Miniature Railway Company
The Miniature Railway Company on Broadway , New York , operated park railways at several world exhibitions around 1900 and delivered them all over the world.
history
The company was founded by Timothy Cagney and his brothers David and John in 1898 after running a ticket distribution company called Cagney Bros. in New York in the early 1890s. They had previously begun in 1894 to build the first steam engines, and its popular 4-4-0 with a track width of 15 inches was a simplified model of the New York Central no. 999 , the first vehicle as a speed of 100 mph ( 161 km / h). They lived in Jersey City , but their office was at 301, 407, and eventually 74 on Broadway in New York until it was relocated to New Jersey.
The locomotives for the Miniature Railway Company were manufactured by the McGarigle Machine Company first in Niagara Falls, New York and later in Jersey City. This company was owned by Thomas and Peter McGarigle, whose sister Winifred was married to Timothy Cagney. The two companies worked very closely together on various projects for several years. Your C-Class had a gauge of 12⅝ inches (321 mm), the D class of 1903 had a track width of 15 inches (381 mm) and the E-Class of 1904 had a track width of 22 inches (559 mm). In the 1920s, the Cagney Bros. took over the park railroad division of the McGarigle Machine Company under the name Cagney Brothers' Amusement Company Niagara Falls Plant . In total, the group of companies built around 1,300 locomotives in many different sizes and gauges before they went out of business in 1948.
Product range
The specialty of the group of companies was the production of light steam locomotives in various sizes and designs for many gauges. The locomotives were also well suited as works railways , for which ordinary locomotives were often unsuitable or too expensive. Forest railways of the Miniature Railway Co. were in service in the southern Atlantic and Gulf States, on the northern lakes and on the Pacific coast. They have been exported to the UK, Latin America, Russia, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.
Two of Cagney's most important installations were two gold-plated steam trains for the King of Siam, and the Trip Around the World exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair . A locomotive was delivered to the Blakesley Miniature Railway in Northamptonshire near Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowkes company Miniature Railways of Great Britain Ltd. in 1902 . exported to Northampton, which began producing its own 15-inch gauge locomotives in 1904.
Trans-Mississippi Expo
The Miniature Railway Company used the smallest locomotive ever made by Thomas E. McGarigle for passenger transport from June 1 to November 1, 1898, at the Trans-Mississippi Exhibition in Omaha , Nebraska . It was one of a total of six locomotives ordered under a contract. The track width of the locomotive was 12½ inches (321 mm) and the height from the top of the rails to the top of the chimney was only 25 inches (640 mm). Bore x stroke of the cylinders were 2 x 4 inches (51 mm x 102 mm). The kettle was made of steel, held 24 gallons (110 liters) of water, had a 1½ horsepower capacity, and was tested to 300 pounds per square inch (21 bar). The firebox was 10 by 10 inches (250 mm by 250 mm). The weight of this small locomotive was approximately 600 pounds (270 kg) and it ran on 3/4 square inch (4.8 cm²) cross-sectional rails. Hard coal was used for firing. The locomotive could pull 10 wagons, each with two people, or about 4000 pounds (1800 kg). The locomotive was equipped with a sandpit, bell, etc. and had a vapor barrier between the drive wheels. The engine driver sat across the tender to operate the locomotive. The scale of the model, which had a very realistic appearance, corresponded to about a seventh of the model at New York Central.
Pan-American Expo
The Cagney brothers built and operated a 15-inch (381 mm) gauge miniature train at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo , New York , from May 1 to November 2, 1901 . With a ticket that cost 10 cents, passengers could get on small, open cars and travel on six sections to the end of the line.
The D-class coal-fired steam locomotives had drive wheels 16 inches (410 mm) in diameter, 1000 pounds (450 kg) in weight, and 36 inches (0.91 m) from rail edge to chimney top. The tender for carrying coal and water was 22 inches (0.56 m) wide. It weighed 200 pounds (91 kg) and had a seat for the train driver. The total length of the locomotive and tender was 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). The cars were each 6 feet (1.8 m) long and 24 inches (0.61 m) wide. They had 8 adult seats when two passengers were seated next to each other.
Charleston Expo
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When Charleston Expo from 1 December 1901 to 20 June 1902, the installed by the Miniature Railway Co. were among Liliputbahnen 's most popular attractions and entertainment venues highest paid on the premises. The routes touched all points of interest from the sunken gardens and the palace courtyard to the dance hall in the administration building. Visitors rated the miniature trains as an indispensable amenity and enjoyed the modern transport options.
The facility consisted of a steam locomotive with an attached tender , a total length of 9 feet 11 inches (3.02 m), a weight of 1200 pounds (540 kg), and wagons with a length of 6 feet ( 1.8 m) and a width of 24 inches (0.61 m) and a weight of 125 pounds (57 kg). Compared to the original, it was advantageous that there were no porters to tip, nor any men with megaphones offering magazines or chewing gum.
Louisiana Purchase Expo
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In 1903, the Cagney Bros. Co. built the eight-mile miniature train on the grounds of the Louisiana Purchase Expo and operated it from April 30 to December 1, 1904 with scaled-down steam locomotives that were heated with coal. There were twenty 4-4-0 -Lokomotiven with 15 inches (381 mm) gauge and four 4-4-0 locomotives with 22 inches (559 mm) gauge for public transportation at the fairgrounds. These could each transport up to 30 passengers. Timothy Cagney was named as President and Peter McGarigle as Chief Engineer.
The two routes ran across different areas of the exhibition grounds: A 1.6 km long stretch led outside the Street of Concessions along the Pike . It was next to the granite-paved Lindel Boulevard. Another led on Olympia Way from Skinker Road to Model Indian School . He served the Philippino reservation near the Agricultural Palace.
Remarks
- ↑ The heavy 15-inch D-Class was developed before the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. The two broken bolts on the top and left side of the smoke box cover plate attached to the front end of the kettle were probably over tightened when the plate was removed for pipe cleaning. The embossing shows “THE MINIATURE RAILWAY CO. - 407 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, USA - 1904 "
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↑ Commons : Miniature Railway Company - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
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↑ Commons : Pan-American Exposition Miniature Railway - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cagney Bros.
- ↑ a b c d e All in the Family.
- ^ A b c Jeff Terry: Lineside Legacy: Preservation on a Smaller Scale.
- ↑ Amusement Park Train Website Updated.
- ↑ a b c Miniature Railways at the Charleston Exhibition. In: Street Railway Review , Volume 12, 1902, p. 365.
- ^ John Morcombe: The tiny trains that went in circles on the Manly's beachfront. Manly Daily, June 24th, 2016.
- ^ Cagney's Locomotive Works. Facsimile of the 1901 catalog, August, 1998.
- ^ A b The Railway Age, July 1, 1898.
- ↑ a b Miniature Railway. In: Street Railway Review, June 15, 1901, Volume 11, No. 6, p. 388.
- ^ Doing the Pan ...: Miniature Railway Concession.
- ↑ The greatest of expositions completely illustrated. Official publication. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.). Publisher: St. Louis, Official photographic company. 1904.
- ^ The street railway review.
Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 54.9 " N , 74 ° 0 ′ 28.7" W.