A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam or electric motors).
Typically miniature railways have a rail track gauge between and under, though both larger and smaller gauges are used.
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.
The smaller gauges of miniature railway track can also be portable and is generally / gauge on raised track or as / on ground level. Typically portable track is used to carry passengers at temporary events such as fêtes and summer fairs.[1]
Typically miniature lines are operated by not for profit organisations - often model engineering societies - though some are entirely in private grounds and others operate commercially.
There are many national organisations representing and providing guidance on miniature railway operations including the Australian Association of Live Steamers and Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies.
A 'model railway' is one where the gauge is too small for people to ride on the trains. Due to the use of mixed gauge tracks, passengers may ride on a miniature railway which shares the same gauge as, and is pulled by, a large model locomotive on a smaller model gauge, although this is rare.
'Miniature railways' are railways that can be ridden by people and are used for pleasure/as a pastime for their constructors and passengers. In the US, miniature railways are also known as 'riding railroads' or 'grand scale railroads'. The track gauges recognised as being miniature railways vary by country, but in the UK the maximum gauge is .[2]
A 'minimum-gauge railway', which generally starts at gauge, is one that was originally conceived as a commercial railway with small gauge track, with a working function as an estate railway, an industrial railway, or a provider of public transport links, such as the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Fairbourne Railway or the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.
In the UK, a gauge of [or above] or crossing a carriageway are the criteria used by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), at which a railway is no longer classed as miniature and is therefore subject to formal regulation: they may be minor railways and/or heritage railways; the concept of minimum gauge is not recognised for the purposes of regulation.
There are over 1,000 miniature railways open to the public around the world, not counting private railways, with gauge being by far the most numerous. Many layouts have dual-gauge track combing two, three or even more different gauges.
Name | Gauge | Country | Location | Notes | |||
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Great Northern & Cascade Railway | US | Skykomish, Washington | [3] | ||||
Burton upon Trent Model Engineering Society. | Mixed gauges: | UK | Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire | Raised track: and Ground level: dual gauge and | |||
Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Halswell Domain, Christchurch | Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers.[4] [5] [6] Host of 2006 CANMOD International Convention. | |||
West Wiltshire Society of Model Engineers | Mixed gauges: | UK | Westbury, Wiltshire | Primarily a Model Engineering society with regular open days for the public. | |||
Kapiti Miniature Railway and Model Engineering Society Inc | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Paraparaumu | ||||
Maidstone Model Engineering Society | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Maidstone Park Upper Hutt | ||||
Nelson Society of Modellers | Mixed gauges: [7] | New Zealand | Nelson | ||||
New Plymouth Society of Model and Experimental Engineers | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | New Plymouth | ||||
Tauranga Model Marine and Engineering Clubs | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Tauranga | ||||
Wirral Model Engineers Society | Mixed gauges: [8] | UK | Royden Park, Wirral | ||||
Canberra Miniature Railway | Australia | Canberra, Australia | [9] | ||||
S.A.S.M.E.E. Park | Australia | Adelaide, Australia | [10] | ||||
Hamilton Model Engineers | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Minogue Park, Hamilton | Founded 1931. At Minogue Park since 1983.[11] | |||
Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Napier | ||||
Hutt Valley Model Engineering Society | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Lower Hutt | ||||
Manukau Live Steamers | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Manukau | ||||
Abbeydale miniature railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Sheffield | Raised track: triple, and Ground level: dual gauge and in[12] | |||
Ashton Court Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Bristol | Raised track: and Ground level: dual gauge and [13] | |||
Barton House Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Wroxham, Norfolk | ||||
Bridgend Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Bridgend | [14] | |||
Caldecotte Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | Caldecotte Miniature Railway has a specially built disabled carriage.[15] | |||
Canvey Railway and Model Engineering Club | UK | Canvey Island, Essex | Raised track dual gauge and | ||||
Chelmsford City Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Chelmsford | Operated by Chelmsford Society of Model Engineers | |||
Cinderbarrow Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Yealand Redmayne, Lancashire | [16] | |||
Crowborough Miniature Railway | UK | East Sussex | [17] Raised track & Ground Track (formally) dual gauge and | ||||
Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway | UK | Oxford, Oxfordshire | |||||
Derwen Fawr Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Swansea, Wales | Operated by the Swansea Society of Model Engineers[18] | |||
Keighley & District Model Engineering Society Marley Railway (KDMES) | Mixed gauges: | UK | Keighley, West Yorkshire | The KDMES trains[19] operate a scenic oval raised level track located at the Marley Activity Centre in Keighley.[20] The railway is open for public rides during the summer, and available for private functions[21] and corporate events.[22] | |||
Leyland Society of Model Engineers | and on raised level, and ground level | UK | Lancashire | ||||
Maidstone Model Engineering Society | UK | Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent | |||||
Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd | Mixed Gauges: | UK | Thames Ditton, Surrey | [23] | |||
Mid Cheshire Society of Model Engineers | Mixed gauges: | UK | Sandiway, Cheshire | [24] | |||
North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME) | UK | Hertfordshire | |||||
Pembrey Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire | [25] | |||
Polegate & District Model Engineering Club (PADMEC) | Mixed gauges: | UK | Polegate, East Sussex | Raised track: dual gauge and [26] | |||
Ridgeway Park light railway | UK | Chingford, London | |||||
Roxbourne Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Roxbourne Park, Field End Rd, Ruislip HA4 9PB | Operated by Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers | |||
Gilling Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | Gilling East, Yorkshire | Operated by Ryedale Society of Model Engineers Limited.[27] | |||
Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd | UK | Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 5LL | |||||
Staines Society of Model Engineers | Mixed gauges: | UK | Staines Park, Staines, Surrey | Raised track.[28] [29] | |||
Tonbridge Model Engineering Society | UK | Kent | |||||
Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers | Mixed gauges: | UK | Exhibition Park, Newcastle upon Tyne | [30] | |||
Welling and District Model Engineering Society | Mixed gauges: | United Kingdom | Hall Place, Bexley | Opening 2022.[31] [32] | |||
La Cañada Valley Railroad | US | Flintridge, California | Located at the home of Disney animator Ollie Johnston. Influenced the design of Walt Disney's Carolwood Pacific Railroad. Defunct. | ||||
Canberra Miniature Railway | Australia | Canberra | |||||
Hornsby Model Engineers, Galston, NSW | Australia | Galston, New South Wales | [33] | ||||
Illawarra Live Steamers | Australia | North Wollongong | The ground level track is . The elevated track is, and . There is also a garden gauge track inside the elevated track.[34] | ||||
Northern Districts Model Engineering Society | Australia | Balcatta, Western Australia | ,, and | ||||
Portarlington Miniature Railway | Australia | Victoria | and [35] | ||||
S.A.S.M.E.E. Park | Australia | Adelaide | |||||
Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society | Australia | West Ryde, New South Wales | and and [36] | ||||
Willans Hill Miniature Railway | Australia | Wagga Wagga, NSW | Located in Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens. Includes spiral based on Bethungra Spiral. | ||||
Petit Train à Vapeur de Forest | Mixed gauges: | Belgium | Brussels | [37] | |||
Stoomgroep Turnhout | Belgium | Turnhout | ground track | ||||
Mini train des marais | Mixed gauge: | France | Saint-Lô | [38] | |||
Petit train des Templiers | Mixed gauge: | France | Épinay-sur-Orge | Two circuits of 350 meters in and . Nine electric locomotives and diesel. Mainly French locomotives. Open some Sundays from March to November.[39] | |||
Anyoji Garden Railway | Japan | Toyoura, Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki City | and [40] | ||||
Hakuba Mini Train Park | Japan | Hakuba, Nagano | [41] | ||||
Ichikawa Live Steamers | Japan | Ichikawa, Chiba, Tokyo | |||||
Sakuragi Railway | Japan | Kumamoto City, Kumamoto | and | ||||
Hitoyoshi Live Steam Club | Japan | Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto | Mixed gauges: | ||||
Stoomgroep West Zuiderpark | Netherlands | The Hague | and mixed raised oval. | ||||
Eastern Bay of Plenty Model Engineering Society | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Whakatane | ||||
Havelock North and Live Steamers Associated | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Havelock North, Hastings | ||||
Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society | New Zealand | Anderson Park, Napier | and | ||||
Palmerston North Model Engineering Club Inc | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Palmerston North | ||||
Thames Small Gauge Railway Society | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Thames | Started in 1995[42] with a station on the site of the Grahamstown station of the Thames Branch.[43] | |||
Whangarei Model Engineering Club | Mixed gauges: | New Zealand | Whangarei | ||||
Ferrocarril de las Delicias[44] | Spain | Madrid | Located inside Madrid's Railway Museum[45] | ||||
Swiss Vapeur Parc | Switzerland | Le Bouveret | Dual gauge: and . | ||||
Beech Hurst Park Miniature Railway | UK | Haywards Heath, West Sussex | Raised track dual and [46] | ||||
Bushey Miniature Railway | UK | Hertfordshire | A gauge miniature railway in Bushey, Herts consisting of ground level track with various sidings and two bridges. A private railway, but viewing and rides are available by appointment.[47] | ||||
Canvey Railway and Model Engineering Club | UK | Canvey Island, Essex | Raised track dual gauge and | ||||
Copsewood Miniature Railway | UK | Copsewood Sports Ground, Binley, Coventry | Also & gauges[48] [49] | ||||
Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway | UK | Oxford, Oxfordshire | Raised & ground level | ||||
Dampf-Bahn-Club Sprockhövel | Mixed gauges: | GER | Sprockhövel-Haßlinghausen | Includes steel bridge with underpass [50] | |||
East Grinstead Model Engineering Society | UK | East Grinstead, West Sussex | Portable ground level | ||||
Eaton Park Miniature Railway | UK | Norwich | Two lines, one and gauge track, one mixed and inch gauge | ||||
Leyland Society of Model Engineers | UK | Lancashire | |||||
Maidstone Model Engineering Society | UK | Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent | [51] | ||||
Mount Edgcumbe House Railway | Mount Edgcumbe House, Cremyll, Cornwall | [52] | |||||
Ribble Valley Live Steamers | UK | Clitheroe, Lancashire | Also & gauges[53] | ||||
Ridgeway Park light railway | UK | Chingford, London | |||||
Riverside Miniature Railway | Mixed gauges: | UK | St Neots, Cambridgeshire | [54] | |||
Ryton Pools Miniature Railway | UK | Ryton Pools Country Park | Coventry Model Engineering Society. Also gauge. | ||||
Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd | UK | Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD19 5LL | |||||
Wimbourne District Society of Model Engineers | UK | Dorset | Ground level | and a short raised level | and | track | |
Modelbouwvereniging Hoekse Waard | Mixed Gauges: | Netherlands | Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland | [55] | |||
Altona Miniature Railway | Australia | Victoria | and [56] | ||||
Box Hill Miniature Steam Railway | Australia | Victoria | and [57] | ||||
Campbelltown Miniature Passenger Railway | Australia | Victoria | |||||
Castledare Miniature Railway | Australia | Wilson, Western Australia | |||||
Cohunu Park Railway | Australia | Byford, Western Australia | |||||
Diamond Valley Railway | Australia | Eltham Victoria | [58] | ||||
Canberra Miniature Railway | Australia | Canberra | |||||
MVRail | Australia | Morphett Vale Railway, Morphett vale, Weatsheaf Rd, South Australia | [59] | ||||
Penwood Railroad Inc. | Australia | Jaspers Brush, NSW | [60] | ||||
Portarlington Miniature Railway | Australia | Victoria | and | ||||
S.A.S.M.E.E. Park | Australia | Adelaide | [61] | ||||
Willans Hill Miniature Railway | Australia | Wagga Wagga, NSW | [62] | ||||
Stoomgroep Turnhout vzw | Belgium | Turnhout | [63] | ||||
Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers | Canada | Hamilton, Ontario | [64] | ||||
Roundhouse Park Miniature Railway | Canada | Toronto | Two locomotives (replica steam with tender and diesel-electric), four passenger cars and one caboose | ||||
Nábřeží paromilů dětská železnice | Czech | Hradec Králové, Bohemia | and dual gauge[65] | ||||
S.M.P.D. Parková dráha Olympia | Czech | Brno, Moravia | + dual gauge | ||||
Finnish Railway Museum | Finland | Hyvinkää | |||||
Petit train de grenade | France | Grenade | 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm)[66] | ||||
Parkbahn Schmiden | Germany | Fellbach | |||||
Hungarian Railway Museum | Hungary | Budapest | |||||
John F. Kennedy Arboretum | Ireland | Wexford | [67] | ||||
Akubi Lightweight Railway | Japan | Previously located in Bentengaoka[68] | |||||
Matsudayama Herb Garden | Japan | Matsuda, Kanagawa | Includes 1/6 scale Romancecar (Odakyu 10000 series HiSE) replica[69] | ||||
Lankelz Railway | Luxembourg | Esch-sur-Alzette, south-eastern Luxembourg | [70] | ||||
Stoomgroep West Zuiderpark | Ground level gauges:Mixed raised gauges: | Netherlands | The Hague | A sizeable network in "Zuiderpark", a big city park[71] since 1975 in The Hague. The total length of the 7 1/4" gauge mainline routes combined is estimated at about 5 kilometers. Most of the track has working railway signalling, operated by signal boxes and a working full scale railroad crossing where the 7 1/4" tracks cross multiple (busy) public roads. The and gauges are mixed on a raised oval track. | |||
Cambridge Model Engineering Society Inc | New Zealand | Cambridge | |||||
Kapiti Miniature Railway & Associates | New Zealand | Raumati Marine Gardens, Raumati Beach | and) dual gauge | ||||
Keirunga Park Railway | New Zealand | Havelock North | [72] | ||||
Mana Ariki Railway Inc | New Zealand | Taumaranui | |||||
Featherston Miniature Fell Society | New Zealand | Featherston, Wairarapa | |||||
Pully | Switzerland | [73] | |||||
Stainer Liliputbahn AG | Switzerland | Stein am Rhein | [74] | ||||
Swiss Vapeur Parc | Switzerland | Le Bouveret | Dual gauge: and [75] | ||||
There and Back Light Railway[76] | UK | East Midlands | This railway is entirely portable and can be set up almost anywhere flat. Can be seen at events across the country and uses a Bagnall steam locomotive on a ground level track. | ||||
Acton Miniature Railway | UK | Acton London Transport Museum Depot, London | [77] | ||||
Alexandra Park Miniature Railway | UK | Alexandra Park, Hastings | |||||
Millerbeck Light Railway | UK | Staveley-in-Cartmel, Cumbria | Opened in 1985, privately owned, while opened to the public[78] | ||||
Barking Park Light Railway | UK | Re-opened Easter 2009.[79] | |||||
Barnards Farm | Barnards Miniature Railway | UK | |||||
Barton House Railway | UK | Wroxham, Norfolk | |||||
Beamish Cog Railway | UK | Beamish Museum, Durham | |||||
Beer Heights Light Railway | UK | Devon | |||||
Bekonscot Light Railway | UK | Buckinghamshire | [80] | ||||
Bentley Miniature Railway | UK | [81] | |||||
Bents Miniature Railway | UK | Warrington | 1982–88 | ||||
Brockwell Park Miniature Railway | UK | South London | 1951–1961 & 2003–present[82] | ||||
Brookside Miniature Railway | UK | 1988–99; closed[83] Now running again under new management. | |||||
Canvey Railway and Model Engineering Club | UK | Canvey Island, Essex | Ground level | ||||
Coate Water Miniature Railway | UK | Coate Water Country Park, Swindon | Combined and | ||||
Conwy Valley Railway Museum Miniature Railway | UK | Wales | |||||
Cutteslowe Park | UK | Oxford, Oxfordshire | [84] | ||||
Danson Park | UK | Bexleyheath | 1946–1948 | ||||
Dobwalls Forest Railroad | UK | Cornwall | Closed | ||||
Dragon Miniature Railway | UK | Marple, Greater Manchester | [85] | ||||
Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway | UK | East Sussex | [86] | ||||
East Herts Miniature Railway | UK | Great Amwell near Ware, Hertfordshire | [87] | ||||
Echills Wood Railway | UK | Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire | [88] | ||||
Fancott Miniature Railway | UK | Bedfordshire | [89] | ||||
Foxfield Miniature Railway | UK | Stoke-on-Trent | [90] | ||||
Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway | UK | [91] | |||||
Great Cockcrow Railway | UK | [92] | |||||
Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway | UK | Chester | [93] | ||||
Guildford Model Engineering Society | UK | Surrey | [94] | ||||
Halton Miniature Railway Society | UK | Runcorn, Cheshire | [95] | ||||
High Legh Railway | UK | High Legh Garden Centre, Cheshire | [96] | ||||
Hollycombe Garden Railway | UK | Iron Hill, Liphook, Hampshire | [97] | ||||
Ilford & West Essex Model Railway Club | UK | Chadwell Heath | [98] | ||||
Leyland Society of Model Engineers | UK | Lancashire | [99] | ||||
Little Orchard Railway | UK | Suffolk | [100] | ||||
Little Western Railway | UK | Newquay, Cornwall | [101] | ||||
Lodge Farm Park Miniature Railway | UK | Romford | |||||
Mid Cheshire Society of Model Engineers | UK | Sandiway, Cheshire | |||||
Fenn Bell Inn Zoo | St. Mary Hoo, Kent | [102] | |||||
Mizens Railway | UK | Woking, Surrey | [103] | ||||
Moors Valley Railway | UK | Dorset | [104] | ||||
Mortocombe Railway | UK | Chilton, Oxfordshire | |||||
Museum of Power | UK | Langford, Essex | |||||
National Railway Museum | UK | York | |||||
Ness Islands Railway | UK | Inverness, Scotland | |||||
North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME) | UK | [105] | |||||
Parkland Miniature Railway | UK | Hemsby, Norfolk | |||||
Pinewood Miniature Railway | UK | Wokingham, Berkshire | Combined and [106] | ||||
Plowman's Railroad | UK | Dorset | |||||
Porterswick Junction Light Railway | UK | Hidden Valley Discovery Park, Cornwall | [107] | ||||
Pugneys Light Railway | UK | Wakefield | [108] | ||||
Ridgeway Park light railway | UK | Chingford, London | |||||
Saltwood Miniature Railway | UK | Kent | [109] | ||||
Sanday Light Railway | UK | Braeswick, Sanday, Orkney | |||||
Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd | UK | Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire | [110] | ||||
Strand Miniature Railway | UK | Gillingham, Kent | [111] | ||||
Swanley New Barn Railway | UK | Kent | |||||
The Time Machine (Bosworth Line) | UK | Funtington, West Sussex po18-9dh | |||||
Thornes Park Miniature Railway | UK | Wakefield, West Yorkshire | |||||
South Weber Railroad Club | USA | South Weber, Utah, USA | [112] | ||||
Wellington Country Park Railway | UK | Berkshire | [113] [114] | ||||
Welsh Highland Heritage Miniature Railway | UK | Porthmadog, Wales | |||||
Weston Park Railway | UK | Shropshire | [115] | ||||
Willen Miniature Railway | UK | Milton Keynes | |||||
Willow Wood Railway | UK | Stowupland, Suffolk | |||||
Woodseaves Miniature Railway | UK | Shropshire | [116] [117] | ||||
Wolds Way Lavender Narrow Gauge Railway | UK | Wintringham, North Yorkshire | Used to transport harvested lavender, logs and passengers | ||||
Wythall miniature railway | UK | Worcestershire | It has a multigauge track consisting of, 5 inch and gauge track.[118] | ||||
Carolwood Pacific Railroad | US | Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California | Located at the home of Walt Disney. Influenced the design of the Disneyland Railroad. Defunct. | ||||
Assiniboine Valley Railway | Canada | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |||||
Burnaby Central Railway | Canada | Burnaby, British Columbia | [119] | ||||
Iron Horse Park Airdrie | Canada | Airdrie, Alberta | |||||
Paradise Valley Railway | Canada | Powell River, British Columbia | [120] | ||||
Alaska Live Steamers | US | Wasilla, Alaska | |||||
Annetta Valley & Western Railroad | US | Annetta, Texas | [121] | ||||
Adobe Mountain Desert Park | US | Phoenix, Arizona | |||||
Carillon Park Railroad | US | Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, Ohio | [122] [123] | ||||
Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad | US | Crews Lake Wilderness Park, Shady Hills, Florida | [124] | ||||
Colorado Live Steamers | US | Byers, Colorado | Primary gauge is 7 ½ in but also some 4 ¾ in on site [125] | ||||
Grand Concourse Railroad | US | Shady Hills, Florida | [126] | ||||
Great Lakes Live Steamers | US | Royal Oak and Southgate, Michigan | [127] | ||||
Hesston Steam Museum | US | Hesston, Indiana | |||||
Houston Area Live Steamers | US | Hockley, Texas | [128] | ||||
Illinois Live Steamers | US | Chicago, Illinois | [129] | ||||
Kitsap Live Steamers | US | Port Orchard, Washington | [130] | ||||
Lakes Park & Gulf Railroad | US | Lakes Regional Park, Fort Myers, Florida | [131] | ||||
Largo Central Railroad | US | Largo Central Park, Largo, Florida | [132] | ||||
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum | US | Los Angeles, California | |||||
North Georgia Live Steamers | US | Conyers, Georgia | [133] | ||||
Orange County Model Engineers | US | Costa Mesa, California | [134] | ||||
Riverside Live Steamers | US | Riverside, California | [135] | ||||
Sacramento Valley Live Steamers | US | Rancho Cordova, California | gauge and gauge[136] | ||||
Sagebrush Short Line Railroad | US | Ridgecrest, California | [137] | ||||
Scottsdale Live Steamers | US | McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, Scottsdale, Arizona | |||||
Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway | US | Battle Creek, Michigan | |||||
Shady Dell Pacific | US | Pacific Northwest Live Steamers, Molalla, Oregon | [138] | ||||
South Coast Railroad Museum | US | Goleta Short Line, Goleta, California | [139] | ||||
Southern California Live Steamers | US | Wilson ParkTorrance, California | Adjacent to Wilson Park | ||||
Torrey Pacific Railroad | US | Del Mar, California | Private/defunct; owner died | ||||
Tradewinds & Atlantic Railroad | US | Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek, Florida | [140] | ||||
Train Mountain Railroad | US | Chiloquin, Oregon | [141] | ||||
Triad Live Steamers | US | Farmington and Harrisburg, North Carolina | [142] | ||||
Wales West Light Railway | US | Silverhill, Alabama | [143] | ||||
White Creek Railroad | US | Michigan | [144] | ||||
Willow Creek Railroad | US | at Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon | [145] | ||||
Holly Tree Railway | UK | at the Holly Tree PH, Leytonstone, London | [146] | ||||
Bankside Miniature Railway | UK | Brambridge Park Garden Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire | [147] | ||||
Faversham Miniature Railway | UK | Brogdale Farm, near Faversham, Kent | |||||
Torry Hill Park | UK | Near Frinsted, Kent | Private miniature railway | ||||
Becker Farm Railroad | US | Roseland, New Jersey | Defunct | ||||
Key Western Railroad | US | Florida | Defunct | ||||
Barking Park Miniature Railway | UK | Barking, Essex | Being relaid in gauge, scheduled to reopen Easter 2009 | ||||
Clevedon Miniature Railway | Clevedon, Somerset | 1952–2013[148] | |||||
Danson Park | UK | Bexleyheath, Kent | 1942 (temporary line for Holidays at Home exhibition); 1949–1962[149] | ||||
Downs Light Railway | UK | Colwall, Near Malvern, Worcestershire | |||||
East Ham Miniature Railway | UK | East Ham, London | 1945–1949 | ||||
Hall Leys Park | UK | Matlock, Derbyshire | |||||
Lakeshore Railroad | UK | South Marine Park, South Shields, Tyne & Wear | |||||
Sidcup Miniature Railway | UK | Sidcup, Kent | 1945–1951 | ||||
Fenglin Miniature Railway | 254 mm | China | Yingde, Guangdong | [150] | |||
Ferrocarril Piedra Baya | Argentina | Province of San Luis | [151] | ||||
Highfields Pioneer Village Miniature Railway | Australia | Highfields, QLD, 4352. | [152] | ||||
Palmerston North Esplanade Scenic Railway Inc | New Zealand | Palmerston North, Manawatu | |||||
Masterton Miniature Train Society | New Zealand | Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton Wairarapa | |||||
Audley End Railway | UK | Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex | [153] | ||||
Beale Park | UK | Pangbourne, Berkshire | [154] | ||||
Berkeley Light Railway | UK | Gloucestershire | [155] | ||||
Bickington Steam Railway | UK | Trago Mills, Liverton, Newton Abbot, Devon | [156] | ||||
Brechin Castle Centre Railway | UK | Haughmuir, Brechin, Scotland | Defunct[157] | ||||
Bressingham Garden Railway | UK | Norfolk | [158] | ||||
Brooklands Miniature Railway | UK | Brooklands Pleasure Park, Worthing, Sussex | Closed September 2018[159] [160] | ||||
Watford Miniature Railway | UK | Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire | [161] | ||||
Chichester & District Society of Model Engineers | UK | Chichester, Sussex | |||||
Drayton Manor Miniature Railway | UK | Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire | Closed | ||||
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway | UK | Hampshire | [162] | ||||
Melton Mowbray Miniature Railway | UK | Wilton Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire | [163] [164] | ||||
Exmouth Express | UK | Exmouth, Devon | |||||
Ferry Meadows Miniature Railway | UK | Nene Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |||||
Happy Mount Park | UK | Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire | |||||
Hastings Miniature Railway | UK | Hastings, Sussex | |||||
Isle of Mull Railway | UK | Mull, Scotland | |||||
Kerr's Miniature Railway | UK | West Links Park, Arbroath, Scotland | 1935–2020.[165] | ||||
Kirkby Green Light Railway | UK | Sleaford, Lincolnshire | Private with open days | ||||
Knebworth Park Miniature Railway | UK | Hertfordshire | |||||
Miniature Railway | UK | Mid-Hants Railway, Hampshire | Opened 2015[166] | ||||
Manor Railway | UK | Ingfield Manor, Billingshurst, Sussex | |||||
Mortocombe Railway | UK | Chilton, Oxfordshire | [167] | ||||
Newby Hall Miniature Railway North Yorkshire | UK | ||||||
Paignton Zoo | UK | Paignton, Devon | 1940–2021.[168] | ||||
Paradise Wildlife Park | UK | Broxbourne, Hertfordshire | |||||
Pettit's Animal Adventure Park | UK | Reedham, Norfolk | |||||
Poole Park Railway | UK | Poole Park, Poole, Dorset | 1949–2016,[169] reopened 2017[170] | ||||
Radwell Manor Railway | UK | Radwell, Bedfordshire | Closed | ||||
Rio Grande Miniature Railway | UK | Selby Road, Garforth, Leeds, UK | [171] | ||||
Royal Victoria Railway | UK | Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley, Southampton, Hampshire | [172] | ||||
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway | UK | Rudyard, near Leek, Staffordshire | [173] | ||||
Smokey Oak Railway | UK | Woodland Park, Brokerswood, Westbury, Wiltshire | |||||
South Downs Light Railway | UK | Pulborough, Sussex | |||||
Southsea Miniature Railway | UK | Southsea, Hampshire | Closed 1989[174] | ||||
St. Anne's Miniature Railway | UK | St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire | |||||
Stapleford Miniature Railway | UK | Stapleford Park, Leicestershire | Private but opens mid-June and August each year[175] | ||||
Sutton Hall Railway | UK | Rochford, Essex | [176] | ||||
Vanstone Woodland Railway | UK | Vanstone Park Garden Centre, Codicote, Hertfordshire | [177] | ||||
Wat Tyler Miniature Railway | UK | Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Basildon | [178] | ||||
UK | Smallest gauge used on a minimum gauge railway authorised by a Light Railway Order.[179] | ||||||
Weymouth Bay Miniature Railway | UK | Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset | |||||
Wells Harbour Railway | UK | Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk | Closed September 2021,[180] [181] | ||||
Wenatchee Riverfront Railway | US | Wenatchee, Washington | [182] | ||||
Ruislip Lido Railway | UK | Greater London | [183] | ||||
Argyle & Eastern Railroad at The Toy Train Barn | US | Argyle, Wisconsin | |||||
Atchison & Western Railroad | US | Atchison Rail Museum, Atchison, Kansas | [184] | ||||
C&H Railroad | US | Tecumseh, Kansas | [185] | ||||
Casey's Silver Streak at Estes Park Ride-A-Kart | US | Estes Park, Colorado | |||||
Central Park (San Mateo) Mini Train | US | San Mateo, California | [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] | ||||
Emerald Hills Railway | US | Emerald Hills, California | [191] | ||||
Fairview Line at Fair Oaks | US | Gadsden, Alabama | Private | ||||
Folsom Valley Railway | US | Folsom, California | [192] | ||||
Little Falls Railroad and Doll Museum | US | Sparta, Wisconsin | Private | ||||
Midway Shortline Railroad | US | S & S Shortline Railroad Park and Museum, Farmington, Utah | |||||
Northview and Frisco Railroad | US | Northview, Missouri | Private | ||||
Rails of Fun | US | St. Louis, Missouri | Portable amusement business for events | ||||
Rothwell Park Railroad | US | Moberly, Missouri | Club/members only | ||||
Poco Loco Railroad | US | LaPorte, Indiana | |||||
Sierra Rainier Railroad | US | Orting, Washington | Defunct/closed. Private. Very few records exist. | ||||
Sonora Short Line Railway | US | Tuolumne, California | Defunct/closed. Private. Very few records exist. | ||||
Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railway | US | Missouri | [193] | ||||
Washington Stage Theater | US | La Porte, Indiana | Private | ||||
Watson Steam Train & Depot | US | Missouri Valley, IA | |||||
Zilker Zephyr | US | Zilker Park, Austin, Texas | Damaged by storms and without a current operator; subject of lawsuits[194] | ||||
Exbury Gardens Steam Railway | UK | Beaulieu, Hampshire | |||||
Exmoor Steam Railway | UK | Bratton Fleming, Devon | Closed to the public in 2001[195] | ||||
Fairbourne Railway | UK | Gwynedd, Wales | Originally 15 in gauge | ||||
Hotham Park Miniature Railway | UK | Bognor Regis, West Sussex | [196] | ||||
Littlehampton Miniature Railway | UK | Littlehampton, West Sussex | [197] | ||||
Newchapel, Horne & Burstow Grand Junction Railway | UK | Horne, Horley, Surrey | |||||
Mease Valley Light Railway | UK | Tamworth, Staffordshire | Opened in 2023 at the Statfold Barn Railway.[198] | ||||
Midland Beach Railway Company | US | Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York | Defunct | ||||
Zoo Train, DierenPark Amersfoort | Netherlands | ||||||
Adventure City Express Train | US | Adventure City, Anaheim, California | [199] | ||||
Hesston Steam Museum | US | Hesston, Indiana | [200] | ||||
Kiddieland Limited | US | Kiddieland Amusement Park, Melrose Park, Illinois | Defunct | ||||
Riverside Express | US | Castle Park, Riverside, California | [201] | ||||
Pine Valley Miniature Railway | Mixed Gauge:21⁄2 in (64 mm) 31⁄2 in (89 mm) | Australia | Warner, Queensland | [202] |
See main article: Fifteen-inch gauge railway.
See main article: Minimum-gauge railway.