Northlandz

Northlandz
	Exterior of Northlandz
Established	1972
Standort	Flemington, New Jersey
Collection size	Railroad model trains and dolls
Website	www.northlandz.com

Northlandz is a model railroad layout and museum located near Flemington, New Jersey, built by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino. The museum also features over 200 dolls from around the world, a 94-room dollhouse and a 2,000-pipe organ. Northlandz boasts hundreds of bridges and trains. Most of the rolling stock is old, and the engines are mainly manufactured by Model Power. The museum also has a narrow gauge railroad, with replica stock. It is known^{[by whom?]} for being the largest layout by amount of track.^{[citation needed]}

Bruce Williams and Northlandz

View over some of the many Northlandz Bridges

The giant Northlandz was created as Bruce and his wife Jean's first home was being built in 1972. When builders would leave for the day Williams would go to the basement to begin making scenes. Mountain passes were erected complete with bridges and buildings. Workers returning the next day removed Bruce's new addition so they could continue their work.

An eleven-minute short documentary film titled "Some Kind of Quest" tells the story of Bruce and the challenges and joys of building Northlandz. The short film has been awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick on July 12, 2016 and was directed by Andrew Wilcox, a creative director and filmmaker living in New York City.

References

Atlas Obscura article
Washington Post article
New York Times article
MAKE article
Northland Documentary

External links

Official website

40°31′02″N 74°49′09″W / 40.5171°N 74.8193°W / 40.5171; -74.8193

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