New Miniature Railway, Coney Island, C.1905. The Mini Locomotive Is A Cagney (Thanks Steve!)

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The Miniature Railroad was built past times the Cagney Brothers inwards 1904 to supervene upon an before version that was lost inwards a November, 1903 fire. It made a circuit of the green running underneath the promenade. The locomotives, which could describe 3 of the two-passenger cars, were built past times the Cagney Brothers' Miniature Railway Company inwards New York.

These pygmy locomotives were built inwards the Niagara store of Thomas together with Peter McGarigle; however, since their sis Winifred married Timothy Cagney, it was considered to hold upward all inwards the family.

Peter, an engineer, was by together with large probable the i who designed the outset of the miniature locomotives, ostensibly inwards 1885. In the early on 1890s Timothy together with his brothers David together with John, were running a ticket brokerage society known equally Cagney Bros. inwards New York, precisely past times 1898 decided to fully concentrate on marketing the McGarigle locomotives together with and thus incorporated The Miniature Railway Company, of Bailiwick of Jersey City.

For years the ii businesses were nearly indistinguishable from i another, together with were inwards fact interchangeable equally far equally miniature railways were concerned, equally they worked together on diverse projects. In 1903 the Cagney Bros. Co. was ensconced inwards the Planter's Hotel inwards St. Louis—there to construct the 8 mile miniature railroad that would run through the grounds of the St. Louis Purchase Exposition (the 1904 World's Fair). Timothy Cagney was listed equally President, together with Peter McGarigle equally Chief Engineer.

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