Sure it’s a dull video, and is obviously built just to get the title rather than being a genuine model railway layout but if you want to see the longest model railway train here it is, all 1,662 cars and 23 locomotives of it.
There’s also this one, which was posted to YouTube before above video but claims to be the official longest model railway train.
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Hello from the Wilmington Railroad Museum. We are the second video when we were given the Guinness World Record for the model train. It was a crazy fete of engineering and took 21 runs after a years worth of work and three days of set up until we did it under the watchful eye of judges who certified that the record was broken. The train measured 282.11 m (925 ft 6 in) and was made up of 31 locomotives and 1,563 carriages. It was presented and measured in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, on 23 April 2011. While HO, if it was an actual train it would have been over 15 miles long. We still hold the official record.
Hi Holli, that’s so neat. Wished I could have been there, what an achievement and a sight to see. Thanks for the extra information. I hope your record remains in place for many years. Andy
RT @modelrailwayeng: Thanks for the retweet Harold – Harold@MODRATEC, Watch the world’s longest model train – http://t.co/7Jj1VCxmNq