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5-Biggest Train Set |
5-Biggest Train Set Read also about Dubai 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 American section features
giant models of the Rocky Mountains, Everglades, Grand Canyon ... and Mount
Rushmore It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the train set will cover more than 1,800 square meters (19,376 sq ft) area 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 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 to put together, the vast majority
of which has come from ticket sales.
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