Homemade train / rail cart riding on abandoned railway tracks
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Last summer, I built this wooden rail kart from scratch. It's powered by a 8HP briggs and stratton engine. The power is transmitted to the wheels by a selfmade 'transmission' with parts from a lawn tractor. It can go up to 50km/h (31mph), the speed is not limited by the engine's power but by the weakness of the wooden base. (it starts to vibrate quite alot around 50 km/h).
The 20km long railway has been abandoned for more than 10 years and is quite steep for a railroad. The maximum steepness is 20mm/m (2%) but it is often close to 10mm/m (1.5%)
Fun fact:
The last train that drove on this railroad never got to the train station, as the modern passenger train got stuck on the 20mm/m part of the tracks because of the wheels losing grip!
Click here for PART 2:
• Go karting on abandone...
Click here to see a slideshow with some photos of my rail cart:
• PART 4 - Building proc...
Unfortunately, some people destroyed it and stole the valuable parts, there is not much left of it, only the wooden base and the seats.
Rail cart
Rail Kart
Go kart
Trolley
Draisine
Railrunner
Railway
Rail Speeder
wowww...shock absorbers and camera stabilizer..otherwise its GREATTTTTTTTTTTT
That's the exact description of my new video! Shock absorbers for the back wheels and a smartphone gimbal for stabilisation:
ruclips.net/video/J-trmaG64WY/видео.html
Shut up. Stop advertising.
U
My eyes teared when I saw this. I've had dreams of doing this since I was a kid. I never knew people really did it. Oh how I would love for a dream to come true just once.
+CazzoPORTICO Scimmie Same here. I would love to take two or three carts in a convoy and just cruise where it takes you. You could even camp along the way and just take a few days and make a real adventure of it. That would be true enjoyment for me :)
foskten10
I would make a great theme park.
CazzoPORTICO Scimmie i also had this dream
Me too Bro.. 😥😥😥😥
I too have the same dream... 😥😥😥😥😥
The dream that sticks in my mind to this very day happened when I was in middle school. This is when I lived in Las Vegas, and while adults went gambling, the desert was my playground. Many times we thumbed our way to Lake Mead and camped there. We roughed it, and I mean rough. We only had some goodies in backpacks and water. Lake Meade is freshwater, so we weren't going to be in danger of dehydration, although I almost drowned. There were railroad tracks somewhere in that desert. I would look at them and imagine I was on one of those silent movie hand-crankers moseying along the tracks under the bright desert sun. And this brought all that magic back.
Great job guys. A good way to re-use an abandoned railway.
But railways should never be abandoned to be replaced by road service
Nothing should ever be as much fun as that looks. I'm so jealous.
i wish there where abandoned railway tracks in england, but all of the closed lines had their rails dug up.
0:00-5:21Tracks brought back to life!!Perfect Adventure!! ...Love from India🇮🇳...first best recommended video by RUclips...
I am playing to build a cart in idnia is there any abonded tracks in india??
abandoned 10 years? one year in Tennessee and this would be jungle again
So cool! Ive wanted to do this since i was a kid. I lived next to the railroad tracks and walked them from a young age for fun. On the tracks or the service road that my area has beside the tracks- which guaranteed a clear safe road to easily exit to when a train came. Ive always wanted a vehicle to ride the rails. Now that i see people make them for dead lines i really think i could make one. A couple of railway axles, a platform, a motor, some belts. Not something that i couldnt see myself making.
The best hobby one can have. Can't get any better. Just love it.
This looks like it would be LOTS of fun. I would love to do this and I can see where people would gather on the weekends just to cruise wherever the rail takes you. A small group would be lots of fun if you had several cars and had the ability to travel far enough so it took a couple days to go out and back again, and you could camp along the way just like people used to do way back in the day. That would be a really fun way to break up all the rubbish in one's daily life, at least for me...
Hello youtubers !
I am wondering how many of the ones who watch my video have the intention to build one themselves?
Please let me know if you have or not, I'm really curious !
+Inse van houts I absolutely am interested. I am on vancouver island and want to put one of these together. I am a steel fabricator and want to build mine out of aluminum. I am having a difficult time trying to find wheels. What wheels are you using.? I guess an 8hp is plenty of power for the cart and 3 people? Where are u from?
+ChiefJustice Middleton The next one I am going to build will be made of aluminum too, it's so much lighter.
Wheels were the hardest part to find for me I managed to find them at a local lumber yard, he bought them at a retired coal mine not far from here. I know there are some being sold on eBay in the US. But the shipping costs are often outrageous expensive.
And yes, 8hp is enough for an aluminium cart. My 8hp 4 stroke briggs and Stratton engine was able to pull my super heavy wooden 'train' with 5 adult passengers, and it had only one single gear (no gearbox) !
So don't worry, 8hp is plenty for you. I don't know if your railway is very steep but it should be no problem, mine is quite steep too. I am from bourgogne, France
Thank you for responding, I would love to see some photos or videos of your future rail cart!
+Inse van houts I want to build one. My sytem is generator and electric motors. For el. motors I dont know which one I will use AC or DC. For DC I need variac to connect generator and DC motor to adjust speed ( higher voltage = higher RPM) and for AC I need frequency generator for AC motor speeds. For brakes I will use switched magnetic poles method on stator to slow down the rotor and some classic disc brakes. On main control panel I will put voltage, amp, meters. Meters for speed and for fuel. I will put diesel generator. I will use steel wheel with springs to have low bouncing force
+Inse van houts My father and I intend to build one, but we do not have plans.
BlazingBashTV that was what I wanted to do in the beginning, a generator in combination with some car batteries and a 24v truck starter. But my plans changed when someone gave me the 8hp briggs and Stratton engine.
I'm not familiar with electric engines so I don't think I could give you useful tips.
I don't know if you care about the costs but from what I (think to) know, frequency generators are quite expensive.
And as for the brakes, as far as I know the 'regenerative' braking does only work for AC motors?
I'm sorry if I'm telling BS ;)
It seems like an interesting project for me!
hell! clean out that road crossing and keep goin' !!!.... I really enjoyed the ride along!. Randy, Ithaca NY.
I enjoyed watching this, it looks like fun.
Timsvideochannel1 yes I want to enjoy this ride ....its adventure
Yes i also enjoyed watching this video.
Is it me, or does the camera lens give the feeling that the entire trip shown was going uphill?
+Boyd W it is really going uphill all the way though the video! On my way back I just turn the seats around and roll downhill without the help of the engine :)
You really need a big ole train horn and ride thru there at nite. realy make the residents wonder !
My dream, I think of something like this every night.
The irony is that this abandoned track is in a better state that some tracks in the UK!
Ca a l'air cool d'avoir une voie ferrée désaffectée à côté de chez soi ! Belle vidéo !
Je suis grave chanceux !
I would pay to ride that awesome contraption.
Pretty cool, it's amazing this was built from scratch, keep up the good work!
Thank you for motivating me into making a new one!
+Inse van houts my pleasure
That is whacked! There are any number of ways this could have gone wrong. Congratulations. And now, on to part two...
looks like a ton of fun
I'm jealous that looks really fun, nice job
that was a great video you guys. Thank you for sharing. That's also an excellent way to explore areas that have not been touched in a long time
Thznks for the tour guys. Looks lke fun.
That would not only be cool.but fun as well seeing new things in a differnt way
Wonderful training; you guys are very well trained. Cheers!
put a smile across my face. i'd like something similar.
Best way to hang out with friends!
Looks interesting. All it needs is a horn and passenger coaches and it would be a railcar-passenger-train.
That would be a cool way to travel abandoned rail tracks.
Wunderbar! Wichtig ist natürlich, daß die Strecke freigeräumt ist.
Nice viewing and great idea for abandoned tracks!
Yes indeed, the view is great. A few miles before this video the view is even better because trees around the tracks are lacking..
Does anyone else having flashbacks of Metro 2033?
Reload
That moment you realize you're about to run into a tarantulas spider web...
+Edward Bernard Oh Christ almighty . . . that would be sheer panic for some, and I'm one of them. Interestingly, running into a big spider web was one of the first things that came to mind when I saw this video!
Edward Bernard tarantulas and webs ? Wtf, nononono
Yes you really need to watch out for the Tarantulas.
I'm out in the s. AZ desert. Lots of tarantulas in the mountains here. They're harmless. The only ones you see out in the open are the old males that are out looking for a mate before they die. Please just leave the poor old boys alone.
Im bailing out, and upgrading to a windhield lol
This looks like good, clean, fun. I would like to see this in America as a past time.
So jealous! You've got the fun of building the cart and the fun of exploring an old railway
I'm still not sure what was best..
This is one of those things where you dream of doing something especially as a kid and you're crying because someone else did it and you don't know how to do it yourself. Good video brother!!!
Hook up a few coaches and take people for rides XD
BRILLIANT I would definitely like to make one myself but I live beside the busiest railways in Canada so no abandoned lines to run on lol
Bruh that looks like an awesome vehicle in a transport post apocalyptic world
But the engine need to be more powerful to pull that coach n ppls on it
There is some nice open country...once you get moving along!!! I hope that no -one bothers you about using the old rail-road!!!!!
Brilliant! Abandoned railway tracks into enjoyment.
The real Adventure..so cool..!!!
I don't know why, but this reminded me of the movie 'Stand by me'. Lol.
How fun that would be! Exploring, wondering what you will see..... Going where no one has been in years.
Absolutely fantastic. Well done and many thanks. Hope you didn't get grief from any sad officials.
Some camping gear and a couple friends...its a vacation.
maaan you got me❤❤
I would take my friends and go to extreme end
crying this will extreme memmory😭
Wow!
A run through the woods.
They should've smoked a fatty first! :-) :-) :-)
Thanks for the ride!
No problem! :)
"They should've smoked a fatty first"
*Then died from lung cancer.*
+Emmett Brown Yes people who smoke a fatty every now and then are dropping dead of cancer at an alarming rate. Won't people ever lean that even one fatty is certain death?
+Emmett Brown yup happens just like that. one hit of weed is deadly
oem42 like Tim Grady?
Fantastic video and I am so jealous! Would give anything to have that in my backyard!
This is the coolest thing I've ever see
Dec. 2017----Thanks for a great video....and one hell of a bug out vehicle, especially if you could pull a small cart behind it. Your ride reminds me of RUclips video about a village in Russia where many people there don't have cars. A couple uses their home built rail cart to get to the nearest city for groceries not only for themselves, but neighbors. Problem is, their govt. wants to rip up this abandoned section of track.
poison ivy? lol man that looks cool! May make something for all of my old go karts lying around
Awesome it looks fun ride
Magnifique, les gars ! Bravo ! Belle invention !
Merci Laurent !
Il n'y a pas de quoi ! Je soutiens toujours les personnes qui ont des idées originales ! Et en plus, il existe je-ne-sais combien de kilomètres de voies ferrées désaffectées ! Il faut en profiter ! Bonne continuation !
Probably more reliable than some of the EMU units introduced when I retired from the railway, at least this heap of junk would go in snow :-)
Fantastic looks like great fun .
I dreame to have journey in this cart 😍😍😍😍 love it and green environments
Very nice, hold on to those railway tracks, its a shame they pulled up so many of them
This is really cool @ 2x speed…
It's also very relaxing @ 0.5x speed...
Just the very best. Congratulations
This is brilliant!! Checkout the rail karting in New Zealand using modified golf karts, several routes with overnight stays.
+Dennis Jeffs hm
Bel posto, e bel lavoro, il rail cart!!!!
That was awesome! One of my favorite RUclips vids! I wish I knew of some place around my area to use one of these, I would build one in a heartbeat!! Well done!
Thank you for that huge compliment! I hope you'll find an abandoned railway some day.
Your own private railway.....I hope you charged the passengers a fare lol. 😂 that looked like a lotta fun!
Very nice ride through the forest
That looks like lots of fun..
you can also hook up a 10 speed gear system from a bike to gain even more speed.
I posted a new video with a 6 speed railkart, that thing is a killing machine :]
@@insevanhouts COOL Do you have a link? How fast did it go?
I found a portion of old US rte. 12 in Lake County Illinois. Dead ends in a field alongside existing rte. 12.
Fantástico sensacional parabéns, Brasil.
Looks like fun, considered getting approvals and make a tourist attraction. Roughly where in France, south, west, central or north.
This is awesome! Good work! I've always dreamed of building a homemade train, but I had no idea if it was even possible. What did you use for the wheels? That's my biggest question. I'm really amazed that a small engine like that was able to move the cart so fast, but on rails you don't have as much rolling resistance, so I guess you don't need that much power. I really want to do this someday, and I do know where some abandoned railroad lines are. I just have no idea how to build it.
ct92404 hey, thank you for your comment! I used some minecart wheels. And yeah it's really cool that such a small engine could get us moving, even uphill! It is quite ecological too, as it used almost no fuel!
Inse van houts That's great. Do you like building things? It's one of my main hobbies, although I've never built anything as big as this! BTW, I'll subscribe to your channel :)
ct92404 sorry for the late reply. Yes I do, and I love it. Thanks for subscribing!
Inse van houts That's ok. Are you working on any new projects? Lol maybe a jet powered go kart next?
Each time they abandon a rail line, it means more trucks on our highways, carrying freight that trains would otherwise carry.
It is so beautiful..
All fun and games till you hear a train horn coming from behind you 😂😂😂 all jokes aside pretty awesome I would love to do this
Youthful creativity at work. Great great stuff. Love it folks!
that looks fun as hell
Bellissimo!!!! Vi invidio con tutto il cuore!!!
Briggs 8HP flathead 19 or maybe a 20 cubic inches (311 or 328 cc) The first two numbers on the model number is the displacement. The model numbers are 6 digits on that era's engines like 190412, 195437,195407
Really thrilling and amazing
Wow! What fun!!! Do you know when that railroad was first used and when they abandoned it? I love the history of railroads, too :)
I hope you're able to use those tracks for many, many years!!! All the abandoned railways eventually are turned into bike/ped paths here, but at least they're not ripping them up and then flattening the land for a field or something like they did to some of the railways many years ago. After seeing your video, I really wish we had some old rails left behind around here!
Cool ride ,thanks fellows
Track does not look in a bad condition could be used for normal passenger traffic looks like good fun you Shute scared that fox ran for its life nice bit of gear you got there
beautiful country
It looks like a line between Tannay-en-Bazois - Château-Chinon ... I'm sending greetings from the Czech Republic ...
Wow, how did you find out? that's quite impressive! Greetings from France!
+Inse van houts I like the railroad. Especially if it is something special. I'm a photographer. My photo-gallery : photography-videocreation.rajce.idnes.cz/Uzkokolejka_Oberwiesenthal_-_Cranzahl_.../ photography-videocreation.rajce.idnes.cz/Uzkokolejka_Slezske_Zemske_Drahy_.../ photography-videocreation.rajce.idnes.cz/Jihoceska_uzkokolejka_2_.../ photography-videocreation.rajce.idnes.cz/Uzkokolejka_Cranzahl_-_Oberwiesenthal_.../ photography-videocreation.rajce.idnes.cz/Jihoceska_uzkokolejka_1_.../
češko
Wow, even the buildings look abandoned
You need a train horn and cab for shelter from the elements may be even trackage rights lol. Great video. be sure to swivel the seat so you can head back long hood forward . loved it
That's pretty cool!
You out there fulfilling a dream of mine
C'est Bon!!! Great video guys! Looks like you had a lot of fun sharing this with everyone. Magnifique!!!! Greetings from the United States! :)
Omg. The view was breathtaking! almost like a fantasy movie. Man, how I could wish my country have this . I'm jealous of you ! haha
It's true, the views are great here in France, where do you live to have such an ugly views? ;)
That looks so much fun
greetings from India🇮🇳
OMG! I need learn how to make one like that. Near my house there is a rail." Travel" through out my state.. Lol
inse van..put a wire cutter in front just in case some fool tie a line across the tracks. ..i wish could build one..
Really abandoned one 😍
Nice job fogs 👌👏
I have built and driven one.
Still waiting for my photographer to finish whatever.....
My mind is reeling with thoughts about a new and improved one.
Still got to be a low-cost one as this kind of fun is forbidden in my country
and I will loose my cart and some amount of money too.
Thats soo awesome...wish i could build a cart lie that but all the old abandoned lines in my area were ripped up and repurposed for walking and biking trails
Looks very fun! Kindly place a safety guard/gage covering those belts n pulleys - for your protection.
QUE SHOW DE PASSEIO... MAGNÍFICO... TMJ... ABRAÇÃO DO AVENTUREIRO PAULEK!
If only I could do this, but besides the likelihood of being caught and fined for "trespassing" there's also the problem that the rails don't stay down when a railway line is abandoned in this country. Instead, the tracks are generally ripped up to recover the steel.
The wheels look like repurposed brake drums. Good choice .