[RVRC] NOT HAM RADIO, BUT YOU might enjoy this: AMAZING GERMAN TRAIN SET

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*GERMAN Train Set*

    *A work of art and German engineering! **I've never seen anything like
it ever.**  **Check it out, you will be amazed. Watch the video too:

*Watch the 4 minute video of this Hamburg, Germany site.*
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*http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/exhibit/video/4-minutes-wunderland/** *
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  *GERMAN Train Set *

 This is the world's biggest train set which covers 1,150 square meters
(12,380 square feet), features almost six miles of track, and it is
*still*not complete


Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, began work on the 'Miniatur
Wonderland' in 2000



The set covers six regions including America , Switzerland , Scandinavia ,
Germany and the Austrian Alps



The American section features giant models of the Rocky Mountains,
Everglades, Grand Canyon .



..and Mount Rushmore



                            The Swiss section has a mini-Matterhorn



The Scandinavian part has a 4ft long passenger ship floating in a 'fjord'



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. Detailed models of parts of France,
Italy and the UK will have been added



It comprises *700 plus trains* with more than *10,000 carriages and wagons.
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        The *longest train is 46ft *



The scenery includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars - many with
illuminated headlights...



..and 160,000 figures, each individually designed.



Thousands of kilograms of steel and wood was used to construct the
scenery...



The 250,000 lights are rigged up to a system which mimics night and day by
automatically turning them on and off



The whole system is controlled from a massive high-tech nerve center.



In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than $8 million to put
together, the vast majority of which has come from ticket sales



Gerrit said: "Our idea was to build a world that men, woman, and children
can be equally astonished and amazed in."  Imagine the time involved to add
all the railway ties alone.



Frederik added: "Whether gambling in Las Vegas , hiking in the Alps or
paddling in Norwegian fjords - in Wunderland everything is possible".

TALK ABOUT YOUR SECOND CHILDHOOD !----- "BOYS" AND THEIR TOYS....
It comprises *700 plus trains* with more than *10,000 carriages and wagons.*
The *longest train is 46 ft long*.  The scenery includes *900 signals*, *2,800
buildings, 4,000 cars - many with illuminated headlights *and 20*0,000
individually designed figures. *Thousands of kilograms of steel and wood was
used to construct the scenery. The set is on display to the public and is so
big that they employ more than 160 people to show visitors around their
creation.


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