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On July 23, 1966, railroad engineer Don Wetzel and his colleagues from the now defunct New York Central Railroad attached two GE J-47-19 engines to the roof of a stock commuter car and sent their creation down a straight section of Ohio tracks. It reached speeds of 183 miles per hour, setting a U.S. rail speed record that still stands today.

Although the train was scrapped years ago, LEGO virtuoso Aleksander Stein immortalized it with the toy bricks and today, we have brought it to life again in a winter wonderland.