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A ridable miniature railway (USA: 'riding railroad' or grand scale railroad') is a ground-level, large scale model railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam engines or electric motors).

Overview

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

These large model railroads are most often seen in urban parks or in commercial settings, such as amusement park 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

, Perrygrove Railway

and the Eaton Hall Railway: these are known as minimum gauge railways.

Typically in the UK

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.

UK Miniature Railways

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North Bay Railway , Scarborough, North Yorkshire

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Bicton Woodland Railway , Bicton Park, Devon
Heath Park Tramway, Cardiff
Sundown Adventure Land, Retford, Nottinghamshire
Terrific Train, New Metroland, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
Royal Arsenal Railway , Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , south east London (1873-1966)

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Bure Valley Railway

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

Bellevue Park Railway, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Blackpool Zoo Railway, Lancashire
Blenheim Park Railway, Oxfordshire
Bure Valley Railway Aylsham , England
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway , Lincolnshire
Conwy Valley Railway Museum , Betws-y-Coed, in North Wales
Combe Martin Wildlife Park, Devon
Craigtoun Miniature Railway, Craigtoun Park, St. Andrews
Duffield Bank Railway , Derbyshire (closed)
Eaton Hall Railway, Cheshire (closed)
Evesham Vale Light Railway,
Evesham Country Park, Twyford,
Evesham, Worcestershire
Fairbourne Railway , Wales (re-gauged)
Gulliver's Land , Milton Keynes
Gulliver's World, Warrington, Cheshire
Haigh Country Park Railway, Greater Manchester
Heatherslaw Light Railway , Northumberland
Kirklees Light Railway, Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Knowsley Safari Park (The Lakeside Railway), Prescot, Merseyside
Lakeside Miniature Railway, Southport, Merseyside
Lappa Valley Steam Railway , Cornwall
Lightwater Valley Themepark, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Longleat House Railway
Markeaton Park Light Railway , Derby
Marwell Zoo , Colden Common, Hampshire
Oakwood Adventure Park, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall
Paultons Park, Ower, Romsey, Hampshire
Perrygrove Railway , Gloucestershire
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway , Cumbria
Rhiw Valley Light Railway, Manafon, Powys
Rhyl Miniature Railway , Clwyd
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway , Kent
Saltburn Miniature Railway, Cat Nab, Cleveland
Sand Hutton Miniature Railway, Yorkshire (closed)
Sherwood Forest Railway, 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 , Gwynedd
Hotham Park Railway, Bognor Regis
Newchapel Railway, Horne, Horley, Surrey

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Anglesey Model Village , Newborough
Ruislip Lido Railway, Greater London

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Beale Park , Pangbourne, Berkshire

gauge

Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

Audley End Railway , Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex
Berkeley Light Railway, Gloucestershire
Bickington Steam Railway, Trago Mills, Liverton, Newton Abbot, Devon
Birchley Miniature Railway
Brechin Castle Centre Railway, Haughmuir, Brechin
Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk
Brooklands Pleasure Park, Worthing, Sussex
Brookside Miniature Railway,
Brookside Garden Centre, Poyntom
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 Valley Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Happy Mount Park, Bare, Morecombe, Lancashire
Hastings Miniature Railway, Hastings, Sussex
Isle of Mull Railway , Mull, Scotland
Kerr's Miniature Railway, 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
Paignton Environmental Park, Paignton, Devon
Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Pettit's Animal Adventure Park, Reedham, Norfolk
Poole Park Miniature Railway, Poole, Dorset
Queens Park , Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Radwell Manor Railway, Radwell, Bedfordshire (closed)
Royal Victoria Railway , Royal Victoria Country Park , Netley, Southampton, Hampshire
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway , Rudyard, near Leek, Staffordshire
Smokey Oak Railway, Woodland Park, Brokerswood, Westbury, Wiltshire
Stapleford Miniature Railway, Stapleford Park, Leicestershire Private but opens mid June and Aug BH each year see
South Downs Light Railway, 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-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Wells Harbour Railway, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Weymouth Bay Miniature Railway, Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset

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Downs Light Railway, Colwall , Near Malvern, Worcestershire
Clevedon Fields Miniature Railway, Salthouse Fields, Somerset
Hall Leys Park , 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 , Bexleyheath, Kent 1942 (Temporary line for Holidays at Home Exhibition)
Danson Park , Bexleyheath, Kent 1949 to 1962
Sidcup Miniature Railway, Sidcup, Kent, 1945 to 1951
East Ham Miniature Railway, East Ham, London, 1945 to 1949

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Brogdale Horticultural Trust, Faversham, Kent
Torry Hill Park (private miniature railway), Near Frinsted , Kent

Brambridge Park Garden Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire

Barking Park Light Railway : Re-opened Easter 2009
Beer Heights Light Railway, Devon
Bekonscot Light Railway
Bentley Miniature Railway
Bolebroke Castle Miniature Railway
Conwy Valley Railway Museum , Wales
Coate Water Miniature Railway
(Combined and ), Swindon
Danson Park , Bexleyheath, 1946 to 1948
Dobwalls Forest Railroad, Cornwall (closed)
Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway
Echills Wood Railway, Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire
Fancott Miniature Railway, Bedfordshire
Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway
Great Cockcrow Railway
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, Dorset
North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME)
Plowman's Railroad , Dorset
Pugneys Light Railway, Wakefield
National Railway Museum , York
Saltwood Miniature Railway -
Strand Miniature Railway, Gillingham, Kent
Swanley New Barn Railway , Kent
Thornes Park Miniature Railway, Wakefield , West Yorkshire
Weston Miniature Railway, Somerset
Weston Park Railway, Shropshire
Willow Wood Railway, Stowupland, Suffolk.
Wolds Way Lavender Narrow Gauge Railway
Wintringham, North Yorkshire (used to transport harvested lavender, logs and passengers)

Hove Park Railway
Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire
Strawberry Line - part of Avon Valley Country Park
Maidstone Model Engineering Society, Mote Park , Maidstone
Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd
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)

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Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire
Maidstone Model Engineering Society, Mote Park , Maidstone
Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd
Tonbridge Model Engineering Society
Crowborough Miniature Railway
North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME)

Miniature railways - rest of the world

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Aotea Railway, Aotea Lagoon , Porirua, New Zealand
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, 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),

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American Heritage Railroad, Illinois, USA
B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad, California, 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 , 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 , in Tilden Regional Park, California, USA
Riverside and Great Northern Railway, Wisconsin, USA
Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad, Wyoming, USA
Sonoma Traintown, California, USA
Tiny Town Railroad, Colorado, USA
Waterman & Western Railroad, USA

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Bal Bahran Park Railway, Delhi, India
Bear Creek Park Train, British Columbia, Canada
Bush Mill Railway, Port Arthur, Australia
:fr:Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse, France
Dalaas Waldbahn, Austria
Donauparkbahn, Vienna, Austria
Dresdner Park Liliputbahn , Germany
Driving Creek Railway, New Zealand
Killesberg Park Railway, Stuttgart, Germany
Parkeisenbahn Auensee, Leipzig, Germany
Prater Liliputbahn, Vienna, Austria
Sakuradani Light Railway, Japan
Springbank Express, London, Ontario, Canada
Shuzenji Romney Railway, Japan
Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway, New Zealand

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C&H Railroad, USA
Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railway, Missouri, USA
Zilker Zephyr, Zilker Park , Austin, Texas USA

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Assiniboine Valley Railway ( )
Los Angeles Live Steamers ( )
Golden Gate Live Steamers, ( )
Hesston Steam Museum ( )
Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, ( )
Train Mountain, Chiloquin , Oregon , 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 (( ) ?)
Burnaby Central Railway, Burnaby , BC, Canada ( )
Shady Dell Pacific, Pacific Northwest Live Steamers, Molalla , Oregon ( )

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Altona Miniature Railway, Victoria, Australia ( and )
Many Model Engineering Societies in New Zealand , including
- Kapiti Miniature Railway & Associates, Raumati Marine Gardens, Raumati Beach, New Zealand ( and ) dual gauge)
- Keirunga Park Railway, Havelock North, New Zealand.
- Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, Christchurch , host of 2006 CANMOD International Convention
Diamond Valley Miniature Railway, Eltham Victoria, Australia ( )
Finnish Railway Museum , Hyvinkää, Finland