Foraward by Nelson S Oliveira
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
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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 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
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"The world's biggest model train set.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
This is what you call a Train Set!
Monday, October 12, 2009
WORLD'S FIRST SOLAR POWERED STADIUM IN TAIWAN..
Forward by RajaramaRao
Taiwan recently finished construction on a solar-powered stadium that will generate 100% of its electricity from photovoltaic technology Designed by Toyo Ito,the 50,000-seat arena will officially open later this year to welcome the 2009 World Gameswhich features many sports not included in the Olympics Such as parachuting, tenpin bowling and rugby sevens.
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Friday, October 9, 2009
NETHERLANDS- TIEL-FRUITCORSA FESTIVAL
Forward by RajaramaRao
Every year in September, a festival called fruitcorso is held to celebrate the harvest of the fruit of all the villages in Tiel, Netherlands.
It includes a parade of cars which are decorated with fruits.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
SWITZERLAND IN WINTER
Forward by Megha
These are some beautiful pictures from VERSOIX , a city near GENEVE in SWITZERLAND.
The lake in background named LEMAN .
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