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29-515: Not to scale Source: Railway Track Diagrams Scarborough North Bay Railway (SNBR) is a ridable miniature railway (also known as a minimum-gauge railway ) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire , England. It was built in 1931, to the gauge of 20 in ( 508 mm ), and runs for approximately 7 ⁄ 8 mile (1.4 km) between Peasholm Park and Scalby Mills in the North Bay area of

58-539: 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 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) gauge being by far

87-494: A lake with wildfowl, informal gardens, demonstration gardens, and woodland and open spaces. The gardens contain the National Plant Collections of Lilac , Hosta and Hemerocallis . Facilities include a cafe (with indoor and outdoor seating), a number of benches, a bird feeding shelter and numerous picnic benches . The park is usually well kept all year round. The Adel Dam nature reserve, owned by

116-618: A rail track gauge between 5 in ( 127 mm ) and under 15 in ( 381 mm ), though both larger and smaller gauges are used. At gauges of 5 in ( 127 mm ) 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 5 in ( 127 mm ), 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ), and sometimes 2 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 64 mm ) gauge locomotives. The smaller gauges of miniature railway track can also be portable and

145-638: 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 350 mm ( 13 + 25 ⁄ 32  in ). A ' minimum-gauge railway ', which generally starts at 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge,

174-584: Is a public park in Bramhope , Leeds , West Yorkshire , England ( grid reference SE267417 ), administered by Leeds City Council . It is on the A660 Otley Road and covers an area of 179 acres (72 ha). The park opened as a privately run amusement park in 1932 with a miniature railway, swimming pool and boating lake, but closed during the Second World War and was taken over by

203-638: Is generally 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm )/ 5 in ( 127 mm ) gauge on raised track or as 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm )/ 10 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 260 mm ) on ground level. Typically portable track is used to carry passengers at temporary events such as fêtes and summer fairs. 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

232-516: 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 350 mm ( 13 + 25 ⁄ 32  in ) [or above] or crossing

261-477: Is the world's oldest private miniature railway , with a track gauge of 9 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 241 mm ). The railway was built and opened in 1925 under the guidance of Geoffrey Hoyland (Headmaster) as a 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) gauge railway, for the principal purpose of education. The railway is located within the grounds of The Downs Malvern , a private school in Colwall , near

290-597: The Council in 1945. The lake was formed by damming Adel Beck and was larger than at present. The park is on the east side of the A660 road . On the west side is a car park and Breary Marsh nature reserve , with a pedestrian tunnel under the road joining them to the main park. The Leeds Country Way passes through the park, and the Meanwood Valley Trail links the park to Woodhouse Moor . The park has

319-674: The Ordnance Survey map circa 1880 does not show the railway itself, it does show two tunnels and two signal posts. However, the online map archive of the National Library of Scotland includes a map of 1914 from the 25 inches to the foot series (Derbyshire XLV.9) that shows the full extent of the railway. Sir Arthur wished to explore the possibilities of minimum gauge railways for mining, quarrying, agriculture etc. He believed that they would be relatively easy to build, and to move. He saw possibilities for military railways behind

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348-596: The Australian Association of Live Steamers and Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies. The first miniature railroads were built in the United Kingdom , as actual methods of transportation, such as the Jaywick railroad. The Duffield Bank Railway was built by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood in the grounds of his house on a hillside overlooking Duffield, Derbyshire in 1874. Although

377-666: The Easter weekend 1945. The station nameboards at Peasholm and Scalby Mills, and the one on Peasholm signalbox were removed as security measures. The tunnel in Northstead Manor Gardens was used to store packing cases for the musical instruments belonging to the Royal Naval School of Music, which at that time was based in the Norbreck Hotel. On 30 March 2007, operation of the line was taken over by

406-609: The North Bay Railway Company Limited under the leadership of David Humphreys. Previously it had been owned and operated by Scarborough Borough Council. In April 2021, the railway was sold to Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway proprietors John Kerr and Peter Bryant. Ahead of her concert at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre , Kylie Minogue performed the song Locomotion on some of the carriages at North Bay Railway. On opening,

435-406: The engine driver, Herbert Carr, aged 25, was killed and 31 passengers were injured. A second head-on collision took place on Monday 23 August 1948 and although 9 people were injured, this time there were no fatalities. 54°17′35″N 0°24′41″W  /  54.293045°N 0.411397°W  / 54.293045; -0.411397 Ridable miniature railway Typically miniature railways have

464-423: The finest examples of its type, the railway is now private but still attracts thousands of visitors from the UK and abroad during its two public charity events each year. 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

493-433: The line including a bogie flat (converted from one of the original passenger coaches), a four-wheel hopper wagon, a bogie parcels van as a mobile P-Way store and mess and two four-wheel mine car frames serving as a boiler caddy and small flat wagon for P-Way tools. There are three stations on the line: On 10 July 1932, during the second operating season of the line, a head-on collision took place at Beach station, in which

522-470: The line, with financial backing by Sir Wavell Wakefield , Member of Parliament (MP) for Marylebone and owner of the Ullswater Steamers . In September 1960, the society made the winning bid and saved the railway from closure. Control of the railway passed to a new private company, with the backing of the preservation society, an arrangement that is still in place. The Downs Light Railway

551-557: The lines carrying ammunition and supplies. The original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway was a 3 ft ( 914 mm ) line opened on 24 May 1875 to transport hematite iron ore from three mines near and around the village of Boot to the Furness Railway standard gauge line at Ravenglass. In the early 1880s, a tramway was built between Beckfoot and another mine at Gill Force. Locals and railway enthusiasts formed Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society to save

580-2272: The most numerous. Many layouts have dual-gauge track combing two, three or even more different gauges. 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 2 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 64 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 2 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 64 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 2 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 64 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 2 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 64 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 2 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 64 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) Mixed raised gauges: 3 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 89 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) Torrance , California 2 ⁄ 2 in (64 mm) 3 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 5 ⁄ 32 (145 mm) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) 2 ⁄ 2 in (64 mm) 3 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) 5 in ( 127 mm ) 7 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 184 mm ) Golden Acre Park Golden Acre Park

609-662: The operating company. The other two locomotives are directly owned by the operating company and were originally built for the railway in Golden Acre Park in Leeds; after that line's closure they were used at Morecambe, Kilverstone and Great Woburn Safari Park. They were moved to the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway for storage before being relocated to Scarborough in December 2006. The railway

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638-697: The passenger with a mix of protection from inclement weather, and experience of open-air travel. Eight of these ten still operate today (as of 2010), whilst one has been stripped back to its underframe and is used as a service vehicle and another serves as a display at Scalby Mills. In 2007 two further coaches were added to the fleet. Using frames originally built in the early 1930s for the Golden Acre Park railway (Leeds) Rail Restorations North East Limited, of Shildon, constructed two fully enclosed saloon coaches, allowing bad weather transport of passengers in comfort. There are also freight or service vehicles on

667-533: The railway had over 400,000 visitors. In 2007, it was estimated that the railway had 95,000 visitors. By 2015, this had doubled to 200,000. The four Diesel-Hydraulic locomotives are of common vintage and were constructed in the same works, Hudswell Clarke in Leeds . The first two belong to Scarborough Borough Council , have operated on the North Bay Railway since construction, and are currently leased to

696-696: The town of Malvern, Worcestershire in the English Midlands. It is owned by the 'Downs Light Railway Trust. It is maintained and operated principally by the school children, aged between 7 and 13 years. It is part of the Heritage Railway Association membership. The Jaywick Miniature Railway was built by FC Stedman, who owned the Jaywick Sands Estate on the Essex coast just south of Clacton-on-Sea. This railroad

725-562: The town. The railway attracted approximately 200,000 visitors in the 2014–2015 season, and remains popular with tourists. Various patches of land were bought up by the Scarborough Corporation during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Originally, the railway was set further back, but its terminus at Peasholm Park was amended so that it could be seen by pedestrian traffic going to North Bay. The opening ceremony took place at 2 p.m. on Saturday 23 May 1931. The locomotive, Neptune ,

754-502: Was built in order to transpoirt indiviudal potential buyers to view the homes for sale. It was built in 1935, by Miniature Railway & Specialists Engineering, of Terminus Road, Eastbourne. Stapleford Miniature Railway is an historic steam locomotive -hauled 10 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 260 mm ) gauge railway at Stapleford Park , Stapleford near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire , England. Considered one of

783-892: Was officially handed over by the Chairman of the North Side Development Committee, Alderman Whitehead, to the Mayor of Scarborough, Alderman J. W. Butler, for the Entertainments Department. Alderman Whitehead made a short presentation speech: "On behalf of the National Union of Drivers, Engineers and others, I have to present you, the first driver of the North Bay Railway Engine, with your insignia of office, your oil can and your 'sweat rag'." The mayor

812-522: Was originally equipped (in 1931) with bogie passenger coaches, with more added to the fleet in 1932, all constructed by Robert Hudson Ltd of Leeds. All ten original coach frames are still in service, although their bodywork has been rebuilt several times over. In 1960 they were rebuilt as " toast-rack " type coaches, common to that era. In 1991 several vehicles were again rebuilt, and in 1998 all ten were rebodied in fibre-glass as "semi-open saloons", having roofs and partial sides, but no doors or windows, leaving

841-492: Was presented with a peaked cap, an oil can (adorned with a blue ribbon), and a rag, before driving the train from Peasholm Station non-stop to Scalby Mills, at which point the engine was transferred to the other end of the train for the return journey. During the Second World War , the railway was closed as it was in the Coastal Defence Area. The last train ran on 6 July 1940 and the railway remained closed until

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