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BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 11:29:32 AM
MY SISTER SENT THIS TO ME AND I HAD TO PASS IT ON..........

IT IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST CHOCOLATE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE "GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS"

IT IS ON DISPLAY AT THE BRUSSEL'S SOUTH STATION..........IT WAS BUILT BY ANDREW FARRUGIA WHO GOT THE IDEA WHILE ATTENDING THE BELGIUM CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL IN BRUGE..........

THE TRAIN IS 112 FEET LONG AND WEIGHS 2755 POUNDS........I HOPE MY PICTURES DO IT JUSTICE...........

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Re: BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 11:31:34 AM
HERE ARE THE NEXT 2 PICS.........

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Re: BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 11:33:09 AM
AND 2 MORE..........

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Re: BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 11:34:40 AM
AND 2 MORE.............

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SWAGMAN/HOBO
BARD
TIME WAS INVENTED SO EVERYTHING WOULD NOT HAPPEN AT ONCE!
 


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Re: BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 11:38:03 AM
THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE I COPIED----THERE WERE A FEW MORE BUT THEY WERE DIDDERENT ANGLES...

THIS SORT OF PUTS THE LITTLE CHOCOLATE BUNNY TO SHAME---------HOPE YOU ENJOYED THEM..........

MAYBE PAINT YOUR WAGON IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO VISIT THIS DISPLAY OR HAS MORE INFORMATION............

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Re: BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 09:26:53 PM
WOW, that's incredible. It's making me hungry just looking at it.
It looks like it's not completed yet though. One of the carriages
is missing it's wheels.  ;D

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Re: BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE TRAIN
April 04, 2013, 11:29:28 PM
The train was on display for one week starting 20 november last year
Guiness book of records sent specialists to measure and they even put knitting needles trhu it  to
see weather no supporting structures where used
It is said the same artist made Obama in chocolate

http://nos.nl/video/442557-chocoladetrein-van-1200-kilo-in-belgie.html

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