New Jersey’s own David Smith is enjoying his 15 minutes right about now, as the world is finally talking about his model train set. You see, this model train set isn’t just any model train set. No — it’s probably the world’s smallest, most ridiculous and most awesome all at once (all at once). The so-called James River Branch community has been in the works for months on end, and the $11 working locomotive is 35,200 times smaller than a real one. Of course, the moving trains are really just attached to the top of a rotating tube, but you can certainly pretend you never heard that spoiler if you’d like. Check the video after the break — the kid in you will thank us.

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