A train
made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the
longest chocolate structure in the world.
The
sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet
(34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos).
Maltese
chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours constructing the
masterpiece.
He said
he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the
Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while,
and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long
chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you
like.
"Actually
it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another
wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today."
Farrugia
had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta,
which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger
version.
There
are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the
new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old
train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board.
Three
days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck
in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium .
Farrugia
said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several
of the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, with hard work
and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages
before presenting the train to the public on Monday.
After
measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than
chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records
added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the
train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world.
