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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 ...
This is a list of model railways. The world's first model railway was made for the son of Emperor Napoleon III in 1859 at the Château de Saint-Cloud . [ 1 ] However, "There is a strong possibility that Matthew Murray, who built the geared-for-safety rack engines for John Blenkinsop's coal mine near Leeds, England, was actually the first man ...
3 November 1893. Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured. [14] 581. 16 April 1947. Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured. 575. 4 June 1989. Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
On 3 June 1998, an ICE 1 train on the Hannover-Hamburg railway near Eschede in Lower Saxony, Germany derailed and crashed into an overpass that crossed the railroad, which then collapsed onto the train. 101 people were killed and at least 88 were injured, making it the second-deadliest railway disaster in German history after the 1939 Genthin rail disaster, and the world's worst ever high ...
A simple Märklin model. A coffee-table Märklin layout in Z scale (1:220). The locomotive is about 50 mm long. Märklin model steam engine in function. Märklin was founded by Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin [ de ] in 1859. [ 1 ] After his death in 1866, early in the company's life, his wife Caroline Märklin lead the business until 1888.
In the first half of the 19th century, opinions about the emerging railways in Germany varied widely. While business-minded people like Friedrich Harkort and Friedrich List saw in the railway the possibility of stimulating the economy and overcoming the patronization of little states, and were already starting railway construction in the 1820s and early 1830s, others feared the fumes and smoke ...
Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned. A scratch-built Russell snow plow is parked on a stub (Val Ease Central Railroad). Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.
15 July 1851 (1851-07-15) Location. The Göltzsch Viaduct (German: Göltzschtalbrücke, pronounced [ˈɡœlt͡ʃtaːlˌbʁʏkə] ⓘ) is a railway bridge in Germany. It is the largest brick-built bridge in the world, and for a time it was the tallest railway bridge in the world. It spans the valley of the Göltzsch River between the Reichenbach ...