Kids would love to call it a day.Their favourite character Thomas the tank engine has not only captured their hearts but also had a hero's welcome in to the world of records.Yes Thomas the Tank Engine has set the world record for the longest toy train track ever.
A 1.8km train set, made of 10,530 pieces from the Thomas Track Master set, was build at Thomas Land at the Drayton Manor Theme Park. There are 48 spirals of track in total and the whole track takes up an area 3 meters wide by 50 meters long. The track took a team of six people two weeks to design and was built by the Royal British Legion Industries. The completed structure is long enough to surround the football pitch at Wembley five times. The train set is built in sections of five tier high spirals interspersed with popular Thomas destinations from the Island of Sodor. Thomas the tank engine also proves to be a record breaker as the current record has surpassed the earlier one having length of 1,650.14 meters set at Thomas Land in Japan.
Some funny facts about the record breaking act
5,500 straight pieces of track
3,125 curved pieces of track
10 flat end turn out with switch track (mix of left and right)
10 slope track curves
50 girders (level 1, 2 and 3)
20 bridges
10 Harold at the Hangar
10 Sodor Mountain mines
10 Cranky at the Docks
20 stations
15 Tidmouth sheds
50 Signal posts
1,700 customised supports
Total of 10,530 pieces
To break the record Thomas & Friends had to make one full circuit of the track without falling off or stopping. Thomas made it round the track in two hours and 52 minutes, and just to make sure the record was broken, he did it two more times.Also on hand at the ceremony was Ray Murphy and the team of model builders responsible for the construction of the record-breaking track and groups of children ready to celebrate with Thomas. Drayton Manor, which recently became home to Europe’s only Thomas Land attraction, teamed up with toymakers Tomy and Hit Entertainment to try and break the world record.
The Longest Toy Train Track was set by Thomas the Tank engine at Thomas Land at Drayton ManorTheme Park in Tamworth,United Kingdom on December 29,2008.
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