Miniatur Wunderland Weekly Report

09.05.05 at 13:00 hrs

Weekly Report No 236, CW 18

The long-term test showed that we had to re-work the lock's doors. The oak-portals worked that much that we had to re-enforce them with brass as otherwise a functional working order could not be established.

The canal-connection is also ready, so we can start the first ship tests.

Traffic sign forest in -

pardon me - for Scandinavia.

This viaduct spans one of the most complicated scenes in Scandinavia. To the left, fall dominates the landscape while to the right bitter cold winter is ruling. Quite tricky to realize a satisfactory transition...

"'Living is good in Norway!' "

or should it better be

'Nordic by nature!'?

Not only trolls but also elves belong to the nordic mythology and fairy tales. However, nobody knows if all this really belongs to myths.. Not long before, more than this elf were sighted in the Wunderland.

If houses are heated for a longer period, snow starts to melt first at the chimneys, right?

A moose in the backyard.... or ist the A-class???

Railroad territory behind the port area...

It seems that Denmark grew quite a bit over night... Who wouldn't like to have a couple of square acres for his hinterland?

Intermodellbau Dortmund - Presentation of the "Innovationspreises Modellbahn" (Innovention award model railroads)

The MOBA (Modellbahnverband in Deutschland e. V.), together with hundreds of guests celebrated it's 1oth anniversary this year. At this opportunity, th Moba - in conjunction with the Eisenbahnkurier and the MIBA - presented it's innovention award model railroads for the first time. With this prize, a kind of "Oscar" for the model railroad scene, the MOBA honors unique presentations of manufacturers and service companies. The following companies and institutions were honored:

"Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund", "Gebr. Fleischmann", "Weinert Modellbau", "Auhagen", "Lenz Elektronik", and the Miniatur Wunderland:

This said the Eisenbahn-Kurier: Who thought a couple of years ago that a model railroad layout could be one of the greatest tourist attractions? It wasn't much more than a spleen - but the team of the Miniatur-Wunderland managed to realize it. During the last years, a miniature world came to life in the Hamburg Speicherstadt which already attracted more than two million visitors. Never before had such a widely spread audience access to model railroading. This, in turn, initiated a presence of model railroading in the media never seen before; be it TV, newspapers, or periodicals. The whole genre profits from this one of a kind form of promotion." Many thanks for this great honor!