Miniatur Wunderland
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Here's the world's largest model railway. The time, imagery, and detail involved in creating such a masterpiece is truly remarkable.
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Very cool. I wish I had the patience to create, well, anything. I will NEVER have that kind of dedication.
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Charles, your dedication is totality used up in your search for undying love.
The automation of the vehicles is really neat.
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That looks like it would be very fun to see in person!
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I am fery much enchoyink his authentik cherman ack-sent!
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That's amazing! the trains I mean, not Peter's German Aksent.
No nudie beaches?
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Here's some details about the exhibit, expounding its sheer size and intricacy-
It took 500,000 working hours to build, going from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden to North America, through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland—complete with the Grand Canyon, 20-foot tall Swiss mountains, and:
• 800 trains. • Over 10,000 train cars in total, running several hundred kilometers every day. • One train is 47.5 feet long. • Over 170 computer controlled cars. • More than 200,000 people (there's all kinds of things here, even a crime scene). • Controlled by 40 computers. • 200 cameras control the premises. • Day and night lighting simulator. • 300,000 computer-controlled LEDs
Apparently the Scandinavian part also has a 4 ft. long ship floating in a "fjord".
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Should have gone through Niagara with some working falls, that woulda been interesting.
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In the words of a girl I once regretfully knew:
"That is bomb ass"
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Can someone explain to me what the "very alife humans" (2:45) are doing?
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Did Charles hack into Henry's account?
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Thanks for sharing! My dad had a great Lionel set that he built in the 1950's and 1960's with working switches, crossarms, and signals. He worked for 42 years for Southern Pacific Railroad as an electrical engineer and has always loved trains. I will have to send the link to him.
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I forgot to post this the other day, but here are some still shots in video format as well: Miniatur Wunderland Still Shot Video
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Thanks, Nick! Those photographs really show the immense size of the landscape.
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I just found out today that it looks like my job managing IT staff around the US is going to expand to The Hague (Netherlands). IF I get to travel over there, I will have to take some personal time as well. Maybe the 4.5 hour drive to Hamburg will make the list.
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