Project case study
A handcar ride along the Baikal–Amur Mainline
Pump the lever of a real handcar and ride the BAM on a panoramic screen, from the pre-revolutionary railway to BAM 2.0.
- Client
- National Centre “Russia”
- Venue
- Travel Gallery, Moscow
- Completed
The challenge
Tell the story of a great railway through action, so that a visitor of any age feels the road rather than reads about it.
What Awake! delivered
The first five pumps of the lever start the journey, then the handcar rolls on its own at up to 40 km/h. The real-time Unreal Engine scene passes the construction of the BAM, the Dusse-Alin tunnel, taiga sections and a modern hub; dates and facts appear as 3D banners along the track. The ride takes about a minute and a half on a 3072 × 1344 curved screen.
Outcome
It has been running in the Travel Gallery of the National Centre “Russia” since its launch in spring 2025.
Technologies and methods
Unreal Engine, lever sensor, curved panoramic screen