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A short video shot while loading and moving ballast at Mini Acres Railroad. Today we used the Galloping Goose to move gravel over the bridge to the car shed for some new switch tracks that were recently installed. A few rain showers had us retreating to the car shed for temporary shelter throughout the day.

A few shots of the Galloping Goose's inaugural run around MiniAcres Railroad. This 7.5" gauge Galloping Goose was built by Tony Sears and it is modeled after one of seven motorized railcars built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. These cars were built from full sized automobiles and modified to run on existing narrow gauge track as a way to deliver mail in smaller towns where ru...

Follow along as we take MiniAcres RR #1 around the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a private 7.5" gauge live steam railroad in Canton, GA USA. This video was taken November 23 & 24, 2023 during a fall meet of club members & guests showcasing both 1.5" and 2.5" scale locomotives in operation. The CSP&P Railway is a single track railroad with trains in both directions sharing the same track. It ut...

Follow along as two 2.5" scale wood-burning live steam locomotives make their way around the 7.5" gauge private track in North Carolina called Mini Acres Railroad. No. 5 is a 2-4-2 locomotive and No. 1 is a 2-6-2. Both were on display here in September, 2021 as one of the stops of the National Narrow Gauge Convention. Mini Acres Railroad features a 30' long steel trestle, a 160' long tunnel and...

Some footage of Mini Acres #5, a 2.5" scale, live steam locomotive running on a private 7.5" gauge track. This train burns wood for fuel and is a 2-4-2 configuration. The tender, gondola and caboose are also all 2.5" scale. Music from SoundCloud: Crazy Train by 角: goo.gl/LlwYF5 Mystery Train by guitarmauro: goo.gl/rF1bHA

Several clips set to music of multiple 1.5" scale 7.5" gauge diesel and live steam locomotives taken on April 28, 2012 at a private track in Apex, NC. The main locomotive shown is a wood burning 2.5" scale live steam locomotive.

Follow MiniAcres Railroad #5, a wood burning 2.5" scale 7.5" gauge steam locomotive around a private track in Apex, NC.

This was the first locomotive tested on the first section of track at Mini Acres RR. The locomotive is a 1.5" scale 7.5" gauge diesel replica powered by a gasoline engine over hydraulic system. In this clip you can see this diesel being driven on about 700' of completed track including a pass through a 160' tunnel.

A few clips of engineer Reid Sipe behind MiniAcres RR #5, a wood-burning 2.5" scale 7.5" gauge live steam locomotive. This was taken in Apex, NC on April 24, 2009.