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一趟小火车看尽武汉地标

Model Train Ride Offers a Glimpse of Wuhan's Landmarks

极目新闻记者 孙婷婷 宋枕涛

翻译 王俊霖 魏袁 许洲（湖北大学）

Jimu News Reporters: Sun Tingting，Song Zhentao

Translators：Wang Junlin, Wei Yuan, Xu Zhou (Hubei University)

一趟火车穿越武汉，就可看尽武汉大学、长江大桥、江汉关等武汉地标？这不是幻想，武汉一名火车发烧友大雄用时一年创作一个大型微缩景观沙盘，将火车轨道融入城市景观设计之中，轨道穿过武汉地标之间，吸引不少火车迷拿着小火车前来试跑，大呼过瘾。

Picture traversing all of Wuhan's landmarks, including Wuhan University, Yangtze River Bridge, and Hankow Custom House, all from the comfort of a modern locomotive. Da Xiong, a local train enthusiast, has turned this fantasy into reality after dedicating a whole year to building a large-scale mini landscape diorama. By integrating the model railways organically into the cityscape, these train tracks that run through Wuhan's landmarks have been drawing train aficionados who hope to test out this unique experience firsthand.

今年38岁的大雄是一名火车发烧友，并在武昌中南路创办了一家火车模型俱乐部。大雄说，小时候父母带他上长江大桥，看火车飞驰而过黄鹤楼，留下深刻印象。有一次，他在逛商场时，看到了一个火车模型展台，第一次知道火车模型不仅是摆着的，更是可以动起来的。自此成为了一个火车迷，喜欢看火车，追逐火车，收集火车模型。跑火车模型需要场地，奈何找不到位置，无法满足爱好。这些年，小雄逐渐萌动了心思，想自己设计、亲手搭建一个场地。

Da Xiong, a 38-year-old train enthusiast, runs a model train club at Zhongnan Road, Wuchang District. He recalls that his parents brought him to the Yangtze River Bridge when he was a child and witnessing a train pass by the Yellow Crane Tower left a deep impression on him. Once, when he was wandering through a shopping mall, he came across a train model exhibition and learned for the first time that train models were not merely static displays, but could also be designed to move. This sparked his fascination with trains, that went beyond watching trains to hunting down trains, and collecting train models. However, running train models required a venue, which was hard to find, a huge hamper to his excitement. Over the years, Da Xiong gradually conceived the idea of designing and building a venue by himself.

说干就干，大雄说，微缩景观沙盘设计最难的是创作思路，提前规划好沙盘，设计好尺寸。他的设计理念就是要将运动的火车模型融入城市环境中。哪里设计隧道，哪处轨道需要变道、轨道如何避开建筑物……这些都要细细考量。

Da Xiong is a man of action. He said that the greatest challenge in designing a miniature landscape sandbox lay in the creative concept, meticulously planning the layout and dimensions beforehand. His vision centered around seamlessly integrating moving train models into an urban environment. Deciding where to position tunnels, determining track switches, and navigating tracks to avoid buildings were all intricate considerations that demanded careful deliberation.

大雄选取了汉口火车站进站口建筑物、武昌火车站站台、黄鹤楼、江汉关、长江大桥、武汉大学、天河机场、龟山电视塔等武汉地标，火车模型穿梭其间，同时也引导人们的视线浏览武汉的标志性建筑。

He thoughtfully selected iconic Wuhan sites such as the entrance of Hankou Railway Station, the platforms of Wuchang Railway Station, the Yellow Crane Tower, Hankow Customs House, the Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhan University, Tianhe International Airport, Guishan TV Tower, and so on. These landmarks serve as a backdrop for the train model while offering viewers a visual tour of Wuhan's architectural treasures.

这些1：150的建筑模型及铁路模型均由大雄买来零件，手工拼接完成。“这里面最难完成的是黄鹤楼，上千个零件，花了1个月才拼接好。”大雄说，从设计到搭建完工，这座微缩沙盘景观，他利用空闲时间，从2022年开始搭建，耗时一年完成，满足了不少火车迷的愿望，不少爱好者拿着自己的火车模型前来试跑。

Da Xiong purchased these 1:150 building and railway models and assembled them on his own. “The Yellow Crane Tower was the most intricate, requiring thousands of parts that took a month to assemble.” He said that from the initial sketch in 2022 to the final construction, the miniature sand table landscape has been a year-long project of passion, which was realized during his spare time. It is now gaining a great popularity among train enthusiasts many of whom pop by to test run the tracks with their own train models.

“火车模型文化是很小众的文化，搭建沙盘过程中，不仅释放压力，让自己放松，更重要的是实现了自己作为火车迷的一种情怀。”大雄笑道。

“Train models are a very niche interest. The process of building the sand table not only provides an outlet for my stress, but more importantly, it realizes my dreams as a train enthusiast.” Da Xiong explained with a smile.

（来源：极目新闻）