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From Peter Scott’s Mini Histories series, telling the story of the Glasgow International Exhibition and the role played by the US Miniature Railroad at the US pavilion
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The Glasgow International Exhibition Miniature Railway
A short history by Peter Scott and this is a big subject for a free book – and well researched too. Like most exhibition railways, this 15-inch line had a very short life – only six months in this case. Following the successful Great Exhibition in London in 1851, other cities tried their luck, Glasgow holding one in 1888 and another in 1901 for which this railway was built. The railway was actually a US showpiece located at the US Pavilion and of course the loco was a Cagney
Like all of Peter Scott’s ‘Mini Histories’ series the book is entirely free to download
5.7MB PDF
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