Jerry Paffendorf

Jerry Paffendorf climbed the stairs of Michigan Central Station from ground level to rooftop in an unprecedented 9 minutes, 59 seconds.

He set the record on April 29, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.

Benjamin Wilson

Three-year-old train enthusiast Benjamin Wilson connects 24 Thomas the Tank Engine[] Trains, a new world record.

The record was set on March, 24 2009 in Arlington Virginia. Marc Wilson was on hand to document the record and count the trains.

Team Maroon

19 members of Wieden Kennedy’s Team Maroon formed a train of office chairs and were pulled down the street behind a motorcycle. The team originally had 18 members, but randomly bumped into NFL quarterback Joey Harrington at Sherman Clay Pianos and convinced him to join their record attempt.

The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Day party. RecordSetter co-founders Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event.

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Anthony Sava

Anthony Sava constructed a Lego locomotive measuring 29 1/8" in length. Measurement includes the locomotive and tender.

Sava’s construction was documented at the 2010 SXSWFestival in Austin, Texas.

Dara Calon

Dara Calon and five friends formed a human pyramid as they rode on the BART from Oakland to San Francisco.

From the top are: Jolene Burge, Dara Calon, Sarah Dalla Vicenza, Michael Pekrul, Aaron Bezeau and Ariel Belsheim.

See full size image here.

Cameron Parker

A toy car circle made of 141 vehicles surrounds 3-year-old Cameron Parker.

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Emma Dwyer

Keeliegh Greene and Emma Dwyer constructed a battery powered Lego train and placed 61 Littlest Pet Shop pets on it.

Luís Perpétua

Luis Perpetua traveled through all 30 countries connected byInterRailin 14 days, 9 hours, and 11 minutes. He began on April 30, 2010 in Finland and ended on May 13, 2010 in Portugal. See his itinerary here.

List of countries connected by InterRail: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Read more about his journey here.

Frazier Miller

Frazier Miller built a 5-car Lego train in 10.95 seconds. He used Dupo Legos[] to achieve the feat.

Simon Kirk

Simon Kirk named 15London Underground Stations in 30 seconds.

Prius Records

This record was set as part of Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself.

The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Michael Kennedy

Michael Kennedy performed a train music cadenza, which includes a train animation created using PaintBox, for one hour, 56.71 seconds.

Adham Fisher

Adham Fisher visited every train station on Chicago's "L" transport system in 8 hours, 56 minutes and 33.00 seconds.

He set the record during CTA Racing, an event to mark the 100th anniversary of ‘L’ service to the North Shore community in Chicago, Illinois.

Read more about the feat here.

Ingvild Herfindahl

Ingvild Herfindahl has a wooden toy train that measures 202 inches (16 feet, 10 inches) in length.

Henrik Ludvigsen

Henrik Ludvigsen and his friends constructed a Lego train track measuring 1,500.64 meters.