The Paul Busses Huntington Holiday Train at Columbus Metropolitan Library 12/1/2021

HUNTINGTON HOLIDAY TRAIN 1. The original train display was built in 1992 by Applied Imagination’s Paul Busse, the renowned designer and builder of large-scale garden and railroad replicas. 2. The exhibit is never the same - it’s assembled differently each year. 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the Huntington Holiday Train in downtown Columbus. 3. All of the buildings are made from natural plant materials – leaves, bark, seeds, pinecones, fungus and moss – a hallmark of Mr. Busse’s work. 4. The miniature buildings are modeled after actual churches, homes and commercial buildings in and around the Bavarian towns of Bernkastel and Rottenberg, Germany, known for their Gothic and Renaissance-era architecture. 5. Each building took one to three weeks to create and build. The castle and waterfall took more than three months to complete, while the cathedral took more than 10 months. The entire display is set up over a two-day period. 6. The cathedral is modeled after Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, G