The miniature railway now occupies an important role in the overall railway scene, with many superb and high quality layouts to delight the discerning enthusiast. This new book from Platform 5 contains details of all commercial miniature railways of gauges from 21in to 7.25in and model engineers club tracks that open regularly to the public.
For every railway a brief description of the line/circuit is provided, together with details of location, address, gauge, line length, and contact details including web addresses. Also included is a detailed listing of the resident locomotive fleet for all commercial railways and most club tracks including details of:
Locomotive Numbers and Names Carried
Type of Locomotives (steam, battery, diesel, petrol)
Transmission type
Wheel Arrangement
Builder & Date of construction
From well known popular lines like the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway and the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, to much smaller single locomotive operations in public parks, this book contains details of a remarkable 200 different railway undertakings and well over 1000 different locomotives.
A5 size. 128 pages, including over 60 colour illustrations