ЖД-модельные рекорды

[И.К.С.]

А начем с реальной жд

[самый длинный пассажирский поезд]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... nger-train
Who NATIONAL BELGIAN RAILWAY COMPANY Where BELGIUM (GHENT) When APRIL 1991
A passenger train created by the National Belgian Railway Company (NMBS) measured 1732.9m (5685.3ft) and consisted of 70 coaches pulled by one electric locomotive. It traveled 62.5km (38.9miles) from Ghent to Ostend on April 27, 1991.
The train was a once-off creation in aid of a Belgian cancer research charity called 'Kom op tegen kanker' (Fight Against Cancer) and its journey was broadcast live on Belgian television. It weighed 2,786tonnes and made the journey in 1hr 11min at an average speed of 52.8km/h (32.8mph). There were 216 people aboard the train, which consisted of four international coaches, one bar/dancing coach, 60 national coaches and five driving trailers. It was dismantled after the attempt.

[самая длинная пассажирская платформа]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... y-platform
Who KHARAGPUR STATION What 1072 METRE(S) Where INDIA (KHARAGPUR) When 2012
The platform at Kharagpur Station, West Bengal, India, measures 1,072 m (3,517 ft) in length.

[самый длинный безрельсовый поезд :)]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... road-train
Who JOHN ATKINSON Where AUSTRALIA (CLIFTON,QUEENSLAND) When 18 FEBRUARY 2006
The record for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006. This length is the equivalent of 156 London buses!

[самый длинный беспересадочный пассажирский поезд]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... ing-trains
Who TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY Where RUSSIAN FEDERATION (MOSCOW) When 01 JANUARY 1900
The world's longest run without changing trains is one of 10,214 km (6,346 miles) from Moscow, Russia to Pyongyang in North Korea. One train a week makes the journey by this route, which includes sections of the famous Trans-Siberian line. It is scheduled to take 7 days 20 hours 25 minutes.

[самая большая сеть ЖД (источник инфы ЦРУ ;D )]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... il-network
Who UNITED STATES RAIL NETWORK Where UNITED STATES () When 2010
The USA has some 226,427 km (140,695 miles) of rail. Second place belongs to Russia, with 87,157 km (54,156 miles) of track. Top Ten Longest Rail Networks
Country Total Length
USA 226,427 km
Russia 87,157 km
China 77,834 km
India 64,015 km
Canada 46,688 km
Germany 41,896 km
Australia 37,855 km
Argentina 31,409 km
France 29,213 km
Brazil 28,857 km
Source: CIA World Factbook

[самый длинный совмещенный мост]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... ail-bridge
Who WUHU YANGTZE RIVER BRIDGE What 10.02/312 KILOMETRE(S) Where CHINA MAINLAND () When 2000
The Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge in Anhui province, China, is a road and railway bridge with a total length, with approaches, of 10.02 km (6.2 miles) and a main span of 312 m (1,023 ft). The top deck carries four lanes of highway and a footpath, while the lower deck comprises a double-track grade-one railway. The bridge was completed in 2000.

[самая большая ЖД-компания]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... management
Who INDIA What 1600000000 PEOPLE Where INDIA () When 2011
India may have only the fourth largest rail network but it has the distinction of being the largest in the world under single management. It is also the world’s largest commercial employer, with over 1.6 million employees.

[самая высокогорная ЖД-линия]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... ilway-line
Who QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY Where CHINA MAINLAND (CHINA) When OCTOBER 2005
The Qinghai-Tibet railway in China, completed in October 2005, is the world’s highest railway. Most of the 1,956-km-long line lies at 4,000 m (13,123 ft) above sea level, with the highest point reaching an altitude of 5,072 m (16,640 ft). Service is due to open to the public in 2007. Passenger carriages will be pressurised like aircraft cabins and oxygen masks will be available. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway links Golmud in northwest China's Qinghai Province and Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. At its highest point the railway is 5,072m (16,640ft) above sea level and runs across the “roof of the world” with 960 kilometres of the journey above 4,000 metres. There are two sections of the railroad, the first section (Xining to Golmud) was complete in 1979, and is 814 kilometres long; the second section (Golmud to Lhasa) is 1142 meters long and was complete in October 2005. The whole line of Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1956 kilometres long. Thirty railway stations are to be built, among them Tanggula Mountain railway station, which at 5,068 m will be the world's highest (Cóndor station, at 4,786 m, on the Rio Mulatos-PotosÃ* line, Bolivia, and La Galera at 4,781 m in Peru being the next highest. The line will also include the 3,345-metre Yangbajing No. 1 tunnel, which is 4,264 metres above sea level and located 80 kilometres NW of the regional capital, Lhasa. Bombardier Transportation is to provide 361 high-altitude passenger carriages with special enriched-oxygen and UV-protection systems, to be delivered between December 2005 and May 2006. Of these, 53 will be luxury sleeper carriages for tourist service[2]. When signalling and track testing is complete, trains travelling in the frozen earth areas are expected to attain maximum speeds of 100 kilometres per hour. On the non-frozen earth areas, speeds are expected to reach 120 kilometres per hour.

[ну и станция на ней]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... ay-station
Who TANGGULA RAILWAY STATION Where (TIBET) When 01 JULY 2006
The Tanggula Railway Station in Tibet is the highest in the world at 5,068 m (16,627 ft) above sea level. The unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened on 1 July 2006 and has a 1.25-km-long (0.77-mile) platform.

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[самая большая коллекция самодельных ЖД-моделей, сделанная одним человеком]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... y-1-person
Who THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM What 610 TOTAL NUMBER here UNITED KINGDOM (YORK) When 1944
The largest collection of model railway vehicles made by one person is the J. P. Richards Collection owned by the National Railway Museum in York, UK. There are 610 models in the collection handmade to scale by James Peel Richards (UK).

[просто самая большая коллекция частного лица]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... del-trains
Who BERND SCHUMACHER What 2,956 TOTAL NUMBER Where UNITED STATES (SAN LUIS OBISPO) When
17 SEPTEMBER 2016 The largest collection of model trains is 2,956, achieved by Bernd Schumacher (USA), in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, on 17 September 2016. Bernd started collecting z-scale model railroad trains in 1992 to celebrate his 10 year anniversary of immigrating to the United States.

[самый большой модельный паровоз]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... way-engine
Who THOMAS & FRIENDS Where UNITED KINGDOM (LONDON) When 2003
The largest model railway engine is the Thomas the Tank Engine character 'James', which is 264.3 cm high, 149.6 cm wide, 652 cm long (104.05 x 58.59 x 256.69 in) and weighs nearly 1.5 tons (236.2 st). The model was built by BBC Visual Effects (UK) for a Thomas the Tank Engine tour in 2003. James was the largest of four engines made for the tour, the other three were models of Thomas, Percy and Gordon. Each engine is powered by 4 x 48 volt 4 horsepower motors, totalling 16 horsepower. The track they run on is 155 m (508.53 ft) in length. The set is 24.38 x 24.38 m (80 x 80 ft) in size. The trains can still be classed as models due to the fact that if they were real trains the proportions of wheel diametre to train size would be different.

[самая быстрая жд модель — почти 45 км/ч!]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... lway-model
Who YOSHIAKI EGAWA What 44.82 KILOMETRE(S) PER HOUR Where JAPAN (KOUTOU-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN) When 17 AUGUST 2018 The fastest railway model is 'Osaka Banpaku Tenjimokei Linear Motorcar' with a speed of 44.82 km/h (27.84 mph) and was achieved by Yoshiaki Egawa (Japan) at the 19th JAM CONVENTION held at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto, Tokyo, Japan, on 17 August 2018.
Yoshiaki Egawa beat his own previous world record in one try at the annual JAM CONVENTION, an event for model train enthusiasts.

[ну и до кучи — модельная военщина]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... ary-models
Who FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ ABRIL What 2815 TOTAL NUMBER Where SPAIN (CARTAGENA) When 16 FEBRUARY 2012
The largest collection of military models is 2,815 models and belongs to Francisco Sánchez Abril (Spain), in Cartagena, Spain, as of 16 February 2012. The collection was started in 1958 and features tanks, artillery, missiles and other military models from all over the world.

[крупнейший магазин моделей ЖД]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... rain-store
Who CABOOSE HOBBIES INC. What 1728 SQUARE METRE(S) Where UNITED STATES (DENVER, COLORADO) When 30 JANUARY 2014
The largest model train store is Caboose Hobbies of 500 South Broadway, Denver, Colorado, USA. The store has 1,728 m² (18,600 ft²) floor space open to the public, 60 employees and more than 100,000 items on display.
The store only sells model railroad items. Opened for business in 1938, it is still family-owned and has a total gross leasable area of 2,022.32 m² (21,768 ft²). Model railroaders working in all popular scales and gauges are catered for with hundreds of manufacturers' lines represented in the store's inventory. In addition to model trains, the store has books and videos of railroad topics, tools, paints, control equipment and scenic materials to complement the hobby.
A unique feature of Caboose Hobbies is the presence within the model locomotive section of the store of a genuine, full-size, narrow-gauge Plymouth-type CLH locomotive. It was built in 1927 to a gauge of 610 mm (2 ft 0 in), weighs 3.5 tons and has a 22-hp Buda engine. Used originally in a quarry in Illinois, USA, it was loaned to the store for display in 1992 by its owner Mr John Robinson.