Northlandz, in Flemington, New Jersey sent to me by my brother in Africa.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ws-thousands-NJ.html
PS sorry if this has been posted before.James
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Northlandz, in Flemington, New Jersey sent to me by my brother in Africa.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ws-thousands-NJ.html
PS sorry if this has been posted before.James
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Actually, I don't think it is the largest. Perhaps was at one point, but I'm not sure that distinction applies today,
Amazing
So Allan, who is the biggest now? More importantly... who is the biggest 0 Gauge layout? Is that even established or are there just rumors of a hidden away layout?
I think the biggest O gauge one is the one in Paterson,NJ. The largest HO is in Hamburg,Germany.
You have to qualify the Hamburg one, it's more than a model RR. This may have more RR components than Miniatur Wunderland, hard to say.
In any case, that's one impressive model railroad!
The German layout definitely qualifies as a model railroad (the central theme of the operation), and I'm reasonably sure it's larger than Northlandz. I'll look up the overall dimensions of both at some point, but at the moment I don't have the time for that.
Having known and assisted both Bruce at the FC&N his 3 to 5 basements layout 1970's to 1990's then 1990's to the new present day Northlandz and the Ben at the NJ Hi-Railers from 2005 to 2010 I can't say who or where the biggest layout is, but Bruce's 2 story 52,000 sq. ft. building had to hold the record in 1997 when it opened. Bruce did work 19 hours a day and built all of the bridges himself. Ben and the Hi-Railers are still going at it and only God knows where this is going.
They seem to take on a life of their own.
Jack
I checked the specifications for Minatur Wunderland, they have: As of January 2011, the railway consists of 12,000 metres (39,370 ft) of track in HO scale. With his 8 miles of track, he's in the race for the largest RR.
Looks like Miniatur Wunderland gets the nod at 68,889 sq ft (from wiki) vs the 52,000 sq ft listed in the above article in total floor/building space.
Northlandz is cool....but does not compare to the Hamburg layout. The animation and automation of the German HO layout is amazing. Plus the German display is bigger.
The advantage of Northlandz is I can drive to it. I agree it's not as impressive overall as Minatur Wunderland, but I was just talking the RR portion. The stuff at Minatur Wunderland is clearly in a class by itself, and the prices match!
Excessive and loneliness - is what I came away with...
Rick
Pretty amazing the 2 largest layouts are within a 2 hour drive of each other. We are fortunate!!
I think the biggest O gauge one is the one in Paterson,NJ. The largest HO is in Hamburg,Germany.
That would be the NJ Hi-Railers! http://www.njhirailers.com/
We're in the process of documenting the track plan in RR-Track. What a job! We've been working on it for several months now and it'll probably take a good part of this year to complete. Perhaps then we'll have an objective measure of it being the largest O-Gauge layout in the world. I'm willing to bet it will be the largest plan ever developed in RR-Track. Hope it can handle it.
I'm thinking of starting an over/under as to how many scale miles of track are in the layout! Winner gets the pride and prestige of being right.
Northlandz I have been to several times, and unfortunatley I have not gone back again. The last time I was there about 3 years ago, a good deal of the layout was not operational, or in very poor condition.
A lot of it from visitor abuse, throwing coins on the tracks, destroying scenery etc.
It seems that the maintenance was not keeping pace with the amount of damage that was done.
I hope that someone has been there recently and this has changed for the better!
It was a shame to see such a great layout in this level of dis-repair.
Northlandz is cool....but does not compare to the Hamburg layout. The animation and automation of the German HO layout is amazing. Plus the German display is bigger.
But does Hamburg have a magnificent pipe organ?
...There's just no proper way to answer to this one; that's some impressive Organ
I have been to all of them, including San Diego.
Miniatur Wonderland is more than just square footage, it has several levels, too.
Miniatur Wonderland is, simply put, a jaw dropper.
Really don't care which one is the biggest. I believe we are the only one now that has one of these thanks to the TMB club of Long Island
The NJ Highrailers have the club with the biggest hearts.
I really do love trains but I ran out of northlandz after and hour or so of going thru similar overdone fantasy non functionalable (new word) construction. Too much of a ho-hum thing. Just my opinion.
Ben, what does Jim think of the modern hot dog cart, any better than what we had in the old start up days. The future is here, keep up the good work.
Jack
Hi Jack
Jim hasn't used the new cart yet It was a hit at club night We gave the old hot dog machine to the Boston Metro HiRailers to use at their open houses. How is Pittsburgh treating you?
It may be a stretch to call Train Mountain in Oregon a model railroad but with 36 miles of track and listed in the Guiness book as the worlds largest hobby railroad, it is certainly a big railroad that uses model trains to get around on it. 1/8th scale 7 1/2 inch guage. www.trainmountain.org Russ
The "Misty Mountain Railroad" in Blairsville, GA bills itself as the "largest privately owned O-gauge layout in the country"
It was pretty impressive to me! Check out his train collection photos - rows and rows of locos and rolling stock. The photos don't do the collection justice - you have to see it in person!
http://mistymountainmodelrailroad.com/
The Misty Mountain is fantastic! Have not seen this before, just great.
Northlandz when I was there 15 years ago was nothing but a bunch of joint compound put on with a pointed trowel to try (Key word try) to simulate mountains. Half of it was not painted / scenic ed and like someone said it was very monotonous with half of it non-operational. It was sad.............
It might be a monolith, but it is far from the masterpiece of the NJHR!
Having only seen Miniatur Wunderland and Northlandz via electronic and print media:
Miniatur Wunderland looks like real.
Northlandz looks like a cartoon.
Rusty
Ben, great group of model railroaders out this way very helpful and really know their stuff. My new project is coming along faster than I imagined thanks to Mike CT's vast store of knowledge and some others.
Say hello to the gang for me and Happy 4th to all.
Jack
Certainly an impressive piece of work. In terms of overall size, I don't think it really matters except for those who are interested in bragging rights. A nice layout is a nice layout, big, biggest, or not.
In terms of overall size, I don't think it really matters except for those who are interested in bragging rights. A nice layout is a nice layout, big, biggest, or not.
Well said!
A different view of Northlandz.
I think the biggest O gauge one is the one in Paterson,NJ.
No disrespect to the Nj highrailers but what about Roadside America? The overall Sq footage is bigger than nj highrailers.
Roadside is 6,000 sq ft, we are 12,500 sq ft in the main room + the soprano layout room
Northlandz when I was there 15 years ago was nothing but a bunch of joint compound put on with a pointed trowel to try (Key word try) to simulate mountains. Half of it was not painted / scenic ed and like someone said it was very monotonous with half of it non-operational. It was sad.............
I was to Northlandz around the same time you were. I was impressed with the quantity, not so much with the quality. There was much broken plaster and not many trains running. I remember taking note that not one steam locomotive was running,
No disrespect to the Nj highrailers but what about Roadside America? The overall Sq footage is bigger than nj highrailers.
You're kidding, right?
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