Bruce williams zaccagnino biography of william
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Bruce williams zaccagnino biography of william
Northlandz
American model railroad museum
Northlandz is a model railroad layout and museum located in Raritan Township, New Jersey, built by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino.[1] It spans over 50,000 feet of track and was awarded with the Guinness World Record of longest small-scale model railway track in 1997.
[2] 2005 the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany established a new world record.[3]
History
The railroads that now make up Northlandz were originally built by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino in the basement of his home in Three Bridges, New Jersey, and then transferred to their current location in Flemington in 1991.
He then continued to build up the site throughout the 1990s.[4]
An eleven-minute short documentary film, Some Kind of Quest, documents the origins of the site.[5]
When Zaccagnino retired, the premises changed hands and were almost demolished.
However, the new owner, Tariq Sohail, marveled by the layout's spe