Pictured: The world's smallest working train set... it's the size of a fingernail

Daily Mail ^ | 23rd October 2009 | Mail Foreign Service

[bogusname]

Measuring a tiny eighth of an inch by quarter of an inch, this carefully crafted piece of engineering is the world's smallest working train model. The five-carriage train, which is 35,200 times smaller than a real train, nips around an oval route even taking in a ride through a tunnel on its three-quarter inch track. Created by New Jersey train enthusiast David Smith, the miniscule model was built using nothing more fancy than a craft knife and a steady hand...

[bogusname]

LOL The Ameba Express!

[the invisib1e hand]

always wondered how one would ship them.

[The Cajun]

Just watch, some damn red ant is going to see this thing and get a bright idea.

[LongElegantLegs]

I think it was Gomez Addams who said "Why would a grown man play with trains if he weren't going to blow them up?"

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

May have been 1.5 scale.That is the favorite ride on scale with real live steam engines.We are a sick,sick bunch.

[bogusname]

I don’t think so. I think it’s a great hobby.

[ETL]

Here’s a YouTube clip of it running around its tiny track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKXYdzH0DKA

[Erasmus]

Evidently literally true, in his case.

[bogusname]

Thanks!

[Erasmus]

Well, you certainly get steamed up often enough.

≤}B^)

[ETL]

Here’s a video of another teeny weeny train:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecMAB8ycbHY&feature=related

[bogusname]

LOL Thanks!

[thecodont]

You made me giggle.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Redneck Train Ride

[dorothy]

Check out this one in Hamburg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA&feature

"The "Miniatur Wunderland" model railroad in Hamburg, Germany is the largest in the world, covering 16,146 square feet of space with more than 10,000 train cars running around its 6.8 miles of HO scale track. Now, the makers of this huge layout have created a video that gives you a jaw-dropping look at the vast scope of this intricate work of art.

"Its construction started in 2000, and is still underway, with a tiny airport due for completion by the end of this year. This is just the beginning - there are plans to double to layout by 2014."

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

:)

[ETL]

>Check out this one in Hamburg:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA&feature

Wow! Incredible! Thanks for the link.

[WOBBLY BOB]

isn’t Willie Greene supposed to be posting this?