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A backyard railroad, with a 4-4-0 locomotive in 1:8 scale, on a portable track in Finland.
A backyard railroad is a privately owned, outdoor railroad, most often in miniature, but large enough for one or several persons to ride on. The rail gauge can be anything from 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) to 7+1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) or more. Smaller backyard or outdoor railroads that cannot be ridden are called garden railroads. Some backyard railroads use full-size rolling stock, such as the former 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Grizzly Flats Railroad owned by railfan and Disney animator Ward Kimball.
Hundreds, even thousands of backyard railroads exist, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom. Walt Disney's 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature Carolwood Pacific Railroad, located at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills, was a notable example. It inspired Disney to surround his planned Disneyland amusement park with the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Disneyland Railroad.
A backyardrailroad is a privately owned, outdoor railroad, most often in miniature, but large enough for one or several persons to ride on. The rail gauge...
The Carolwood Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a 7+1⁄4-inch (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature railroad run by Walt Disney in the backyard of his home in the Holmby...
California. The railroad had 900 feet (274.3 m) of track, and was operated from 1942 to 2006. It was the first full-size backyardrailroad in the United...
his sons. This railroad was one of the inspirations for Walt Disney to build his own backyardrailroad, the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, which inspired...
on 45 mm (1.772 in) track, 16 mm (1:19). They are smaller than the Backyardrailroad, or what is commonly called a miniature railway, and would not provide...
inspiration from the ridable miniature Carolwood Pacific Railroad built in his backyard. The Disneyland Railroad opened to the public at Disneyland's grand opening...
horse" led to him building a miniature live steam backyardrailroad—the "Carolwood Pacific Railroad"—on the grounds of his Holmby Hills estate. Throughout...
Backyardrailroad). Modellers may collect model trains, building a landscape for the trains to pass through. They may also operate their own railroad...
pocket-size to 1:2 scale. Ridable, large-scale live steam railroading on a backyardrailroad is a popular aspect of the live steam hobby, but it is time-consuming...
which Kimball ran on his private 3-acre (1.2 ha) backyardrailroad known as Grizzly Flats Railroad in San Gabriel, California, bears some of his original...
already had their own backyardrailroad, Disney developed blueprints and immediately set to work on creating a miniature live steam railroad for his back yard...
Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad was a 16 in (406 mm), 1/4-scale ridable miniature railway, located in Fairview, Michigan. The railroad ran through the scenic...
(musician), a music artist signed to Lewis Recordings Mighty Casey BackyardRailroad, a rideable miniature railway system from Remco Mighty Casey's, a...
The railroad ties from the attraction were later used to build the Deer Lake Park & Julian Railroad, a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge backyardrailroad owned...
apparent due to the local toy industry. Outdoor area Café La Kritz with backyardrailroad Outdoor playground, Shadowland (rope net pyramid, rolling ball sculpture...
buildings, mainly from the 1870s. The museum also has a live steam backyardrailroad track, where train rides are offered to the public during special...
rides and some are located in amusement parks and municipal parks. Backyardrailroads and ridable miniature railways run on tracks, and especially if the...
at Rushden There and Back light Railway at Burghley Trains portal Backyardrailroad British narrow-gauge railways Children's railway Decauville Rail transport...
is located in my backyard, proponents and people who exploit the concept of reverse NIMBY would say that "If it happens in my backyard, it matters more...
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Grizzly Flats Railroad, the first full-size (3 ft (914 mm) gauge) backyardrailroad in the United States, is opened by Disney...
they can be set up in the owner's own garden, or in the US called a backyardrailroad, are sufficient to run by themselves but usually cannot haul the driver...
to build his own backyardrailroads, building the Carolwood Pacific Railroad. Kimball already had his own, named Grizzly Flats Railroad. The main entrance...
offerings on Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen (NEM) or National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) standards in most popular scales. Although scale and...
market-rate housing has been referred to as "PHIMBY", for "public housing in my backyard". Similarly, requiring a very high inclusionary (i.e., subsidized) percentage...
his wife Betty for their backyard "Grizzly Flats Railroad" in 1938. Originally built for the short line Nevada Central Railroad connecting Battle Mountain...
Valley Railroad for the experimental railway through George E. Mansfield's backyard George E. Mansfield (1876-1877): The Billerica and Bedford Railroad. Moody...
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