Railway

The Perrygrove Railway is a minimum gauge railway of gauge. It is a private heritage railway at Perrygrove Farm in the Royal Forest of Dean near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England...

 and the Eaton Hall Railway

Eaton Hall Railway

The Eaton Hall Railway was an early gauge narrow gauge estate railway built in 1896 at Eaton Hall in Cheshire.It was built for the Duke of Westminster by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood, who had pioneered the fifteen inch gauge with his Duffield Bank Railway, and connected the hall to the GWR...

: these are known as minimum gauge railway

Minimum gauge railway

Minimum gauge railways have a gauge of less than or , most commonly , , or . The notion of minimum gauge railways was originally developed by estate railways and by the French company of Decauville for industrial railways....

s.

Typically in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 miniature lines are operated as public heritage railways, though many private lines also exist, especially in the USA.

At gauges of and less, the track is commonly raised above ground level. Flat cars are arranged with foot boards so that driver and passengers sit astride the track. The track is often multi-gauged, to accommodate , , and sometimes gauge locomotives.

In Australia, most 5 inch gauge tracks are at ground level.

Australian societies are generally members of the Australian Association of Live Steamers, Ltd, which arranges Codes of Practice for Operations, Standards and Training, for the operation of miniature railways below 8 inch gauge through their subcommittee the Australian Live Steamers Safety Committee (ALSSC), and Boiler codes for the operation of miniature steam boilers through the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee (AMBSC).

gauge

• North Bay Railway, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

gauge

• Heath Park Tramway, Cardiff
• Sundown Adventure Land, Retford, Nottinghamshire

gauge

• Bellevue Park Railway
  Bellevue Park Railway
  -History:Bellevue Park was a popular recreational facility between the two world wars, providing gardens, ponds, amusements, refreshments, a zoo, and a gauge miniature railway for the entertainment of visitors. The Bellevue Park Railway, which received a new locomotive and carriages in 1933 from...
  
  , Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Blackpool Zoo Railway, Lancashire
• Blenheim Park Railway
  Blenheim Park Railway
  Blenheim Park Railway is a gauge miniature railway operating in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England.-History:The railway opened in 1975 as a tourist attraction within 'The Pleasure Gardens', an area of visitor facilities inside the grounds of the Palace, but some distance from...
  
  , Oxfordshire
• Bure Valley Railway
  Bure Valley Railway
  The Bure Valley Railway is a minimum gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park.The railway runs from Wroxham to Aylsham and is Norfolk's longest railway of less than standard gauge. It uses both steam and diesel locomotives. There are intermediate halts at Brampton,...
  
  , Aylsham, England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
  
• Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
  Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
  Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a railway built in 1948 in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire operating between Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and behind Pleasure Island/buck beck. It was originally built to a slightly smaller gauge.-History:...
  
  , Lincolnshire
• Conwy Valley Railway Museum
  Conwy Valley Railway Museum
  The Conwy Valley Railway Museum is located at Betws-y-Coed railway station, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, on the site of the old railway goods yard.-Museum:...
  
  , Betws-y-Coed, North Wales
• Combe Martin Wildlife Park, Devon
• Craigtoun Miniature Railway
  Craigtoun Miniature Railway
  The Craigtoun Park Railway is a gauge railway operating on a circular track around part of the Craigtoun Country Park in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland....
  
  , Craigtoun Park, St. Andrews
• Duffield Bank Railway
  Duffield Bank Railway
  The Duffield Bank Railway was built by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood in the grounds of his house on the hillside overlooking Duffield, Derbyshire in 1874. Although the Ordnance Survey map circa 1880 does not show the railway itself, it does show two tunnels and two signal posts.-Overview:It was more...
  
  , Derbyshire (closed)
• Eaton Hall Railway
  Eaton Hall Railway
  The Eaton Hall Railway was an early gauge narrow gauge estate railway built in 1896 at Eaton Hall in Cheshire.It was built for the Duke of Westminster by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood, who had pioneered the fifteen inch gauge with his Duffield Bank Railway, and connected the hall to the GWR...
  
  , Cheshire (closed)
• Evesham Vale Light Railway
  Evesham Vale Light Railway
  The Evesham Vale Light Railway operates in Evesham Country Park in Worcestershire, England, where it opened in August 2002.Constructed at gauge, the line runs for over a mile through the park, including a lengthy section through the fruit orchards...
  
  , Evesham Country Park, Twyford, Evesham, Worcestershire
• Fairbourne Railway
  Fairbourne Railway
  The Fairbourne Railway is a gauge miniature railway running for from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry, where there is a connection with a pedestrian ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of...
  
  , Wales (re-gauged
  Gauge conversion
  In rail transport, gauge conversion is the process of converting a railway from one rail gauge to another, through the alteration of the railway tracks...
  
  )
• Gulliver's Land
  Gulliver's Land
  Gulliver's Land is a children's theme park just inside Milton Keynes, England. It opened in 1999 and is the third park to be opened by Gulliver's. The other two parks are Gulliver's World and Gulliver's Kingdom. The park is pretty small and is centred around the Lilliput Land Castle...
  
  , Milton Keynes
• Gulliver's World, Warrington, Cheshire
• Haigh Country Park Railway, Greater Manchester
• Heatherslaw Light Railway
  Heatherslaw Light Railway
  The Heatherslaw Light Railway is a gauge passenger carrying railway in Northumberland, England, near the border with Scotland.Founded by Neville Smith, the railway opened in 1989 on the Ford and Etal estate. It operates over a route from Heatherslaw to Etal Village, a little more than 3 kilometres...
  
  , Northumberland
• Kirklees Light Railway
  Kirklees Light Railway
  The Kirklees Light Railway is a long gauge minimum gauge railway in Kirklees metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire first opened in October 1991...
  
  , Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
• Knowsley Safari Park
  Knowsley Safari Park
  -External links:**...
  
   (The Lakeside Railway), Prescot, Merseyside
• Lakeside Miniature Railway
  Lakeside Miniature Railway
  The Lakeside Miniature Railway, runs alongside the Marine Lake on the sea front at Southport England, it is of gauge and is representative of many miniature pleasure railways which sprung up in the early 1900s.- Route :...
  
  , Southport, Merseyside
• Lappa Valley Steam Railway
  Lappa Valley Steam Railway
  The Lappa Valley Steam Railway is a minimum gauge railway located near Newquay in Cornwall. The railway functions as a tourist attraction, running from Benny Halt to East Wheal Rose , where there is a leisure area.-Treffry's Tramway:...
  
  , Cornwall
• Lightwater Valley Themepark, Ripon, North Yorkshire
• Longleat House Railway
• Markeaton Park Light Railway
  Markeaton Park Light Railway
  The Markeaton Park Light Railway operates within Markeaton Park adjacent to what remains of Markeaton Village, in Derby in the East Midlands of England....
  
  , Derby
• Marwell Zoo, Colden Common, Hampshire
• Oakwood Adventure Park, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
• Paradise Park
  Paradise Park, Cornwall
  Paradise Park is a zoo situated in Hayle, Cornwall, England. It has over 650 birds and animals. It is currently the home of the World Parrot Trust. The site includes a gauge railway which encircles the house at the centre of the park...
  
  , Hayle, Cornwall
• Paultons Park, Ower, Romsey, Hampshire
• Perrygrove Railway
  Perrygrove Railway
  The Perrygrove Railway is a minimum gauge railway of gauge. It is a private heritage railway at Perrygrove Farm in the Royal Forest of Dean near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England...
  
  , Gloucestershire
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Cumbria
• Rhiw Valley Light Railway
  Rhiw Valley Light Railway
  The Rhiw Valley Light Railway is located near to the village of Berriew in Powys, Wales.The railway is constructed to gauge, in an 'out and back' return loop . As an 'out and back' loop, trains return to the central station facing in the opposite direction from that in which they departed. The...
  
  , Manafon, Powys
• Rhyl Miniature Railway
  Rhyl Miniature Railway
  The Rhyl Miniature Railway is a 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...
  
  , Clwyd
• Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
  Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
  The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a gauge light railway in Kent, England. The line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St...
  
  , Kent
• Saltburn Miniature Railway
  Saltburn Miniature Railway
  The Saltburn Miniature Railway is a gauge railway at Saltburn, in Redcar and Cleveland, England.-History:The railway opened in 1947 as a tourist attraction. It was originally a simple out-and-back line with a station at each end. During 1953 the line was adapted to allow the simultaneous operation...
  
  , Cat Nab, Cleveland
• Sand Hutton Miniature Railway, Yorkshire (closed)
• Sherwood Forest Railway
  Sherwood Forest Railway
  The Sherwood Forest Railway , sometimes known in advertising as the Sherwood Forest Steam Railway, is a gauge light railway running alone after the Sherwood Forest Farm Park in Nottinghamshire, England, closed it's doors to the public....
  
  , Nottinghamshire
• Waveney Valley Railway, Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk
• West Midlands Safari Park, Worcestershire
• Windmill Farm Railway, Burscough, Lancashire
• Wildlife Park, Chard Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset

gauge

• Exbury Gardens Steam Railway, Beaulieu, Hampshire
• Fairbourne Railway
  Fairbourne Railway
  The Fairbourne Railway is a gauge miniature railway running for from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry, where there is a connection with a pedestrian ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of...
  
  , Gwynedd
• Hotham Park Railway, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
• Littlehampton Miniature Railway, Littlehampton, West Sussex
• Newchapel Railway, Horne, Horley, Surrey

gauge

• Anglesey Model Village, Newborough
• Ruislip Lido Railway
  Ruislip Lido Railway
  The Ruislip Lido Railway is a gauge miniature railway around Ruislip Lido in Ruislip, west of central London. Running from the main station at Woody Bay by the lido's beach, on a track around the reservoir, the railway passes through Ruislip Woods to Ruislip Lido station near the Water's Edge...
  
  , Greater London

gauge

• Audley End Railway
  Audley End Railway
  The Audley End Railway is a miniature railway in Essex, England.-Overview:The -gauge circuit was built by Lord Braybrooke and was opened on the 16th May 1964 by famous racing driver Sir Stirling Moss...
  
  , Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex
• Berkeley Light Railway, Gloucestershire
• Bickington Steam Railway
  Bickington Steam Railway
  Located at Trago Mills Regional Shopping Center, Newton Abbot, the Minimum gauge Bickington Steam Railway was opened in 1988, using equipment recovered from the Suffolk Wildlife Park, which itself was taken from Rudyard Lake. It was built by Brian Nicholson, the headmaster of Waterhouses School in...
  
  , Trago Mills, Liverton, Newton Abbot, Devon
• Birchley Miniature Railway
• Brechin Castle Centre Railway, Haughmuir, Brechin
• Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk
  Norfolk
  Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
  
  
• Brooklands Pleasure Park, Worthing, Sussex
• Chichester & District Society of Model Engineers, Chichester, Sussex
• Drayton Manor Park and Zoo, Staffordshire
• Eastleigh Lakeside Railway, Hampshire
• Egerton Park Sportsground, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• Exmouth Express, Exmouth, Devon
• Ferry Meadows Miniature Railway, Nene Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Happy Mount Park, Bare, Morecombe, Lancashire
• Hastings Miniature Railway
  Hastings Miniature Railway
  The Hastings Miniature Railway is a gauge miniature railway located on the seafront at Hastings, a seaside resort, town, and ancient cinque port, in East Sussex, England. Opened in 1948, it remains a popular tourist attraction to the present day...
  
  , Hastings, Sussex
• Isle of Mull Railway
  Isle of Mull Railway
  The Isle of Mull Railway is a gauge line, long, which ran from the ferry terminal at Craignure to Torosay Castle, on the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. Originally it was known as the Mull and West Highland Railway. The line opened in 1983 and closed in October 2010. A limited...
  
  , Mull, Scotland
• Kerr's Miniature Railway
  Kerr's Miniature Railway
  thumb|alt=Station|StationKerr's Miniature Railway is a gauge railway situated adjacent to the east coast mainline railway to Aberdeen, in West Links Park Arbroath. It is the oldest miniature railway in Scotland, having first opened for business in 1935...
  
  , West Links Park, Arbroath
• Kirkby Green Light Railway, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (private with open days)
• Knebworth Park Miniature Railway, Hertfordshire
• The Rio Grande Miniature Railway  Selby Road, Garforth, Leeds
• Manor Railway, Ingfield Manor, Billingshurst, Sussex
• Mortocombe Railway, Chilton, Oxfordshire
• Newby Hall Miniature Railway North Yorkshire
  North Yorkshire
  North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
  
  
• Paignton Environmental Park, Paignton, Devon
• Paradise Wildlife Park
  Paradise Wildlife Park
  Paradise Wildlife Park is a family-run animal park located in Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, England. It was previously known as Broxbourne Zoo, but became Paradise Wildlife Park under the new management of the Sampson Family in 1986.- History :...
  
  , Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
• Pettit's Animal Adventure Park, Reedham, Norfolk
• Poole Park Miniature Railway, Poole, Dorset
• Queens Park
  Queen's Park, Chesterfield
  Queen's Park is a county cricket ground located in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England and lies within a park in the centre of the town established for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897...
  
  , Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• Radwell Manor Railway
  Radwell Manor Railway
  The Radwell Manor Railway was a gauge miniature railway situated in the village of Radwell, near Felmersham, in North Bedfordshire, England. It was built by Mr. H. W. Franklin, who was closely associated with the Bassett-Lowke company of Northampton, and whose products were often tested on its of...
  
  , Radwell, Bedfordshire (closed)
• Royal Victoria Railway
  Royal Victoria Railway
  The Royal Victoria Railway runs for around through Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley, Hampshire, England, with views of Southampton Water...
  
  , Royal Victoria Country Park
  Royal Victoria Country Park
  The Royal Victoria Country Park is a country park in Netley, Hampshire, England, by the shores of Southampton Water. It comprises of mature woodland and grassy parkland, as well as a small shingle beach....
  
  , Netley, Southampton, Hampshire
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
  Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
  The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a minimum gauge railway and the third railway of any gauge to run along the side of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. The railway runs for on the track bed of an old standard gauge North Staffordshire Railway line. After the NSR line closed down, a small narrow gauge...
  
  , Rudyard, near Leek, Staffordshire
• Smokey Oak Railway, Woodland Park, Brokerswood, Westbury, Wiltshire

• Stapleford Miniature Railway
  Stapleford Miniature Railway
  Stapleford Miniature Railway is a historic steam locomotive-hauled gauge railway at Stapleford Park, Stapleford near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England....
  
  , Stapleford Park, Leicestershire Private but opens mid June and Aug BH each year see
• South Downs Light Railway
  South Downs Light Railway
  The South Downs Light Railway is a gauge railway at Pulborough in West Sussex, England. The line operates around the grounds of a garden centre....
  
  , Pulborough, Sussex
• St. Anne's Miniature Railway, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire
• Sutton Hall Railway, Rochford, Essex
• Vanstone Woodland Railway, Vanstone Park Garden Centre, Codicote, Hertfordshire.
• Watford Miniature Railway, Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire
• Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
  Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
  The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells and Walsingham which is further inland...
  
  , Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
• Wells Harbour Railway
  Wells Harbour Railway
  The Wells Harbour Railway is a gauge railway at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It is long, running between Wells Harbour and Pinewoods. Both steam and diesel locomotives are used.-History:...
  
  , Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
• Weymouth Bay Miniature Railway, Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset

gauge

• Downs Light Railway
  Downs Light Railway
  The Downs Light Railway is the world's oldest private miniature railway, with a track gauge of 9½ inches. The Railway is located within the private grounds of the The Downs School . The railway was built and opened in 1925 by Geoffrey Hoyland as a 7¼ inch gauge railway, for the...
  
  , Colwall
  Colwall
  Colwall is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England on the border with Worcestershire, nestling into the side of the Malvern Hills. Areas of the village are known as Colwall Stone, Upper Colwall and Colwall Green along over a mile of the B4218 road...
  
  , Near Malvern, Worcestershire
  Malvern, Worcestershire
  Malvern is a town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, governed by Malvern Town Council. As of the 2001 census it has a population of 28,749, and includes the historical settlement and commercial centre of Great Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, and the former...
  
  
• Clevedon Fields Miniature Railway, Salthouse Fields, Somerset
• Hall Leys Park
  Hall Leys Park
  Hall Leys Park is a Victorian public park in the centre of Matlock, Derbyshire which opened in 1898. It lies between the River Derwent to the south and Causeway Lane to the north....
  
  , Matlock, Derbyshire
• Lakeshore Railroad, South Marine Park, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
• Barking Park Miniature Railway, Barking, Essex (Now Closed).
  Being relaid in gauge, re-opening Easter 2009.
• Danson Park
  Danson Park
  Danson Park is the name of a park located between Welling and Bexleyheath in the London Borough of Bexley, and the name of the electoral ward that covers the park and the surrounding area....
  
  , Bexleyheath, Kent 1942 (Temporary line for Holidays at Home Exhibition)
• Danson Park
  Danson Park
  Danson Park is the name of a park located between Welling and Bexleyheath in the London Borough of Bexley, and the name of the electoral ward that covers the park and the surrounding area....
  
  , Bexleyheath, Kent 1949 to 1962
• Sidcup Miniature Railway, Sidcup, Kent, 1945 to 1951
• East Ham Miniature Railway, East Ham, London, 1945 to 1949

gauge

• Faversham Miniature Railway
  Faversham miniature railway
  Faversham Miniature Railway is a miniature railway built to the unique gauge of 9 inches. It can be found at Brogdale Farm near Faversham, Kent. The railway is maintained and operated by a team of volunteers and opens to the public every Sunday....
  
   at Brogdale Farm, Near Faversham
  Faversham
  Faversham is a market town and civil parish in the Swale borough of Kent, England. The parish of Faversham grew up around an ancient sea port on Faversham Creek and was the birthplace of the explosives industry in England.-History:...
  
  , Kent
  Kent
  Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
  
  
• Torry Hill Park (private miniature railway), Near Frinsted
  Frinsted
  Frinsted or Frinstead is a small village in the parish of Wormshill and in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. and has been a recorded settlement as far back as the Domesday Book and indeed was the only settlement in the surrounding area to be described at the time to have a church...
  
  , Kent
  Kent
  Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
  
  

• Barking Park Light Railway
  Barking Park
  Barking Park, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in east London, is a park covering just under 30 hectares to the east of Barking town centre. It lies north of Longbridge Road, and is near the boundary with Loxford. The park was the first council controlled park in the Borough, and was...
  
  : Re-opened Easter 2009
• Beer Heights Light Railway
  Beer Heights Light Railway
  The Beer Heights Light Railway operates of minimum gauge track at Beer, Devon, England. It is part of Pecorama, an exhibition owned by Peco....
  
  , Devon
• Bekonscot Light Railway
• Bentley Miniature Railway
• Bents Miniature Railway, Warrington
  Warrington
  Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...
  
   (1982–88)
• Bolebroke Castle
  Bolebroke Castle
  Bolebroke Castle is a 15th century hunting lodge. Built around 1480, it is said to be the earliest brick-built building in Sussex. It is located north of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex. Henry VIII is said to have stayed at Bolebroke when he went hunting for wild boar and deer in nearby...
  
   Miniature Railway
• Brookside Miniature Railway, Poynton
  Poynton
  Poynton is a town within the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, and the unitary authority area of Cheshire East, England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of the county of Cheshire. Poynton is located at the eastern most fringe of the Cheshire Plain, north of Macclesfield, south of Stockport...
  
   (1988–99)
• Conwy Valley Railway Museum
  Conwy Valley Railway Museum
  The Conwy Valley Railway Museum is located at Betws-y-Coed railway station, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, on the site of the old railway goods yard.-Museum:...
  
  , Wales
• Coate Water Miniature Railway, Swindon
  (Combined and )
• Cutteslowe Park
  Cutteslowe Park, Oxford
  Cutteslowe Park is a public park in Cutteslowe in North Oxford, England. It wasestablished in 1935 when Oxford City Council acquired land of the former Cutteslowe Manor farm, whose house still stands at its centre. More land was acquired in 1937...
  
   Miniature Railway, Oxfordshire, Oxford
• Danson Park
  Danson Park
  Danson Park is the name of a park located between Welling and Bexleyheath in the London Borough of Bexley, and the name of the electoral ward that covers the park and the surrounding area....
  
  , Bexleyheath, 1946 to 1948
• Dobwalls Forest Railroad, Cornwall (closed)
• Dragon Miniature Railway, Marple
  Marple, Greater Manchester
  Marple is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Goyt southeast of Stockport.Historically part of Cheshire, Marple has a population of 23,480 .-Toponymy:...
  
  , Greater Manchester
• Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway
• East Herts Miniature Railway
  East Herts Miniature Railway
  The East Herts Miniature Railway is situated behind Van Hages Garden Centre in Great Amwell near Ware, Hertfordshire.It opened in 1978 and by 2006 it had carried 1 million passengers. It is open Saturdays 11:00-17:00 and Sundays & Public Holidays 11:00-16:30. Its primary purpose is to give mainly...
  
  , Great Amwell near Ware
  Ware
  Ware is a town of around 18,000 people in Hertfordshire, England close to the county town of Hertford. It is also a civil parish in East Hertfordshire district. The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Ware.-Location:...
  
  , Hertfordshire.
• Echills Wood Railway
  Echills Wood Railway
  The Echills Wood Railway is a gauge railway located in Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire.The railway was founded in 1972, based in the Royal Agricultural Showground in Stoneleigh, Warkickshire, where it operated until 2005....
  
  , Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire
• Fancott Miniature Railway
  Fancott Miniature Railway
  -About:The Fancott Miniature Railway is a 7¼ inch railway located in the gardens of The Fancott Pub in Fancott , Bedfordshire, England. The track is laid in an oval with a triangular junction giving access to the station and with a separate steaming bay inside the oval. The FMR is part of...
  
  , Bedfordshire
• Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway
• Great Cockcrow Railway
  Great Cockcrow Railway
  The Great Cockcrow Railway is a gauge miniature railway located at Lyne, near Chertsey, Surrey, UK.It is open on Sunday afternoons from May to October inclusive, plus Wednesday afternoons during August.-History:...
  
  
• Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, Chester
• Guildford Model Engineering Society
• Halton Miniature Railway Society, Runcorn, Cheshire
• Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire
• Little Orchard Railway, Suffolk
• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd
• Mizens Railway, Woking, Surrey
• Mortocombe Railway, Chilton, Oxfordshire
• Moors Valley Railway
  Moors valley railway
  The Moors Valley Railway is a 7 1/4 inch narrow gauge passenger railway, in the Moors Valley Country Park at Ashley Heath, Dorset, England near Ringwood in Hampshire. There are 17 steam engines and 2 diesel engines. The railway is fully signalled, with two signal boxes, one in a Great Western...
  
  , Dorset
• National Railway Museum
  National Railway Museum
  The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001...
  
  , York
• Ness Islands Railway
  Ness Islands Railway
  The Ness Islands Railway is a gauge miniature railway in Inverness, Scotland, opened in 1983.Operating around a site in Whin Park, near the Ness Islands, an area popular for recreation amongst tourists and the local population, the Ness Islands Railway markets itself as the most northerly public...
  
  , Inverness
• North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME)
• Pinewood Miniature Railway, Wokingham, Berkshire
  (Combined and )
• Plowman's Railroad
  Plowman's Railroad
  Plowman's Railroad operates the collection of gauge American outline steam and diesel locomotives from the former Dobwalls Adventure Park and is located at Plowmans Garden Nursery & Plant Centre Ltd, 392 Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8SW...
  
  , Dorset
• Pugneys Light Railway, Wakefield
• Saltwood Miniature Railway
  Saltwood Miniature Railway
  Saltwood Miniature Railway was a gauge miniature railway which first opened in Sheffield, but subsequently relocated to Saltwood in Kent, England....
  
  
• Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire
• Stainer Liliputbahn AG, Stein am Rhein
  Stein am Rhein
  Stein am Rhein is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.The town has a well-preserved medieval centre, retaining the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserved, though the former city wall now consists of houses...
  
  , Switzerland -
• Strand Miniature Railway, Gillingham, Kent
• Swanley New Barn Railway
  Swanley New Barn Railway
  The Swanley New Barn Railway is a gauge railway located in Swanley Park, Swanley, Kent, United Kingdom. It has eight steam locomotives, with five more currently being built on site. In addition to this it also has ten diesel locomotives...
  
  , Kent
• Thames Ditton Miniature Railway
• Thornes Park Miniature Railway, Wakefield
  Wakefield
  Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
  
  , West Yorkshire
• Weston Miniature Railway, Somerset
• Weston Park Railway, Shropshire
• Willen Miniature Railway, Milton Keynes.
• Willow Wood Railway, Stowupland, Suffolk.
• Wolds Way Lavender Narrow Gauge Railway
• Wintringham, North Yorkshire (used to transport harvested lavender, logs and passengers)

• Crowborough Miniature Railway
• Cutteslowe Park
  Cutteslowe Park, Oxford
  Cutteslowe Park is a public park in Cutteslowe in North Oxford, England. It wasestablished in 1935 when Oxford City Council acquired land of the former Cutteslowe Manor farm, whose house still stands at its centre. More land was acquired in 1937...
  
   Miniature Railway (raised & ground level), Oxfordshire, Oxford
• Hove Park Railway
• Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire
• Strawberry Line
  Strawberry Line (Miniature Railway)
  The Strawberry Line is a length of gauge railway inside Avon Valley Country Park . It is Britain's only commercial ground-level railway. As a conventional ridable miniature railway it provides train rides for visitors to the park , but it also runs demonstration freight trains using correctly...
  
   - part of Avon Valley Country Park
  Avon Valley Country Park
  Avon Valley Country Park is a Country park in Keynsham, Somerset, England.The park which is next to the River Avon provides country walks, a boating lake, play areas for children, a small petting zoo and a miniature railway....
  
  
• Maidstone Model Engineering Society, Mote Park
  Mote Park
  Mote Park is a 180 hectare multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Previously a country estate it was converted to landscaped park land at the end of the 18th century before becoming a municipal park. It includes the former stately home Mote House together with a miniature railway, pitch and putt...
  
  , Maidstone
  Maidstone
  Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...
  
  
• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd
• Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd, Cleckheaton West Yorkshire BD195LL
• Tonbridge Model Engineering Society
• Bentley Miniature Railway
• Crowborough Miniature Railway
• Guildford Model Engineering Society
• Coventry Model Engineering Society (Running "Ryton Pool Miniature Railway", also gauge)
• GEC Model Engineering Society (Running "GEC Miniature Railway", also & gauges)
• North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME)
• Thames Ditton Miniature Railway

gauge

• Cutteslowe Park
  Cutteslowe Park, Oxford
  Cutteslowe Park is a public park in Cutteslowe in North Oxford, England. It wasestablished in 1935 when Oxford City Council acquired land of the former Cutteslowe Manor farm, whose house still stands at its centre. More land was acquired in 1937...
  
   Miniature Railway, Oxfordshire, Oxford
• Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire
• Maidstone Model Engineering Society, Mote Park
  Mote Park
  Mote Park is a 180 hectare multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Previously a country estate it was converted to landscaped park land at the end of the 18th century before becoming a municipal park. It includes the former stately home Mote House together with a miniature railway, pitch and putt...
  
  , Maidstone
  Maidstone
  Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...
  
  
• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd
• Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD195LL
• Tonbridge Model Engineering Society
• Crowborough Miniature Railway
• North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME)
• Thames Ditton Miniature Railway

gauge

• Aotea Railway, Aotea Lagoon
  Aotea Lagoon
  Aotea Lagoon is an artificial lagoon surrounded by a 7 ha public parkin the Papakowhai suburb of Porirua, North Island, New Zealand. Aotea and two nearby lagoons were created as transport links were realigned...
  
  , Porirua, New Zealand
• Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Los Gatos, California, USA
• Collegeville and Southern Railway, USA
• Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad, USA
• National Railway Museum, Adelaide SA (also operate the Semaphore & Fort Glanville Tourist railway)
• Venice Miniature Railway, Venice Beach, Venice, California, (1943–1968),

gauge (USA)

• American Heritage Railroad, Illinois, USA
• B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad, California, USA
• Gage Park Railroad, Gage Park, Topeka
  Gage Park, Topeka
  Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas is a city park of . It was established in 1899 and is one of the largest parks in Topeka. It features the Topeka Zoo, a miniature train of gauge, an outdoor theatre and the Reinisch Rose Garden...
  
  , Kansas, USA
• Glenwood South Park & Pacific Railroad, California, USA
• Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad, California, USA
• Joshua Tree & Southern GSD, California, USA
• Laurel Run Railroad, Pennsylvania, USA
• Little Toot Railroad, Illinois, USA
• Look Park
  Look Park
  Look Memorial Park, commonly referred to as Look Park, is a park in Florence, Massachusetts in Hampshire Country. The park is open year round.-History:...
  
  , Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
• Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, Wisconsin, USA
• Nickel Plate Railroad, California, USA
• Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, Ohio, USA
• Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad, California, USA
• Paradise and Pacific Railroad, Scottsdale Arizona, USA
• Phoenix & Holly Railroad, Oregon, USA
• Redwood Valley Railway
  Redwood Valley Railway
  The Redwood Valley Railway is a ridable miniature railroad in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, California . It was established in 1952 by Erich Thomsen, and has expanded to 1.25 miles of track and over 160,000 passengers a year....
  
  , in Tilden Regional Park
  Tilden Regional Park
  Tilden Regional Park, also known as "Tilden" , is a regional park in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is situated between the Berkeley Hills and San Pablo Ridge....
  
  , California, USA
• Riverside and Great Northern Railway
  Riverside and Great Northern Railway
  The Riverside and Great Northern Railway is a heritage railroad in Wisconsin.It operates train excursions on its 15 inch gauge track located in Wisconsin Dells...
  
  , Wisconsin, USA
• Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad, Wyoming, USA
• Sonoma Traintown, California, USA
• Tiny Town Railroad
  Tiny Town
  Tiny Town is a miniature village of over 100 1/6 scale buildings close to Morrison, Colorado.-History:George Turner, owner of Denver business Turner Moving & Storage and a friend of Buffalo Bill Cody, began building a miniature town for his daughter in 1915...
  
  , Colorado, USA
• Waterman & Western Railroad, USA

gauge (Rest of the World)

• Bal Bahran Park Railway, Delhi, India
• Bear Creek Park Train, British Columbia, Canada
• Bush Mill Railway
  Bush Mill Railway
  The Bush Mill Railway was a gauge miniature railway, situated from Port Arthur, in Tasmania. It opened in 1986.- Route :The Bush Mill Railway climbed steeply through a series of loops and zig zags up a hillside, then across a spectacular Serpentine Bridge...
  
  , Port Arthur, Australia
• :fr:Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse, France
• Dalaas Waldbahn, Austria
• Donauparkbahn, Vienna, Austria
• Dresdner Park Liliputbahn, Germany
• Driving Creek Railway
  Driving Creek Railway
  The Driving Creek Railway is a narrow gauge bush and mountain railway on the outskirts of the provincial town of Coromandel on the northwestern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand's North Island...
  
  , New Zealand
• Killesberg Park Railway
  Killesberg railway
  The Killesberg Railway is a miniature railway in the Killesberg Park in Stuttgart, Germany.Opened with the park in 1939, the gauge track travels in a 2294.35 metre loop around the park...
  
  , Stuttgart, Germany
• Leipziger Parkeisenbahn
  Leipziger Parkeisenbahn
  The Leipziger Parkeisenbahn is a minimum gauge railway in Leipzig, Germany. The line is also known as the Parkeisenbahn Auensee....
  
  , Leipzig, Germany
• Prater Liliputbahn
  Prater Liliputbahn
  The Prater Liliputbahn is a gauge light railway in Vienna, Austria.-History:Opened on 1 May 1928, the line runs for almost 4 kilometres around the Prater park, an extensive public recreation area in the Austrian capital. A celebration of the centenary of the death of composer Franz Schubert...
  
  , Vienna, Austria
• Sakuradani Light Railway, Japan
• Springbank Express, London, Ontario, Canada
• Shuzenji Romney Railway
  Shuzenji Romney Railway
  The Shuzenji Romney Railway is a gauge pleasure line located in Niji-no-Sato in Izu, Shizuoka, on the Izu Peninsula in Japan. It is based on the English Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway on the English Channel coast in Kent, which opened in 1925. The railway operates using a mixture of steam and...
  
  , Japan
• Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway, New Zealand

gauge

• C&H Railroad, USA
• Folsom Valley Railway, Folsom, California USA
• Poco Loco Railroad, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
• Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railway, Missouri, USA
• Zilker Zephyr, Zilker Park
  Zilker Park
  Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in the heart of south Austin that comprises over of publicly owned land. It is named after its benefactor Andrew Jackson Zilker, who donated the land to the city in 1917. It was developed into the park during the Great Depression in the 1930s...
  
  , Austin, Texas USA

gauge (USA)

• Los Angeles Live Steamers 
• Golden Gate Live Steamers,
• Hesston Steam Museum
• Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, and
• Train Mountain, Chiloquin, Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
  , USA
• Sagebrush Short Line Railroad, Ridgecrest CA
• Riverside Live Steamers, Riverside, California
• Great Lakes Live Steamers, Royal Oak and Southgate, Michigan. ( ? )
• Triad Live Steamers, Farmington and Harrisburg, NC.
• Railroad Museum of South Florida Train Village, USA
• Orange County Model Engineers, USA
• Willow Creek Railroad, Oregon, United States ( ?)
• Shady Dell Pacific, Pacific Northwest Live Steamers, Molalla
  Molalla, Oregon
  Molalla is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 5,647 at the 2000 census.-History:Molalla was named after the Molalla River, which in turn was named for the Molala, a Native American tribe that inhabited the area. William H. Vaughan took up a donation land claim in...
  
  , Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
   
• Illinois Live Steamers, Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  , Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
   

gauge (Rest of the World)

• Assiniboine Valley Railway
  Assiniboine Valley Railway
  Assiniboine Valley Railway is a private 1:7.5 scale minimum gauge railway located in the community of Charleswood near Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada....
  
  , Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Burnaby Central Railway, Burnaby, BC, Canada

gauge

• Altona Miniature Railway, Victoria, Australia ( and )
• Many Model Engineering Societies in New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
  , including
  • Kapiti Miniature Railway & Associates, Raumati Marine Gardens
    Raumati Marine Gardens
    Raumati Marine Gardens is a public park in Raumati Beach on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. It is near the Tasman Sea just behind the beach, hence its name, and on the northern side of the park, the Wharemauku Stream reaches the ocean....
    
    , Raumati Beach, New Zealand ( and ) dual gauge
    Dual gauge
    A dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway has railway track that allows trains of different gauges to use the same track. Generally, a dual-gauge railway consists of three rails, rather than the standard two rails. The two outer rails give the wider gauge, while one of the outer rails and the inner rail...
    
    )
  • Keirunga Park Railway, Havelock North, New Zealand.
  • Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, Christchurch
    Christchurch
    Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
    
    , host of 2006 CANMOD International Convention
• Diamond Valley Miniature Railway, Eltham Victoria, Australia
• Finnish Railway Museum
  Finnish Railway Museum
  The Finnish Railway Museum is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was originally founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974.The museum is on the original station and yard site of the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway...
  
  , Hyvinkää, Finland
• MVRail, Morphett Vale Railway, Morphett vale, Weatsheaf Rd, South Australia, www.mvrail.org.au
• Roundhouse Park Miniature Railway, Toronto, Canada
• S.A.S.M.E.E. Park, Adelaide, Australia
• Willans Hill Miniature Railway, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
• Lankelz Railway
  Lankelz Railway
  The Lankelz Railway in Esch-sur-Alzette, south-eastern Luxembourg, is a miniature railway on a scale of one third normal size...
  
   in Esch-sur-Alzette
  Esch-sur-Alzette
  Esch-sur-Alzette is a commune with city status, in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second city, and its second-most populous commune, with a population of 29,853 people...
  
  , south-eastern Luxembourg
  Luxembourg
  Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
  
  .
• Stoomgroep West Zuiderpark, The Hague
  The Hague
  The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
  
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
  . - A sizeable network in "Zuiderpark", a big city park
• Swiss Vapeur Parc, Le Bouveret, Switzerland (dual gauge: and )

gauge

• Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society, Anderson Park,Napier, New Zealand - and
• Northern Districts Model Engineering Society, Balcatta, Western Australia, Australia - , , and
• S.A.S.M.E.E. Park, Adelaide, Australia
• Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society
  Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society
  The Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society Co-op Ltd. ' was formed in 1948 and built a miniature railway along a drainage channel behind houses on Anthony Road, West Ryde, Sydney, Australia...
  
  , West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia ( and and )
• Willans Hill Miniature Railway, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
• Stoomgroep West Zuiderpark, The Hague
  The Hague
  The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
  
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
  . - a and mixed raised oval.
• Swiss Vapeur Parc, Le Bouveret, Switzerland (dual gauge: and )

Others

• Cedar Rock Railroad, gauge, USA
• Saint Louis Zoological Park
  Saint Louis Zoological Park
  The Saint Louis Zoological Park, commonly known as the St. Louis Zoo, is a zoo in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education...
  
  , St. Louis
  St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
  
  , Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  , USA
• Wenatchee Riverfront Railway
  Wenatchee Riverfront Railway
  -External links:* *...
  
  , Wenatchee, Washington
  Wenatchee, Washington
  Wenatchee is located in North Central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925...
  
  , USA
• Washington Park and Zoo Railway, , Portland
  Portland, Oregon
  Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
  
  , Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
  , USA
• Brackenridge Eagle, San Antonio Zoo
  San Antonio Zoo
  -External links:...
  
  , San Antonio, Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  , USA
• Matsudayama Herb Garden, Matsuda, Kanagawa
  Matsuda, Kanagawa
  is a town located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 11,716 and a density of 312 persons per km2...
  
  , Japan - includes Romancecar
  Romancecar
  The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Gotenba and Hakone, and beaches such as Numazu and Enoshima. Service started in 1957 with the 3000 series SE trainset, it broke the world speed record for a...
  
   (Odakyū 10000 series HiSE
  Odakyu 10000 series HiSE
  The EMU operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway in the Tokyo area of Japan.-Lines used:The 10000 HiSE travels mainly between Shinjuku Station and Hakone-Yumoto Station .-Transfer:...
  
  ) replica
• Kiddieland Amusement Park
  Kiddieland Amusement Park
  Kiddieland Amusement Park was an amusement park located just west of Chicago at the corner of North Avenue and First Avenue in Melrose Park, Illinois. It was home to several classic rides including the Little Dipper roller coaster, which opened in 1950...
  
  , Melrose Park, Illinois, USA
• Círculo Madrileño Ferroviario, at Madrid Delicias Train Museum, Spain ( gauge)
• Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad, gauge, Fairview, Michigan, USA

See also

• Backyard railroad
  Backyard railroad
  A backyard railroad is a privately owned, outdoor railroad, most often in miniature, but large enough for one or several persons to ride on. The rail gauge can be anything from to or more. Smaller backyard or outdoor railroads that cannot be ridden are called garden railroads.Hundreds, even...
  
  
• Bassett-Lowke
  Bassett-Lowke
  Bassett-Lowke was a toy company in Northampton, England, founded by Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke in 1898 or 1899, that specialized in model railways, boats and ships, and construction sets...
  
  
• British industrial narrow gauge railways
  British industrial narrow gauge railways
  British industrial narrow gauge railways are narrow gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains...
  
  
• Children's railway
  Children's railway
  A children's railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers learn railway professions. This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. The world's first children's railway was opened Moscow, in Gorky Park in 1932...
  
  
• Garden railway
  Garden railway
  A garden railroad or garden railway is a model railway system set up outdoors in a garden. While G is the most popular scale for garden railroads, 16 mm scale has a dedicated and growing following especially in the UK. Model locomotives in this scale are often live steam scale models of British...
  
  
• Gauge 1

• List of British railway museums
• Model railway scales
• Rail transport modelling
  Rail transport modelling
  Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale...
  
  
• Rail transport modelling scales
  Rail transport modelling scales
  Rail transport modelling utilises a variety of scales to ensure scale models look correct when placed next to each other. Model railway scales are standardized worldwide by many organizations and hobbyist groups...
  
  
• Train ride
  Train ride
  A train ride in an amusement park, or a municipal park setting, is a small ride consisting of a miniature train, often running on a permanent or portable track, but sometimes without any track whatsoever. In the latter case, the "trains" are simulated by connecting railroad-like cars behind an...
  
  
• War Department Light Railways
  War Department Light Railways
  The War Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I. Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the First World War, and were used for the supply of ammunition and stores, the transport of...
  
  

External links

• Grand Scales Quarterly the US magazine of grand scale railroading
• Miniature Railway World
• Live Steam Tracks