Northlandz, Flemington's (NJ) 'wonder of the world'
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 12:21 PM
http://www.northlandz.com/
Sloan
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 05:07 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 22 October 2014 - 09:44 AM
Bruce Williams Zaccagnino of Flemington spends almost every day surrounded by 100 trains, 500,000 trees and 1,200 structures that he built with his bare hands. And all of it is contained within one 52,000-square-foot building.
How is this possible? Most of those trains, trees and structures are only a few inches tall.
http://www.dailyreco...ersey/17452105/
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Posted 22 October 2014 - 10:26 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 12 January 2020 - 10:53 PM
Late post
Courier News, Bridgewater, NJ 10/8/19
Northlandz, Flemington's 'wonder of the world,' reopens after renovations by new owner
After 10 months and a quarter of a million dollars of renovations, the doors to Northlandz, the world’s largest model train museum located in Flemington, reopened on September 26 with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Some of the unveiled renovations include restoration of about 75 non-working trains; restoration of damaged scenes; and new landscaping, flooring, interior and exterior paint, LED lighting and exterior sign. There is also a new gift shop, private event space and play area for kids.
New owner Tariq Sohail purchased Northlandz last November from builder and founder Bruce Williams Zaccagnino, who has since retired from building and curating the 100-train, 1200-miniature structure museum. The venue also includes a doll collection with more than 200 historic dolls, an 1890s' replica steam train and a 2,000-pipe organ.
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Some future projects include an expanded play area with climbing walls, bounce area, arcade and increased interactivity in the exhibit space. A studio is also planned for kids to take model railroad classes.
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Posted 12 January 2020 - 11:07 PM
Good News Network, 1/11/20
Businessman Needing a Warehouse Stumbles Upon World’s Largest Train Set—And Refuses to Simply Tear it Down
Of all the things you could think to do in New Jersey, seeing the world’s largest functioning model train set meandering around its own museum probably doesn’t immediately come to mind. But, it’s thanks to a man who isn’t even an enthusiast that this glorious creation was saved from ruin.
Bruce Williams Zaccagnino, a resident of Flemington, New Jersey, spent 18 years creating the technological marvel in a building now called Northlandz—but the winding tracks and breathtaking miniature scenery through which the toy train rambled eventually fell into disrepair as the price of maintaining it inside its large building became too high for a man who was essentially just an extraordinarily passionate hobbyist.
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Businessman Tariq Sohail is the new owner of Northlandz after he purchased it from of Zaccagnino last November when he was looking for additional warehouse space.
Sohail runs a distribution business and was told by the former owner that he could “demolish what was inside”.
“When we saw it, we said, ‘No way we could demolish this’,” Sohail told My Central Jersey. “What this guy built is amazing.”
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