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The Biggest Little Railway in the World
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Roundhouse Engineering Co Ltd· from 2017· temporary model Railway from Fort William to Inverness in Scotland for record breaking attempt in 2017
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Silver Lady on exhibition at Alexandra Palace: Djm-leighpark· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Biggest Little Railway in the World (BLR) was a temporary 71 mile (114 km) 1.25 inches (32 mm) O-gauge model railway from Fort William to the City of Inverness, the two largest settlements in the Scottish Highlands, in 2017. It has been described as a crackpot project to run a model train the length of the Great Glen Way by an army of madcap enthusiasts, geeks, and engineers in the best spirit of eccentric Britishness.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 9 years ago, in 2017.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Roundhouse Engineering Co Ltd
- operators
- BLR
- top speed
- 5 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48607635, Wikipedia: The Biggest Little Railway in the World (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.