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Miniature railways and railroads are real passenger carrying railways in miniature from gauges 3.5ins to 20ins.

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• Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway

  http://www.tonytopshed.plus.com/bcdmrs/
  The society has built a 1500m long 7¼in gauge railway on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. Visitors and new members welcome on Sunday afternoons.

• Bure Valley Railway

  http://www.bvrw.co.uk/
  The Norfolk based 15in gauge Bure Valley Railway travels from Aylsham to Wroxham.

• Cardiff Model Engineering Society

  http://www.cardiffmes.com/
  Operating 3½ and 5 inch raised, 5 and 7¼ inch gauge ground level tracks, as well as an 18"g electric tram with 16mm NG and OO gauge layouts. Details of club history, public events, parties, membership with login, and contacts at Heath Park, South Wales.

• Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway

  http://www.emsr.co.uk/
  Eastbourne's 1/8th scale 7¼in gauge miniature railway. Travel on replica coaches behind the famous steam locomotives nearly a mile around the five acre Southbourne Lake.

• Fairbourne Railway

  http://www.fairbournerailway.com/
  Site with information on train times, fares, special events and background history about this Welsh steam railway.

• Fox Hollow Light Railway

  http://www.foxhollowlightrailway.co.uk/
  A private 5 inch gauge track with three locomotives, two steam and one electric. Includes details of repairs and rolling stock, related links, and connections with the museum and club in Cantubury, Kent.

• Great Cockcrow Railway

  http://www.cockcrow.co.uk/
  Emanating from the Greywood Central Railway, built from 1946, at a private address in Walton-on-Thames, the 7¼" gauge Great Cockcrow Railway opened in 1968 in the small village of Lyne near Chertsey, Surrey, UK.

• Hidden Valley Discovery Park

  http://www.hiddenvalleydiscoverypark.co.uk/
  The Little Didtre Light Railway. A railway that runs through the grounds of Little Didtre and Hidden Valley. With a track gauge of 7.25 inches, trains negotiate their way under bridges and through cuttings on a return journey. UK.

• Kerr's Miniature Railway

  http://www.kerrsminiaturerailway.co.uk/
  Runs along a quarter mile track on the seafront. Includes history, photo gallery and directions.

• Little Red Train

  http://www.littleredtrain.co.uk/
  A portable miniature railway, running 7.25 inch gauge (1:8 scale) models of historic London Underground trains.

• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd.

  http://www.malden-dsme.co.uk/
  Operators of the Thames Ditton Miniature Railway.

• Mizens Miniature Railway

  http://www.mizensrailway.co.uk/
  The 7.25 inch gauge passenger carrying railway of the Brooklands Model Railway Group, Woking, Surrey, UK.

• Perrygrove Railway

  http://www.perrygrove.co.uk/
  A 15 inch miniature railway in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK.

• Pickled Cabbage Railway

  http://www.7-plus-ngm.org/pcr/
  Hubert Wetekamp's Pickled Cabbage Railway "PCR" in 2½/3in scale on 7¼in gauge track.

• Rhyl Miniature Railway

  http://www.rhylminiaturerailway.co.uk/
  Information on the Rhyl Miniature Railway, the UK's oldest miniature railway, at the Marine Lake, Rhyl.

• Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway

  http://www.rhdr.org.uk/
  A 15-inch gauge working railway with a fine fleet of one-third scale steam and diesel locomotives.

• Ruislip Lido Railway

  http://www.ruisliplidorailway.org/
  Welcome to the home page of the 12in gauge Ruislip Lido Railway. It is located in northwest London, just north of Ruislip.

• Sian Project Group

  http://sianprojectgroup.tripod.com/
  Website of the Sian Project Group, who own, maintain and operate the ex Fairbourne steam locomotive Sian.

• Surrey Society of Model Engineers

  http://www.ssme.co.uk/
  Society for anyone interested in model engineering, with a primary focus on miniature railways.

• Swanley New Barn Railway

  http://steamdriver.wixsite.com/snbr
  A 7¼" railway running around the Swanley Park in Kent, UK.

• The Ground Level 5 Inch Main Line Association

  http://www.gl5.org/
  Association with a focused objective on 5 in gauge miniature railways.

• The South Downs Light Railway

  http://www.south-downs-railway.com/
  A new public 10¼in gauge railway of approximately ½ mile length with scale steam locomotives at the Country Gardens Centre in Pulborough, West Sussex. Supported by the SDLR Society, new members are welcome.

• Thorne Memorial Park Miniature Railway

  http://www.thornerailway.org.uk/
  The 7¼ inch gauge miniature railway is operated by volunteers of the Doncaster and District Model Engineering Society Ltd.

• Triang Minic Railways

  http://www.tmnr.co.uk/
  The official website for fans of Triang Minic Railways.

• Wells & Walsingham Light Railway

  http://www.wellswalsinghamrailway.co.uk/
  Claimed to be the longest 10¼ inch gauge steam railway in the world. Has a unique Garratt locomotive "Norfolk Hero" which was especially built for this line.

• Wythall Miniature Steam Railway

  http://www.wythallsteamrail.com/
  Wythall Miniature Steam Railway is situated in the grounds of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Trust in Chapel Lane, Wythall, Birmingham, UK.

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