Train miniature à passagers

Les trains miniatures à passagers, en anglais ridable miniature railway, en américain riding railroad ou grand scale railroad sont des trains miniatures pouvant accueillir des passagers en utilisant des locomotives copies de machines existantes à échelle réduite mues par le diesel, l'électricité ou la vapeur vive.

Zooline Railroad's C.P. Huntington train.
Zoo de Saint-Louis

Train miniature à West Ryde, Sydney, Australie

Locomotive et train sur le Chemin de fer touristique d'Anse, France

600 mm

• Berliner Parkeisenbahn, Berlin, Berlin, Allemagne
• Parkeisenbahn Bernburg, Bernburg, Saxe-Anhalt, Allemagne
• Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Saxe, Allemagne
• Cottbuser Parkeisenbahn, Cottbus, Brandebourg, Allemagne
• Ferienlandeisenbahn Crispendorf, Crispendorf, Thuringe, Allemagne
• Parkeisenbahn Gera, Gera, Thuringe, Allemagne
• Görlitzer Oldtimer Parkeisenbahn, Görlitz, Saxe, Allemagne
• Parkeisenbahn Peißnitzexpress Halle (Saale), Halle-sur-Saale, Saxe-Anhalt, Allemagne
• Parkeisenbahn Plauen, Plauen, Saxe, Allemagne
• Chemin de fer des Chantereines (CFC), Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France

530 mm, 21 pouces

• Pleasure Beach Express, Blackpool, Lancashire, GB

508 mm, 20 pouces

• North Bay Railway, Scarborough, Yorkshire du Nord, GB

Voie de 50 cm

• Ligne du jardin d’acclimatation du Bois de Boulogne, Paris
• Parkeisenbahn Lauchhammer, Lauchhammer, Brandebourg, Allemagne
• Parkeisenbahn Vatterode, Vatterode, Thuringe, Allemagne

457 mm, 18 pouces

• Sundown Adventure Land, Retford, Nottinghamshire, Angleterre
• Aotea Railway, Aotea Lagoon, Porirua, Nouvelle-Zélande
• Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Los Gatos, Californie, USA
• Collegeville and Southern Railway, USA
• Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad, USA
• National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Australie du Sud
• Semaphore & Fort Glanville Tourist Railway, Semaphore, Australie du Sud (géré par le National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide)
• Venice Miniature Railway, Venice Beach, Venice, Californie, (1943–1968). USA

16.5 pouces

• Island Park Railway, Woodstock, Canada

16 pouces

• Cedar Rock Railroad, USA
• Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad, écartement 16p, Fairview, Michigan, USA

Écartement 406 mm

• San Diego Zoo Balboa Park Railroad, San Diego, Californie, USA

Écartement 380 mm

• Chemin de fer touristique d'Anse, France

381 mm, 15 pouces

Bure Valley Railway

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

• Bellevue Park Railway, Belfast, Irlande du Nord, GB
• Zoo de Blackpool, Lancashire, GB
• Blenheim Park Railway, Oxfordshire, GB
• Bure Valley Railway, Aylsham, Norfolk, Angleterre, GB
• Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Lincolnshire, GB
• Conwy Valley Railway Museum, Betws-y-Coed, Galle du Nord, GB
• Combe Martin Wildlife Park, Devon, GB
• Craigtoun Miniature Railway, Craigtoun Park, St. Andrews, GB
• Duffield Bank Railway, Derbyshire (fermé), GB
• Eaton Hall Railway, Cheshire (fermé), GB
• Evesham Vale Light Railway, Evesham Country Park, Twyford, Evesham, Worcestershire, GB
• Fairbourne Railway, Pays de Galles, GB
• Gulliver's Land, Milton Keynes, GB
• Gulliver's World, Warrington, Cheshire, GB
• Haigh Country Park Railway, Manchester, GB
• Heatherslaw Light Railway, Northumberland, GB
• Kirklees Light Railway, Clayton West, Huddersfield, Yorkshire de l'Ouest, GB
• Knowsley Safari Park (The Lakeside Railway), Prescot, Merseyside, GB
• Lakeside Miniature Railway, Southport, Merseyside, GB
• Lappa Valley Steam Railway, Cornwall, GB
• Lightwater Valley Themepark, Ripon, Yorkshire du Nord, GB
• Parc safari de Longleat, GB
• Markeaton Park Light Railway, Derby, GB
• Marwell Zoo, Colden Common, Hampshire, GB
• Oakwood Adventure Park, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, GB
• Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall, GB
• Paultons Park, Ower, Romsey, Hampshire, GB
• Perrygrove Railway, Gloucestershire, GB
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Cumbria, GB
• Rhiw Valley Light Railway, Manafon, Powys, GB
• Rhyl Miniature Railway, Clwyd, GB
• Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Kent, GB
• Saltburn Miniature Railway, Cat Nab, Cleveland, GB
• Sand Hutton Miniature Railway, Yorkshire (fermé), GB
• Sherwood Forest Railway, Nottinghamshire, GB
• Waveney Valley Railway, Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk, GB
• West Midlands Safari Park, Worcestershire, GB
• Windmill Farm Railway, Burscough, Lancashire, GB
• Wildlife Park, Chard Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset, GB
• American Heritage Railroad, Illinois, USA, GB
• B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad, Californie, USA
• City Park, Iowa City, USA
• Gage Park Railroad, Gage Park, Topeka, Kansas, USA
• Glenwood South Park & Pacific Railroad, Californie, USA
• Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad, Californie, USA
• Joshua Tree & Southern GSD, Californie, USA
• Laurel Run Railroad, Pennsylvanie, USA
• Little Toot Railroad, Illinois, USA
• Look Park, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
• Zoo de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Nickel Plate Railroad, Californie, USA
• Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, Ohio, USA
• Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad, Californie, USA
• Paradise and Pacific Railroad, Scottsdale Arizona, USA
• Phoenix & Holly Railroad, Oregon, USA
• Redwood Valley Railway, in Tilden Regional Park, Californie, USA
• Riverside and Great Northern Railway, Wisconsin, USA
• Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad, Wyoming, USA
• Sonoma Traintown, California, USA
• Tiny Town Railroad, Colorado, USA
• Waterman & Western Railroad, USA
• Bal Bahran Park Railway, Delhi, Inde
• Bear Creek Park Train, Colombie-Britannique, Canada
• Bush Mill Railway, Port Arthur, Australie
• Dalaas Waldbahn, Autriche
• Donauparkbahn, Vienna, Autriche
• Dresdner Parkeisenbahn, Dresde, Saxe, Allemagne
• Driving Creek Railway, Nouvelle-Zélande
• Killesberg Park Railway, Stuttgart, Allemagne
• Leipziger Parkeisenbahn, Leipzig, Saxe, Allemagne
• Prater Liliputbahn, Vienne, Autriche
• Sakuradani Light Railway, Japon
• Springbank Express, London, Ontario, Canada, Canada
• Shuzenji Romney Railway, Japon
• Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway, Nouvelle-Zélande

311 mm, 12 ¹⁄₄ pouces

• Exbury Gardens Steam Railway, Beaulieu, Hampshire, GB
• Fairbourne Railway, Gwynedd, GB
• Hotham Park Railway, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, GB
• Littlehampton Miniature Railway, Littlehampton, West Sussex, GB
• Newchapel Railway, Horne, Horley, Surrey, GB
• Exmoor Steam Railway, Bratton Fleming, Devon (fermé au public en 2001), GB

305 mm, 12 pouces

• Anglesey Model Village, Newborough, GB
• Ruislip Lido Railway, Greater London
• C&H Railroad, USA, GB
• Folsom Valley Railway, Folsom, Californie, USA
• Poco Loco Railroad, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
• Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railway, Missouri, USA
• Zilker Zephyr, Zilker Park, Austin, Texas, USA

260 mm, 10 ¹⁄₄ pouces

Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

, GB

• Audley End Railway, Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex, GB
• Beale Park, Pangbourne, Berkshire, GB
• Berkeley Light Railway, Gloucestershire, GB
• Bickington Steam Railway, Trago Mills, Liverton, Newton Abbot, Devon, GB
• Birchley Miniature Railway, GB
• Brechin Castle Centre Railway, Haughmuir, Brechin, GB
• Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk, GB
• Brooklands Pleasure Park, Worthing, Sussex, GB
• Chichester & District Society of Model Engineers, Chichester, Sussex, GB
• Drayton Manor Park and Zoo, Staffordshire, GB
• Eastleigh Lakeside Railway, Hampshire, GB
• Egerton Park Sportsground, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, GB
• Exmouth Express, Exmouth, Devon, GB
• Ferry Meadows Miniature Railway, Nene Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, GB
• Happy Mount Park, Bare, Morecombe, Lancashire, GB
• Hastings Miniature Railway, Hastings, Sussex, GB
• Isle of Mull Railway, Mull, Écosse, GB
• Kerr's Miniature Railway, West Links Park, Arbroath, GB
• Kirkby Green Light Railway, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (ouverture privée certains jours), GB
• Knebworth Park Miniature Railway, Hertfordshire, GB
• The Rio Grande Miniature Railway Selby Road, Garforth, Leeds, GB
• Manor Railway, Ingfield Manor, Billingshurst, Sussex, GB
• Mortocombe Railway, Chilton, Oxfordshire, GB
• Newby Hall Yorkshire du Nord, GB
• Paignton Environmental Park, Paignton, Devon, GB
• Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, GB
• Pettit's Animal Adventure Park, Reedham, Norfolk, GB
• Poole Park, Poole, Dorset, GB
• Radwell Manor Railway, Radwell, Bedfordshire (fermé), GB
• Royal Victoria Railway, Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley, Southampton, Hampshire, GB
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, Rudyard, près de Leek, Staffordshire, GB
• Smokey Oak Railway, Woodland Park, Brokerswood, Westbury, Wiltshire, GB
• Stapleford Miniature Railway, Stapleford Park, Leicestershire, Privé mais ouvert au public mi-juin à août, GB
• South Downs Light Railway, Pulborough, Sussex, GB
• St. Anne's Miniature Railway, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, GB
• Sutton Hall Railway, Rochford, Essex, GB
• Vanstone Woodland Railway, Vanstone Park Garden Centre, Codicote, Hertfordshire, GB
• Watford Miniature Railway, Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, GB
• Wells and Walsingham Light Railway, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, GB
• Wells Harbour Railway, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, GB
• Weymouth Bay Miniature Railway, Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset, GB

241 mm, 9 ¹⁄₂ pouces

• Downs Light Railway, Colwall, près de Malvern, GB
• Clevedon Fields Miniature Railway, Salthouse Fields, Somerset, GB
• Hall Leys Park, Matlock, Derbyshire, GB
• Lakeshore Railroad, South Marine Park, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, GB
• Barking Park Miniature Railway, Barking, Essex (fermé).
  réouverture en 7.25" en 2009, GB
• Danson Park, Bexleyheath, Kent 1942 (ligne ouverte pendant les vacances), GB
• Danson Park, Bexleyheath, Kent 1949 à 1962, GB
• Sidcup Miniature Railway, Sidcup, Kent, de 1945 à 1951, GB
• East Ham Miniature Railway, East Ham, Londres, de 1945 à 1949, GB

229 mm, 9 pouces

• Faversham Miniature Railway à Brogdale Farm, près de Faversham, Kent, GB
• Torry Hill Park (private miniature railway), près de Frinsted, Kent, GB

210 mm, 8 ¹⁄₄ pouces

• Brambridge Park Garden Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire, GB

190 mm, ¹⁄₂ mm

• Los Angeles Live Steamers USA
• Golden Gate Live Steamers, USA
• Hesston Steam Museum, USA
• Sacramento Valley Live Steamers (écartement 190,5 mm et 190,5 mm) USA
• Train Mountain Railroad, Chiloquin (Oregon), USA
• Sagebrush Short Line Railroad, Ridgecrest CA, USA, USA
• Riverside Live Steamers, Riverside (Californie), USA
• Great Lakes Live Steamers, Royal Oak and Southgate (Michigan), USA
• Triad Live Steamers, Farmington and Harrisburg, NC, USA
• Railroad Museum of South Florida Train Village, USA, USA
• Orange County Model Engineers, USA
• Willow Creek Railroad, Oregon, USA
• Shady Dell Pacific, Pacific Northwest Live Steamers, Molalla, Oregon, USA
• Illinois Live Steamers, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Tradewinds and Atlantic Railroad, Fort Lauderdale, Floride, USA
• Lakes Park and Gulf Railroad Fort Myers, Floride, USA
• Assiniboine Valley Railway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Burnaby Central Railway, Burnaby, BC, Canada

184 mm, 7 ¹⁄₄ pouces

• Acton Miniature Railway : Acton London Transport Museum Depot, GB
• P'tit train des Templiers,Epinay-Sur-Orge,France (écartement de 127 mm et 184mm), France
• Barking Park Light Railway, GB
• Barnards Miniature Railway, GB
• Beer Heights Light Railway, Devon, GB
• Bekonscot Light Railway, GB
• Bentley Miniature Railway, GB
• Bents Miniature Railway, Warrington (1982–88), GB
• Brookside Miniature Railway, Poynton (1988–99), GB
• Cité du train, Mulhouse, France
• Petit Train de Grenade,Grenade, France
• Conwy Valley Railway Museum, Pays de Galles, GB
• Coate Water Miniature Railway, Swindon
  (Combined Modèle:RailGauge and Modèle:RailGauge), GB
• Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway, Oxfordshire, Oxford, GB
• Danson Park, Bexleyheath, 1946 to 1948, GB
• Dobwalls Forest Railroad, Cornwall (fermé), GB
• Dragon Miniature Railway, Marple, Greater Manchester
• Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway, GB
• East Herts Miniature Railway, Great Amwell near Ware, Hertfordshire, GB
• Echills Wood Railway, Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire
• Fancott Miniature Railway, Bedfordshire, GB
• Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway
• Great Cockcrow Railway, GB
• Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, Chester, GB
• Guildford Model Engineering Society, GB
• Halton Miniature Railway Society, Runcorn, Cheshire, GB
• Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire, GB
• Little Orchard Railway, Suffolk
• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd, GB
• Mizens Railway, Woking, Surrey
• Mortocombe Railway, Chilton, Oxfordshire, GB
• Moors Valley Railway, Dorset
• National Railway Museum, York, GB
• Ness Islands Railway, Inverness, Écosse, GB
• North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME)
• Petit Train du Parc Thermal, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
• Pinewood Miniature Railway, Wokingham, Berkshire
  (Combiné 7.25 et 5 pouces), GB
• Plowman's Railroad, Dorset, GB
• Pugneys Light Railway, Wakefield, GB
• MiNi-Train de Pully, Suisse
• Saltwood Miniature Railway, GB
• Mémorail Quercy Vapeur, Saint-Géry ( Lot). Il s'agit d'un écartement de 186.3 mm. Source: grandsudinsolite.fr/2155-46-lot-le-memorail-quercy-vapeur.html, France
• Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire de l'Ouest, GB
• Strand Miniature Railway, Gillingham, Kent, GB
• Swanley New Barn Railway, Kent, GB
• Thames Ditton Miniature Railway, GB
• Thornes Park Miniature Railway, Wakefield, Yorkshire de l'Ouest, GB
• Weston Park Railway, Shropshire, GB
• Willen Miniature Railway, Milton Keynes, GB
• Willow Wood Railway, Stowupland, Suffolk, GB
• Wolds Way Lavender Narrow Gauge Railway
• Wintringham, Yorkshire du Nord (transporte des passagers et du matériel), GB
• Altona Miniature Railway, Victoria (écartement 127 et 184 mm), Australie
• Many Model Engineering Societies in Nouvelle-Zélande, avec
  • Kapiti Miniature Railway & Associates, Raumati Marine Gardens, Raumati Beach, Nouvelle-Zélande (double écartement 5 et 7 pouces)
  • Keirunga Park Railway, Havelock North, Nouvelle-Zélande
  • Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, Christchurch, host of 2006 CANMOD International Convention
• Diamond Valley Railway, Eltham Victoria, Australie.
• Finnish Railway Museum, Hyvinkää, Finlande
• MVRail, Morphett Vale Railway, Morphett vale, Weatsheaf Rd, South Australia, www.mvrail.org.au, Australie
• Roundhouse Park Miniature Railway, Toronto, Canada
• S.A.S.M.E.E. Park, Adelaide, Australia
• Willans Hill Miniature Railway, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australie
• Lankelz Railway à Esch-sur-Alzette, sud-est Luxembourg.
• Steiner Liliputbahn, Stein am Rhein, Canton de Schaffhouse, Suisse.
• Stoomgroep West Zuiderpark, La Haye, Pays-Bas. - A sizeable network in "Zuiderpark", a big city park
• Swiss Vapeur Parc, Le Bouveret (double écartement 5 et 7 1/4 p.), Suisse
• Hungarian Railway Museum, Budapest, Hongrie
• Parkbahn Schmiden, Fellbach, Allemagne
• Mini Train des Marais, Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny, France
• Le Petit Train à Vapeur de Forest (PTVF), Bruxelles, Belgique (double écartement 5 et 7 1/4 p.)
• Le Petit Train de la Louvière, La Louvière, Belgique
• Stoomgroep, Turnhout, Belgique
• Le P'tit Train d'Houdeng, Houdeng, Belgique
• Les Îles Vapeur Parc, Sion, Suisse (double écartement 5 et 7 1/4 p.)

127 mm, 7 pouces (5 pouces pour l'Europe)

Miniature railway on Lindenhof hill à Zürich (Suisse)

• Crowborough Miniature Railway
• P'tit train des Templiers, Epinay-Sur-Orge, France (écartement de 127 mm et 184mm)
• Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway (au sol et surélevé), Oxfordshire, Oxford
• Hove Park Railway
• Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire, GB
• Strawberry Line - dans le parc de Avon Valley Country Park, GB
• Maidstone Model Engineering Society, Mote Park, Maidstone
• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd, GB
• Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd, Cleckheaton West Yorkshire BD195LL
• Tonbridge Model Engineering Society, GB
• Bentley Miniature Railway, GB
• Crowborough Miniature Railway, GB
• Guildford Model Engineering Society, GB
• Coventry Model Engineering Society (Running "Ryton Pool Miniature Railway", GB
• GEC Model Engineering Society (Running "GEC Miniature Railway", GB
• North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME), GB
• Thames Ditton Miniature Railway, GB
• Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society, Anderson Park, Napier (écartement 5 et 7 pouces), Nouvelle-Zélande
• Northern Districts Model Engineering Society, Balcatta, Western Australia (écartements 2.5p 3,5 p 5 p et 7,25 pouces), Australie
• S.A.S.M.E.E. Park, Adelaide, Australie
• Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society, West Ryde, New South Wales, Australie (écartements 127 mm, 89 mm et 63,5 mm)
• Willans Hill Miniature Railway, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australie.
• Stoomgroep West Zuiderpark, La Haye, Pays-Bas. - (double écartement 3,5 et 5 p).
• Swiss Vapeur Parc, Le Bouveret, Suisse (double écartement 5 et 7,25 pouces).
• Mini Train des Monts du Lyonnais, Sainte-Foy-l’Argentière
• Le Petit Train à Vapeur de Forest (PTVF), Bruxelles, Belgique (double écartement 5 et 7 1/4 p.)

89 mm, 3 ¹⁄₂ pouces

• Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway, Oxfordshire, Oxford, GB
• Leyland Society of Model Engineers, Lancashire, GB
• Maidstone Model Engineering Society, Mote Park, Maidstone, GB
• Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd, GB
• Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD195LL, GB
• Tonbridge Model Engineering Society, GB
• Crowborough Miniature Railway, GB
• North London Society of Model Engineers (NLSME), GB
• Thames Ditton Miniature Railway, GB
• S.A.S.M.E.E. Park, Adelaide, Australie

Autres

• train pétrusse, Luxembourg
• Saint Louis Zoological Park, Saint-Louis (Missouri), USA
• Wenatchee Riverfront Railway, Wenatchee, USA
• Washington Park and Zoo Railway, Modèle:RailGauge, Portland (Oregon), USA
• Brackenridge Eagle, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio (Texas), USA, USA
• Matsudayama Herb Garden, Matsuda inclut Romancecar (Odakyu 10000 series HiSE) replique, Japon
• Kiddieland Amusement Park, Melrose Park (Illinois), USA
• Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, USA

Voir aussi

Les chemins de fer de faible écartement sont des trains à pleine échelle qui utilisent des voies étroites.

Notes et références

• (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Ridable miniature railway » (voir la liste des auteurs).