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Most gigantic model railroad in the world
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| 3/23/09
| Charlie White
Posted on 03/23/2009 5:29:39 PM PDT by airedale
This is simply unbelievable. The Miniatur Wunderland model railroad in Hamburg, Germany is the largest in the world, covering 16,146 square feet of space with more than 10,000 train cars running around its 6.8 miles of HO scale track. Now, the makers of this huge layout have created a video that gives you a jaw-dropping look at the vast scope of this intricate work of art.
Its construction started in 2000, and is still underway, with a tiny airport due for completion by the end of this year. This is just the beginning — there are plans to double to layout by 2014. We especially like the Las Vegas portion, complete with dazzling LEDs lighting up the night.
You have to watch the new video above to get the full impact of this remarkable achievement, which has taken in excess of 500,000 working hours to build. There's good reason why this is Germany's most popular attraction, already visited by more than 5 million flabbergasted tourists.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: germany; miniatures; modelrailroad; trains
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Follow the link to watch the video and look at some of the pictures or go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA&feature
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:29:39 PM PDT
by
airedale
To: airedale
That’s probably pretty big, but aren’t you forgetting Amtrack?
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:32:08 PM PDT
by
dr_who
To: airedale
Way cool but I have to say when I hear that accent I can't help but to think of Sprockets.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:32:09 PM PDT
by
TSgt
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: airedale
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:33:03 PM PDT
by
airedale
( XZ)
To: dr_who
Amrtack is a hobby but it’s Congress’s hobby.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:33:47 PM PDT
by
airedale
( XZ)
To: airedale
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:35:37 PM PDT
by
vets son
To: airedale
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:37:08 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(God Help Us-The Rats are in charge! And they aren't paying their taxes!)
To: airedale
BUT BUT BUT The electricity they use is CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:37:57 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
("We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots)
To: airedale
Its construction started in 2000, and is still underway, with a tiny airport due for completion by the end of this year.Heads up to French and Polish hobbyists, the Germans want lebensraum.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:38:46 PM PDT
by
x
To: x
LOL!
This is just the beginning — there are plans to double to layout by 2014.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:41:10 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Actually, it all started back in Mayberry. Helen Crump was a traveler and Floyd, well, you know...)
To: MikeWUSAF
LOL! Luuuuv ‘Schprockets’.
To: airedale
"Houses with bad reputation" - after all, what model railway would be complete without a whorehouse. They didn't say if they had motorized anything inside.
That was pretty cool. I never had the patience to build anything like that. I always just wanted more rail so I had long, but boring, tracks.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:42:32 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Obama: removing the speed limit on the Road to Serfdom)
To: airedale
I’m not into model trains but my brother-in-law is. He’s going to be amazed as I was. This is really cool!
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:42:43 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun on an Indy car....)
To: airedale
"...thick people and thin people." LOL! I would love to see this in person. It looks very cool.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:43:33 PM PDT
by
GnL
To: airedale
Oh My! That is so cool! (my wife's words).
All I could say was - Well that puts my little HO train under the Christmas Tree to shame! Well now I am challenged!
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:45:29 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: x
It’s small and appears to be a civilian airport. It’s only 150 square meters. But maybe they are looking for lebensraum since Austria is only 60 square meters.
The museums website has all the stats from sizes of the different areas to track length, maps and all kinds of other details.
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:45:34 PM PDT
by
airedale
( XZ)
To: US_MilitaryRules
Hey, I saw snow and glaciers!
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:46:48 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: airedale
Model railroading is the most useless, time-consuming waste of money I can think of.
(Hmmmmmm.....I wonder if my old Lionel H0 and N gauge sets in Mom's attic still run........)
To: airedale
Here are some other outstanding layouts...
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:47:33 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: airedale
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posted on
03/23/2009 5:49:07 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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