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Man builds a personal railway around his house

October 11th, 2008 by James

This train fanatic built a railroad line around his house:


Called the Akeno Light Railway, it is the personal railway of its owner and creator, Mr. Nakano. Constructed mainly from junk parts, the railway only cost Nakano about $5,000 to built. It runs on an electric motor and it takes about a minute and a half for the train to make a full trip around the 45 meter long circle of 15 inch track.

[clip from ナニコレ珍百景 Special]



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9 Comments »

Comment by Charles Nguyen
2008-10-11 08:04:38

omg I want one!

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Comment by eigafan
2008-10-11 12:02:44

Headline should read “Man builds a personal railway around his house.”

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Comment by canadaguy
2008-10-11 14:37:12

You know you’ve been in Japan too long when…

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Comment by The Overthinker
2008-10-11 15:00:05

Yes – change the “t” please James.

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Comment by James
2008-10-12 17:46:02

Warning:

Articles hastily written and set to autopost during 3 day weekends will contain errors – and it may take days to fix them.

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Comment by wildarmsheero
2008-10-11 13:40:22

Why does this report use Hayate no Gotoku BGM?

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Comment by D-san
2008-10-11 13:55:03

I wonder if he can make a bullet train?

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Comment by Codexus
2008-10-11 19:01:04

Awesome!

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Comment by Jack Elliot
2008-10-11 23:54:38

it may run on electricity, but the dude is clearly starting a gas-powered generator in the beginning of the vid

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