Keep men healthy!! (This is what you call a Train Set!)

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Two German Brothers have put this together! AMAZING! 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 that 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 euro 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."

 

 

 

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At 10:18 PM 23/12/2009, you wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two German Brothers have

put this together! AMAZING!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 that 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 euro 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. "

 

 

PS/ do you think these guys are married?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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