title: Ten and a quarter inch gauge
text: # Ten and a quarter inch gauge
  
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  | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fifteen inch | 381 mm | (15 in) |
  | Narrow | Narrow | Narrow |
  | 600 mm Two foot Two foot three inch | 600 mm 610 mm 686 mm | (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) (2 ft) (2 ft 3 in) |
  | 750 mm Bosnian gauge Two foot six inch | 750 mm 760 mm 762 mm | (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) (2 ft 6 in) |
  | Swedish three foot 900 mm Three foot Italian metre | 891 mm 900 mm 914 mm 950 mm | (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) (3 ft) (3 ft1+13⁄32 in) |
  | Metre | 1,000 mm | (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
  | Three foot six inch | 1,067 mm | (3 ft 6 in) |
  | Four foot | 1,219 mm | (4 ft 0 in) |
  | Four foot six inch | 1,372 mm | (4 ft 6 in) |
  | 1432 mm | 1,432 mm | (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) |
  | Standard | 1,435 mm | (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
  | Broad | Broad | Broad |
  | Italian broad gauge Dresden gauge | 1,445 mm 1,450 mm | (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in) (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in) |
  | Leipzig gauge | 1,458 mm | (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in) |
  | Toronto gauge | 1,495 mm | (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in) |
  | 1520 mm Five foot | 1,520 mm 1,524 mm | (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) (5 ft) |
  | Pennsylvania gauge Pennsylvania gauge Five foot three inch | 1,581 mm 1,588 mm 1,600 mm | (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) (5 ft 3 in) |
  | Baltimore gauge | 1,638 mm | (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
  | Iberian gauge Five foot six inch | 1,668 mm 1,676 mm | (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) (5 ft 6 in) |
  | Six foot | 1,829 mm | (6 ft) |
  | Brunel | 2,140 mm | (7 ft 1⁄4 in) |
  
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  Ten and a quarter inch gauge (or X scale) (10+1⁄4 in / 260 mm) is a large modelling scale, generally only used for ridable miniature railways. Model railways at this scale normally confine the scale modelling aspects to the reproduction of the locomotive and with steam locomotives the accompanying tender. Rolling stock is generally made to carry passengers or maintenance equipment and is not to scale. There are also a number of railways which use this gauge of track but are narrow-gauge railways. Examples are Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, Isle of Mull Railway and Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. An organisation to promote this gauge of railway has been reformed in May 2010 as The Ten and a Quarter Railway Society, which will also cover the larger 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) and smaller 9+1⁄2 in (241 mm) gauges.
  
  ## Locomotives
  
  Generally model trains at this scale are individually hand-made, however between 1963 and 1964, Lines Bros Ltd using their combined Tri-ang and Minic brand names produced a commercial system under the name the Tri-ang Minic Narrowgauge Railway, or T.M.N.R.. Commercial companies also build bespoke locomotives or in the case of the Exmoor Steam Railway a standard design of 2-4-2T.
  
  ## Rolling stock
  
  Rolling stock was normally supplied in the form of seaside coaches. However the more growth in narrow-gauge style railways shows that fully enclosed coaches seating two adults side by side are possible and preferable for commercial railways.
  
  