Largest Layout in the world

[RedLeader]

I just came back from visiting the Great Train Story at the Chicago MS&I, it is 3,500 s/f ! I was wondering if this was the largest HO layout in the world, or are there bigger ones.

[Anonymous]

No way my club layout measures 40x130 with the traveling layout attached! That's around 5200 square foot. And there's more to the traveling layout it can measure up to 60x100 the largest, and 14x14 the smallest.
I know theres bigger out there!
www.comrail.org

[IRONROOSTER]

Check this site out http://www.northlandz.com/ I think they may be the largest.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

Never thought I'd say it, but I can't wait to head south to NJ to see this layout. I love Grandmas Pit.

Wayne

[Anonymous]

Possible that the MODELLBAHN-WUNDERLAND in Hamburg / Germany is one of the greatest

http://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/

Perfect layouts with a very good carsystem One Layout Germany , one layout USA and one will come Scandinavia

[Anonymous]

http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/rhdr.html
This one is 13.5 miles long. I used to ride it every year as a small child. Does it qualify as a model railroad?

[lupo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by LightBender

http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/rhdr.html
This one is 13.5 miles long. I used to ride it every year as a small child. Does it qualify as a model railroad?

[wow] it is LARGE scale, model engines with a weight around 8 tons, now that is serious modelling!

[Anonymous]

i went to northlandz once, its pretty cool!

[pedromorgan]

the romney hythe and dymchurch dosent count as it it NOT A MODEL. the line was never intended to be a model train it was intedned as a main line in minature. this is very different. it has a time table and it takes people to work. in a sence this is a small commuter line mnot a model at all.

incidently it first opened on the 4th april 1931!
and greenly that built the engines was the cheif model maker for basset lowe!!

i think the largest model railway in the world has to be train mountain. i havent visited yet (as i live in southampton england) but i cant think of a bigger one.

Peter

[Anonymous]

Heartland Flyer,
I would like to join comrail as it is in my area, but I have a few questions. Would I be treated like a full club memeber. I am afraid that since I am 12 I would get alot of don't touch that and other stuff. i am really as capable as any modeler when it comes to trains, i just am a beginer as far as experince. Thanks !

[Anonymous]

Alex, well just be glad your not the only one who gets treated that way, as I myself am 12.

-Matt

[CBQ_Guy]

If it is it won't be if if what they're currently discussing on the Op-SIG Yahoo Grouop comes to be. Some retired, and extremely well to do model railroader is very seriously planning to lease a C-5 hangar to build a layout in! He's already got people running around to make it happen and they're discussing on the group what could actually/realistically be modeled in such a huge space. It's a whole new area to be explored...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ry-ops-industrialSIG/

...if interested. Quite an interesting concept and discussion, IMO.