This is the world's biggest train set.

[gremlin1812]

Two German Brothers have put this TRAIN SET together.
This is the world's biggest train set.
Covers 1,150 square meters / 12,380 square feet…
Features almost six miles of track and is still not complete…
Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, began work on the 'Miniatur Wunderland' in 2000
The set covers six regions including America , Switzerland , Scandinavia , Germany , and the Austrian Alps
It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the train set will cover more than 1,800 square meters / (19,376 sq ft) and feature almost 13 miles of track, by which time detailed models of parts of France, Italy and the UK will have been added…
It comprises 700 trains with more than 10,000 carriages and wagons
The scenery includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars - many with illuminated headlights.....and 160,000 individually designed figures
In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than 8 million euro to put together,
the vast majority of which has come from ticket sales.
Watch the video with the link.....:udrool::mop::udrool:
http://www.miniatur -wunderland. com/exhibit/ video/4-minutes- wunderland/

 

[Tanvaras]

I dont know how many time I have seen that video, its AWESOME! I so would love to live in Germany so I could live at that place every day

Cheers

Trent

 

[AndyKay]

James May (from Top Gear) had a TV series about his favourite Toys and he visited these guys in Germany - went behind the scenes etc. It was amazing!
One of the brothers sold his Music production company to start this up and he makes more money from this now apparently

 

[airtime]

I brought this up sometime last year, and everytime I see a link to it, it just seems to grow larger and larger each time, it is an amazing route, and a layout most enthusiasts would love to have in there loft, only for the space and the cost...

Thanks for showing this link again, it's good to keep updated on how far the layout is growing...

Joe Airtime

 

[Spruce]

I was on a three week railway trip this July to Sweden and Norway and on the way back to London I visited the place in Hamburg. It is fantastic and the work that has gone into it is huge. There is so much to see and the pop concerts with their camera flashes are so realistic.They even have traffic obeying traffic lights on the roads.