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World's Longest Model Train
Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) April 15, 2008 -- At this time, the current world record for running THE WORLDS LONGEST MODEL TRAIN is held by Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany in HO Scale (1:87.1) at 361 ft 10 in (5.969 scale miles). The big difference between that record and this one is the SCALE of model railroad. This attempt will be made in G-Scale (1:24), will require 47 Locomotives, 540 pieces of rolling stock, on 1,252 Linear Feet of track at 6.91 Scale Miles. In essence beating the current record by almost 1 scale mile.
The hobby of Model Railroading (any scale) in this country is comprised of hundreds of thousands of people covering all walks of life including children ages 6 - 96. Empire Builder Railroad Designs is bringing this record home to the United States in order to bring greater attention to this hobby and hopefully bring a greater appreciation of how the Railroads contributed to building this great nation
The history of railroading in this country is rich, romantic and at least in our opinion deserves to be remembered and celebrated. This is our attempt at beginning that celebration.
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Landing A Job With A European Railway
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World's Longest Model Train
Rick Cartwright and Empire Builder Railroad Designs will break the current Guinness world record for running THE WORLDS LONGEST MODEL TRAIN. This record breaking run will occur April 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Some of the biggest names in Garden Railroading, USA Trains, Kadee, Locolinc, Large Scale Online (LSOL) and Eagle Wings Ironcraft have supplied equipment for and will be participating in this event.
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