Talk:Ridable miniature railway

message: It looks a lot like we need to create a List of article.  Comments?  Rklawton 13:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: By all means link them, it's a basic requirement of Wikipedia to link articles where relevant. Mjroots (talk) 13:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: *Barking Park Miniature Railway, Barking, Essex (Now Closed). Being relaid in  gauge, re-opening Easter 2009 Barking Park Miniature Railway website.
*Barking Park Light Railway: Re-opening Easter 2009 website
 Peter Horn User talk 02:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Same thing 

message: The title needs to be corrected to "Rideable".  Tmangray (talk) 23:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably: rideable. Is ridable American English? The content of this article seems to be predominantly British, with the US definition in brackets in the lead. Therefore, it's probably worth adding  to avoid future ambiguities. (And also move the article to Rideable miniature railway, with a redirect from the current spelling.) --Trevj (talk) 08:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it should be "rideable". The current "ridable" is a recognised alternative spelling, but doesn't seem to make sense to me. I would have thought we should go with what Wiktionary says is the usual spelling. Timothy Titus Talk To TT 01:58, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I just went to consult the editor who originally named the article, but he has retired, and is no longer with us. Timothy Titus Talk To TT 02:01, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: There is a miniature railway in some gardens on the seafront in (Thornton-)Cleveleys in Lancashire, although I do not know the gauge -- 62.25.109.196 (talk) 13:08, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  For what it is worth 

message: I'm not sure of the technicalities of this but perhaps an expert can decide -would this light railway in Goffs Park, Crawley, England count as a miniature railway?
http://www.crawleymodelengineers.org.uk/index.html
Tafkam (talk) 17:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goffs Park Light Railway 

message: While a guage of 24 inches technically qualifies this miniature train as narrow guage, the locomotive and cars are today fanciful replicas, in earlier years more realistic, so its inclusion in this article would be appropriate.
http://www.fpmt.us/
--Janko (talk) 13:10, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forest Park Miniature Railroad, Ft. Worth, TX 

message: To me it looks like they could be merged. Into single section per gauge, I mean. -DePiep (talk) 23:28, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sections "UK" and "rest of the world" different? 

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message: I've converted the existing list of railways to a single table as the increasingly cumbersome list feels that it's crying out for such a thing. I can see however that all might not approve. Here are my thoughts.
Pros
*Can now sort entire list alphabetically
*Can now sort by country to allow listing, for example, all railways in Australia
*Consistency of format of name/location/reference/notes
*More consistent with other 'lists of' pages
Cons
*Makes editing a particular entry more cumbersome
*Makes the page somewhat monolithic
Notes
*Sorting by gauge doesn't work numerically. Someone with better wikitable knowledge than me could easily fix, I bet
*Should the countries have the country string as well as the flagicon?
*Some entries are in there twice/more as they have multiple gauges. Is there an easy solution via clever tabling?
The primary decision is whether to retain the 'by gauge' lists as well. I would say not given that the two lists will drift apart meaning the info is only in one or the other. I've left them there because others may prefer that list...
Smb1001 (talk) 13:32, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Having both the table and the list in this article is redundant and only one should be kept. Personally, I like the new, more-efficient table you made, so I'd say keep that one and delete the lists. I don't think it will happen, but hypothetically if someone liked the lists, they can always add them back using the edit history. Jackdude101 (Talk)</span>  23:49, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sortable Table 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Ongoing discussion FYI.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 03:39, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The discussion is now closed and the result was Keep. Jackdude101 talk cont 22:05, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad]]

message: The Miniature Train at Monarch Park, Miniature Railway at Silver Lake and Midland Beach Railway Company should occasionally be added, please. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 07:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the table in the article is sorted by track gauge, do you have that info available for the first two? If so, add that info to the articles and I will add them to the table. Jackdude101 talk cont 19:43, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have searched for the gauge, but couldn't find it. I personally cannot guess it from the photos. Searching for the gauge of the Little General in Travel Town Museum might be the best option. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 21:58, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  This isn't 100% definitive by any means, but according to Steamlocomotive.com, the only gauge noted for Armitage-Herschell locomotives at the turn of the century was  gauge. Also, per the same website, Cagney, Armitage-Herschell's main competitor with park trains, made trains in  gauge most often. Jackdude101 talk cont 01:51, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks, this matches what we can see on the photo. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 05:48, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

text: Dampf-Bahn-Club Sprockhövel --NearEMPTiness (talk) 16:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Did you know ... that the Miniature Railway Company in 301 Broadway, New York, produced various types of diminutive railways which were in operation in many parks throughout the world around 1900? --NearEMPTiness (talk) 20:43, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  New articles 

message: People interested in this article might be interested in the related travel guide at our sister project, which is :voy:Miniatures, dioramas and scale models#Miniature railways and "Grand Scale" railroads.  There is also a page at :voy:Tourist trains.  User:ShakespeareFan00 is trying to determine whether there is enough material to create a dedicated travel guide for rideable miniature railways.  If you're interested in sharing your opinion (or helping out), see this discussion.  If you'd like to know more about how Wikivoyage works, then  :voy:Wikivoyage:Welcome, Wikipedians explains some of the differences.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:22, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikivoyage 

message: This is a list, shouln't it be "List of Ridable miniature railways" ? --Io Herodotus (talk) 02:45, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question. Peter Horn User talk 15:47, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming 

message: I would like to suggest this track in north Italy for adding at the main page:
https://parcoesposizioninovegro.it/altre-attivita-vapore-vivo/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjEyPkw5OvCHn9veTijVNHA  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.160.162.163 (talk) 17:42, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italy 

message: Willans Hill Miniature Railway in Wagga Wagga, layout viewable here at pin (A) has its own tunnel, which passes under Lord Baden Powell Drive, a public road. They make no special claims for it, but I suspect this may be unique. Any ideas? Doug butler (talk) 20:52, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tunnel 

message: The Annetta Valley and Southern railway in the USA has shut down due to money issues. Theres a new one in the works, but its not ready yet. 2603:8080:F603:71B3:71C6:4E9F:DA3D:7EA2 (talk) 13:34, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New and dead railroads