Rail transport modelling
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Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.
One of the smallest (Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the larger (live steam, 1:8) model locomotives
HO scale (1:87) model of a North American center cab switcher shown with a pencil for scale
Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned. A scratch-built Russell snow plow is parked on a stub (Val Ease Central Railroad).
A railway modelling club in Calais
Birmingham Dribbler
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A Birmingham Dribbler, or a carpet railway describes a type of very early model railway. It is a bit of a misnomer, as the railway featured a miniature scale model live steam railway locomotive, but h
Rail transport modelling
…harbours, urban landscape, model figures and lights, with features such as rivers, hills, tunnels and canyons. The earliest model railways were the carpet railways in the 1840s. The first documented model railway was the Railway of the Prince Imperial (French: Chemin de fer du Prince Impérial), built in 1859 by…
A 'Birmingham Dribbler', Stevens's Model Dockyard, England, around 1890
A modern (c1978?) reproduction of a "Birmingham Dribbler" steam engine, made by Maxwell Hemmens.