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  2. Miniatur Wunderland - Wikipedia

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    The Miniatur Wunderland (German for: " Miniature Wonderland ") is, according to Guinness World Records, the largest model railway system in the world. [2] It is located at the historic Speicherstadt in Hamburg and is one of the most popular and most visited sights in Germany. [3][4] The exhibition includes around 1,120 digitally controlled ...

  3. Roadside America - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.roadsideamerica.co. Roadside America was an indoor miniature village and railway covering 8,000 square feet (740 m 2). Created by Laurence Gieringer in 1935, it was first displayed to the public in his Hamburg, Pennsylvania, home. The miniature village's popularity increased after stories were published about it in local newspapers ...

  4. List of model railways - Wikipedia

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    Miniatur Wunderland — the world's largest model railway and airport [3][4] (HO) - Hamburg, Germany. Miniature Railroad & Village - USA. Modelbane Europa (HO) - Hadsten, Denmark. Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers (O) - USA. National Railway Museum - a railway museum including a model railway (O) - York, United Kingdom.

  5. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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    The world's largest model railroad in H0 scale is the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. The largest live steam layout, with 25 miles (40 km) of track is Train Mountain in Chiloquin, Oregon , U.S. [ 3 ] Operations form an important aspect of rail transport modelling with many layouts being dedicated to emulating the operational aspects of ...

  6. List of railway museums - Wikipedia

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    A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail ... Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune ... Hamburg: Pennsylvania: Rockhill ...

  7. Ridable miniature railway - Wikipedia

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    Ridable miniature railway. A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam or electric motors).

  8. Faller - Wikipedia

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    The magnet follows a steel wire hidden under the road surface, resulting in trucks and buses that behave in a realistic fashion without the need for guide rails or a slot in the road. This system is extensively used by the Miniatur Wunderland ('miniature wonderland') model railway attraction in Hamburg, Germany.

  9. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    No.3. 1:22.6. 2+1⁄2in (64 mm) The smallest scale able to pull real passengers. Was one of the first popular live steam gauges, developed in England in the early 1900s. In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot.