This Saturday PECO at Beer will be attempting to emulate the Swiss Rhätische Bahn’s world-record attempt for the longest passenger train in history.
On Saturday, October 29 at 10.30am PECO will be attempting the world record simultaneously with Swiss railways, to mark 175 years in operation.
The Swiss Rhätische Bahn was staged to create the longest passenger train in history of 100 carriages and over one mile long, along the Albula/Bernina UNESCO World Heritage route in the Swiss Alps.
The British owners of the miniature railway equivalent to this, ‘The Andeer Line’, which is modelled on a section of this route, came up with the idea of emulating this but in model form, and using PECO’s very own British-made HOm scale track.
The team will broadcast their attempt live on social media, which was witnessed by enthusiasts and families who are visiting the Pecorama visitor attraction in Beer.
The impressive attempt was conjured up by The Andeer Line’s owners, Derek & Julia Boswell who said: “The whole idea of doing this was just as a bit of fun to support the highly impressive feat that the Swiss were trying to achieve to mark their anniversary. It just ended up being a bigger event than we thought, but on a smaller scale.”
You can witness this for yourself at Pecorama with a standard entry ticket available here http://pecorama.co.uk.
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