Miniature Railways

Pecroama

Pecorama

A model train enthusiast's dream.  As well as an sizable exhibition of model railways, it has a good long 7 ¼" gauge track, which included a tunnel !  The best miniature railway I've been on.

Mummy and Me having a Ride at the RSME

Reading Society of Model Engineers 

The nearest live steam to where I live.  Runs first Sunday in the month in the corner of Prospect Park.  Two steam loops and a few model railways inside the main building.

They have just finished laying a ground level 7 ¼" gauge track and building a two platform station complete with foot bridge !

Betws-y-coed Railway Museum

A simply delightful museum. The only place we visited twice on our holiday in North Wales.

It contained :-

• A steam driven miniature railway.
• Sizable museum containing many running model railways.
• A Tram track with an electric tram run off of overhead wires.
• Miniature dodgem cars

Bickton Woodland Railway

A 7 ¼" gauge railway running round Bickton Park in South Devon.  It ran very slowly and was very bumpy.  I only saw diesel engines.  Very crowded.  Deserves one of Daddy's Rants

Other Railways

The deep mine train goes down into the underground cavern

Llechwedd Slate Caverns at Blaenau Ffestiniog

The inclined train takes you down deep underground to tour the mines.  It was a little scary, but we had torches.  It picks up from an even lower 'station'.

The Cliff Railway, Lynmouth

The only water powered cliff railway in the world.  It travels 862 feet, going up (or down) 500 feet - an inclination of 1:1.75.  It's all over in under two minutes, but it's great fun nevertheless.

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