Train World Records  

Members of the Summer Reading Program in Strathmore, Canada built a train using 34 shoeboxes. They set the record to commemorate prairie history.

Doug McManaman balanced a moving toy train set on a pole on his chin for 18.19 seconds while kneeling.

22 students from Driestar College in Gouda, Netherlands formed a train of office chairs and were pulled down the street behind a motorcycle.

Xander F. built a five-car Lego train in 5.53 seconds.

Suresh Gaur held crow pose for 13.05 seconds inside a moving Bhopal Shatabdi Express train.

Omari A. named 73 London Underground Stations in 30 seconds.

Daniel S. built a 172-car Lego train. The train runs using 20 electric power supplies and 70 Lego cables. The record was set during the Festi'Briques 2011 event in Chatenoy le Royal, France.

Henrik Ludvigsen and the Danish Lego club "Byggepladen" built a Lego train track measuring 4,000.25 meters long. They set the record at Broby Sports Boarding School in Funen, Denmark. It took them three hours and 22 minutes to assemble to entire track.

Henrik Ludvigsen and the Danish Lego club "Byggepladen" built a Lego train track measuring 4,000.25 meters long. They set the record at Broby Sports Boarding School in Funen, Denmark. It took them three hours and 22 minutes to assemble to entire track.

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

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

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.

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

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 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.

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.