Miniature Railway Locomotives and Rolling Stock

Railways come in all shapes and sizes, and these ones are pretty small! This lovely book by Royston Morris covers a range of railways from 15 inch gauge down to 3 1/2 inch. Any larger than this and you are in the realm of narrow gauge railways, any smaller and they are not really suitable for carrying passengers. Trains like this can commonly be seen at visitor attractions.

This is a really nice collection of photographs showing dozens of these railways, from all gauges. The custom made locomotives and rolling stock are also well covered. 

I remember at primary school, the caretaker used to build live steam miniature railway locomotives. He had at least two in his workshop. At the end of term a short track was laid down and he used to take the children on little trips behind the locomotives. I wonder what happened to him and those locomotives?

Here are a few examples of miniature railways in the UK.