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Any progress in 2024 ?

So parts of the old Glenreagh to Dorigo line is back in service. Or was in 2019. Good news!

What a great day trip on a steam 🚂🚂 train ,it is a shame no body has got this up and running by now ?? A lot of niece country side .

Is there anywhere in Oz you can buy a railway quadracycle? If not what is the best overseas option.

Just a heads up, it's probably best to disengage the belt when toying with it like that (in case it fell off the stand)

Great stuff, thanks.

What a great way to get a 360* view, a pleasant days drive, no mad traffic to contend with. This would be a terrific way to see the countryside of unused rails of same gauge and still on the ground. Well I suppose if you know the timetables you would be right to sneak a ride along the main rails as well. As such. We have a magnificent country, just look at the surroundings. By jeez, that would have been a good climb on the little rocket. What a great day out.

Haha looks like the rail trike is floating over a sea of grass!! Bare bones railway, minimum axleload! Would love to see other disused nswgr branches in this use. Jm

Good clip, thanks for sharing. Looks like fun.

this is perfect for a background video for a train fanatic like me

What a great idea 💡 👏

So cool to see mate. 😁

Great video. What speed do you travel at?

Good clip jesse

Awesome!

It’s all fun and games, until the rail car begins playing gas gas gas

When i was operating them on the queensland railway the oil fuel mix was three quarters of a pint of oil to one imperial gallon of fuel ....the ST2 was number 586

A gr8 idea as 2 some way of tourism ??

Looks like fun. What was the top speed of this trike ? Looks like it's going about 60/70 ks

For a line that closed in 1985, it certainly is in reasonable condition for a pioneered ballasted branch line.

Concrete sleepered track.

Should be more of these trips in abandoned rails all over Aussie keep a tourist industry like this going

this is fantastic to see

The railway has improved the last time I saw it, glad the volunteers there still going with this project, keep up the good work.

Watch out for the trains steaming down from the Dorrigo ‘museum’.

on a hot day when traveling in reverse the (liquid cooled) Fairmont trikes would boil like a kettle. on a very hot day they would boil like a kettle traveling in ether direction Lol. great video.

good video i enjoyed it. back in my day working on the railways I've driven so called sic, tic, Fairmont's, villiers trikes and ridden on a Volkswagen trike. and used hyrail road rail vehicles as well. i worked in the CWR (continual welded rail ) gang in the mid 80s based at glenreaigh but worked out of Coffs harbor. brings back memories.

Pretty neat. Hey, what are the chamber lengths of that whistle?

Great stuff

This is great revitalizing historic rail lines good on you all well done a keeping our rail heritage alive

Awesome vid. Looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for posting🇦🇺🖖🏻

I'd be interested to know if they can go on to Roslyn, and then take the Taralga Branch as well, would be an interesting trip.

Wonder they didn't start a fire..

Why u stop there

What gas/oil mixture ratio did you use? Great job...it sounds just like my ST-2 here in the U.S.!!!

Just curious, ? why couldn't you proceed great clip though cheers Dennis

thanks!

Unreal , I actually have 60 / 72 From the Narrabri area

just brings so many good memories of September last year on the ASSCO run from Emerald to Winton and return. Thanks Andrew Simpson for introducing me to section cars mate (and my ride for 4 days!)

Title should read April 2016 not 2006.

A very nice video.

Brilliant! Love the video! Love seeing history come to life!

Albert and Manfred..wow and what a good effort from a couple of blokes that know their stuff. . I don't think there is any other engine that I know of that can sit in a shed for twenty six years, have a minor tweak of the carby, connect a battery for ignition and start. Hail Fairmonts!!!!!! and hail the Melcharts

As a 14 year old Kid, my friend and I bought a VW engine in pieces, literally in a basket (milk boxes) for 10 Dollars. With absolutely no knowledge of mechanics, we took out a Chilton's mechanics guide for 40 hp VW from the Library and put the motor back together again. It worked to our surprise. We bought a Bug from a local junk yard for 25 Dollars and put the new engine in it. We had the car for 3 years, drove it around my friends farm until we were old enough to get licenses then sold it later and used the money to buy a sailboat;

I've got a sa one bought from nsw im trying to restore :) great video thanks

Here's another good warning: Don't forget to let go of the crank immediately when it fires. When I got my first speeder, sometimes I'd get stuck with my hand on the crank. If I let go wrong, I'd get nailed by the handle when it came around again, and that made me reluctant to let go when I was stuck. Silly problem for sure, but it happened several times.

wow

What of its binding at slow speed but good when it gets going ?

You are absolutely correct Mark S. I did not notice that. Appreciate the heads-up.

Albert, Great Video but one really bad safety issue I am sorry I have to point out for all who watch it. Your Dad left the crank handle in position! He could have accidently knocked it back into the motor at any time as he lent over to adjust the mixture etc. I have seen this happen and the effects of a spinning crank handle on the human body is not pleasant with a trip to hospital the order of the day. Other than that keep up the good work and looks like a job well done. Mark