LEO2 This is what you call a Train Set!

One for the model railway enthusiasts!

 

 

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 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
 

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, 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 longest train is 46ft long
 

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

...and 160,000 individually designed figures
 

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 centre
 

In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than 8 million Euros 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"
 

Frederik added: "Whether gambling in Las Vegas , hiking in the Alps or paddling in Norwegian fjords - in Wunderland everything is possible"
The world's biggest model train set.  
TALK ABOUT YOUR SECOND CHILDHOOD-----
"BOYS" AND THEIR TOYS....
It comprises 700 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 160,000 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.

 

---

__._,_.___

 

.

__,_._,___

---

I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter.
We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam.
SPAMfighter has removed 3692 of my spam emails to date.
The Professional version does not have this message.

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
________GROUP INFO____________
#1- All replies are now being sent to the whole group.
#2- Everyone has different taste in humor and adult items.
So if you see something you don't like... use the delete key
on your keyboard,thats what it is there for.
OR
UNSUBSCRIBE from the group.
This is an Adult Group and you can expect anything here.
#3-  Please refrain from posting Illegal items.That means NO PAYSITES.
And NO POSTINGS of links to other google or yahoo groups.
#4- I feel that if you want to be a good member you will  follow the rules.
 Like the group.Tell your friends about us.
The more the merrier.
Thanks
The LEO Group
~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---