Rail Speeder ride on historic west coast railroad

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  • Опубликовано: 11 фев 2018
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    March 2024
    This rail speeder is for sale. watch the video from link above for full details.

Комментарии • 398

  • @jayrap94
    @jayrap94 3 года назад +93

    The best thing about exploring on rails is that you can never really get lost

    • @Pranjal90
      @Pranjal90 3 года назад +13

      But, you can be get lost forever, coz those railroads have no maintenance from decades, the bridges could collapse & can injured them brutally.
      This is very very risky

    • @raymondherbst7126
      @raymondherbst7126 2 года назад +7

      Never lost, but a real butt tightener if you meet a train!

    • @citizen240
      @citizen240 2 года назад +4

      @@raymondherbst7126
      If you meet a train ... or another speeder coming the other way.

    • @Dealyo1
      @Dealyo1 2 года назад +2

      @@Pranjal90 wet blanket alert

    • @optimusprimer4392
      @optimusprimer4392 2 года назад

      Gets stuck out in the middle of nowhere

  • @santhanaraj5863
    @santhanaraj5863 Год назад +9

    The world salutes in amazement those hard men of steel who had laid those Railroad Tracks and built those Timeless Tunnels and Railroad Bridges in these rugged and torturous terrain cutting through endlessly awesome and breathtakingly beautiful landscape !!

    • @normsweet1710
      @normsweet1710 2 месяца назад

      I couldn’t have said it any better friend !❤️👍🙂

  • @jamesd2128
    @jamesd2128 5 лет назад +18

    That's the E&N Railway's [mile 14, Victoria Sub] Niagara Canyon Bridge they're rolling over at the beginning[ 260 ft high.] Arbutus Canyon [mile 14.9 ] is the other bridge [225 ft high]

  • @bonkees
    @bonkees 5 лет назад +38

    The sound of the wheels hitting the rail joints is fantastic.....

  • @randygreen8916
    @randygreen8916 5 лет назад +20

    The railroads build the coolest bridges and tunnels, just amazing.

  • @gerdacoonan7250
    @gerdacoonan7250 5 лет назад +5

    Just plain Awesome !!, thanks for the efforts and sharing, cheers.

  • @majorwedgie8166
    @majorwedgie8166 5 лет назад +13

    I think I have just found my new favorite hobby 😍

  • @gerrycoleman7290
    @gerrycoleman7290 2 года назад +2

    Those bridges got my blood pressure up.

  • @tomspallone1868
    @tomspallone1868 5 лет назад +13

    "I thought we were gonna have a beer!" lol

  • @MrPaley-fq7eo
    @MrPaley-fq7eo 5 лет назад +4

    Best rail video I've seen like this.👍😎

  • @scoots5493
    @scoots5493 5 лет назад +6

    AWESOME video!
    You are so fortunate to be somewhere you can do this....FUN!
    (old timer logger)

  • @ScoutCrafter
    @ScoutCrafter 5 лет назад +2

    Wow! That was AWESOME! I am always on edge thinking a train is going to come barreling down the other way!!!!! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

    • @garyjones7198
      @garyjones7198 5 лет назад +1

      S.C. I think these are abandoned R.R. and no longer used.. Some absolutely gorgeous scenery...

  • @randomcoyote8807
    @randomcoyote8807 5 лет назад +11

    What fun! I'm officially jealous!

  • @bsimpson6204
    @bsimpson6204 Год назад +2

    Just amazing! Those viaducts terrify me lol

  • @twinvideoproduction9662
    @twinvideoproduction9662 3 года назад +2

    Fantastic video footage and railroad scenery. I will be sharing your video link with my subscribers. Thank you.

  • @fixplanes
    @fixplanes 4 года назад +2

    This is epic. I want to build one now 😆😆 Thanks for sharing. 👏👏👏

  • @callummcmurray5236
    @callummcmurray5236 5 месяцев назад +5

    this is Port Alberni to Parksville on Vancouver island the rail line goes around Cameron lake

  • @finleypatmalcolm
    @finleypatmalcolm 3 года назад +2

    First time seeing this .. Its freak8n Awesome !!!

  • @mwnciboo
    @mwnciboo 2 года назад +2

    Man that is cool, bring your camping kit...water, food, etc. That is a hell of an idea for SHTF.

  • @joankamp4513
    @joankamp4513 5 лет назад +1

    Totally awesome ride and views.

  • @bollocks9981
    @bollocks9981 6 лет назад +1

    Very cool. It would be a great way to spend a sunny afternoon. Good footage Jason

  • @denzack1
    @denzack1 5 лет назад +28

    Try to hold your shot at least :03 seconds!

  • @timothymiller5425
    @timothymiller5425 5 лет назад +2

    I want to do that. I've actually dreamt of doing that! Friggin FANTASTIC 😘

  • @flybeep1661
    @flybeep1661 5 лет назад +1

    This looks like a blast.

  • @paulgrimm
    @paulgrimm 2 года назад

    That scenery is so beautiful

  • @amberyooper
    @amberyooper 5 лет назад +1

    That looks like quite the scenic ride!

  • @20PhantoM07
    @20PhantoM07 2 года назад +7

    I’d shit my pants going over them trestles but this looks awesome! 😵

  • @stephencresswell4760
    @stephencresswell4760 5 лет назад +3

    This is bloody amazing. I’d love to do that.

  • @ross6371
    @ross6371 2 года назад +3

    Years ago (early 1980's) I built a gas powered railcar that I ran on the Tacoma to Elbe railway. I was building a log home south of Graham at the time. Lots of fun running along the east side of lake kapowsin and further south. I remember there was this old tracked crain halfway tipped over on the south end of the lake. Wonder if it's still there

    • @lovetotruck78
      @lovetotruck78 Год назад

      @Ross
      Well, go and see if it's still there.

  • @BhupinderSingh-tt9ox
    @BhupinderSingh-tt9ox Год назад +1

    Looking like some ghost movie... dangerous bridge....dark tunnel....no one around u....broken railings....camera just near the track.....sound/friction of wheels with rail.....
    Looking as some unknown third force is all behind this journey through the jungle.👍👍

  • @neilbain8736
    @neilbain8736 3 года назад +1

    It's amazing that you can do this in other countries, with such huge open spaces.

  • @danieln54
    @danieln54 5 лет назад

    That is freaking COOL👍🏻😎

  • @markhayes6407
    @markhayes6407 4 года назад +5

    For an abandoned railroad the trestles are in great shape especially the ties

    • @jamesd2128
      @jamesd2128 3 года назад +2

      The E&N railway is not abandoned, eternally awaiting government funds to rebuild the infrastructure, but still considered an active railway legally.

  • @itssoobvious4027
    @itssoobvious4027 5 лет назад +8

    😍😍😍😍 THAT IS AWESOME !!!
    I WILL PAY TO GO ON A RIDE !!!

  • @richcoffey4080
    @richcoffey4080 5 лет назад +1

    fantastic!

  • @alvinb1959
    @alvinb1959 5 лет назад +3

    That is so Way Cool - A Ride I'd Love to Take

  • @thisolddog2259
    @thisolddog2259 5 лет назад +1

    this was fun thanks for the ride! just subd but i have to say i use to love heights even rappelled in the Army from helicopter's! i don't know how but many years later i became acrophobic for no good reason! It sucks because i loved rappelling! I'll be 57 this year and feel like a wussy watching you over the trestle!

  • @edwardbenkert2618
    @edwardbenkert2618 5 лет назад

    That is so awesome

  • @jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069
    @jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069 2 года назад +5

    You guys are lucky, to have such wonderful good tracks. The abandoned tracks I've ever seen are deteriorated and overgrown beyond hope. I was kinda excited when the old cotton belt railway here in Dallas was abandoned, but then, they tore up all the tracks. I built a rail bike for nothing.

  • @lupoExplore
    @lupoExplore 3 года назад +1

    That is an spectacular place and also the video. I would die to do something like that, thanks for sharing, I love this video :)

  • @ferroviedeltrentino2300
    @ferroviedeltrentino2300 4 года назад +1

    love old railways

  • @formosabrowning3539
    @formosabrowning3539 2 года назад +1

    Impressive footage

  • @rinston3591
    @rinston3591 2 года назад +2

    Just so cool 😎

  • @dorayarn143
    @dorayarn143 Год назад

    Wow ang saya naman dyan at ang ganda pa ng view ingat kayo idol full support 💖

  • @scottlawson4622
    @scottlawson4622 5 лет назад +1

    That is freaking neat

  • @insidepages4150
    @insidepages4150 4 года назад +6

    I used to do this with my dad in his rail car. Probably the reason for not telling where they are is that it is illegal activity. No railroad owner is going to give a private rail car owner permission to use their abandon tracks. Too many safety issues, wash outs, tree falls, etc. It was great fun but very unsafe at times. There are clubs you can join that run these rails with permission and a hefty insurance policy.

  • @mineiroetvgamg7625
    @mineiroetvgamg7625 4 года назад

    Lugar bonito , ficou ótimo seu trolinho , parabéns !

  • @CattleRustlerOCN
    @CattleRustlerOCN 5 лет назад

    Those bridges are crazy

  • @t.jjohnson6317
    @t.jjohnson6317 5 лет назад +6

    love to have the plans to build a speeder...

  • @Steve-qi7hc
    @Steve-qi7hc 5 лет назад

    Nice ride... Thanks

  • @mumbles552
    @mumbles552 5 лет назад +3

    Hey, where is this? At first I thought it was the E&N with Little Niagra, Hole In The Wall, Saanich inlet and Mt Finlayson but now I'm not sure. Sure looks like fun though!

  • @daveyboygee
    @daveyboygee 5 лет назад +5

    Not sure if I was more mesmerized by that gorgeous granite tunnel or the 400 foot high tressel. Either way, great video, thank for sharing!
    Any plans to come down to Hopland and ride along the Eel river in CA?!?! Lots of dead line there to explore! Message me because I'd love to come along!

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 Месяц назад

    SUPERB! I wish we had amazing abandoned rail tracks in UK like this Id build a speeder!!

  • @tomtolentino7575
    @tomtolentino7575 Год назад +1

    What an awesome adventure 👍

  • @Duran12617
    @Duran12617 2 года назад +5

    god DAMN this looks fun

  • @4WDutah
    @4WDutah 2 года назад +4

    I’m thinking about buying an old 2seater go kart frame and building a rail speeder out of it and a trailer so I can go camping too!

  • @high1voltage1rules
    @high1voltage1rules 3 года назад +1

    BRILLIANT 👍👍👍👍
    👍👍👍👍👍THUMBS UP👍👍👍👍👍

  • @delano62
    @delano62 5 лет назад

    Very cool. I have a friend that builds and rides these here in Kansas.

  • @lewispaine4589
    @lewispaine4589 2 года назад +2

    I remember going over that trestle on the dayliner many years ago, yeah it's high alright!

    • @gerrycoleman7290
      @gerrycoleman7290 2 года назад

      Where is it?

    • @lewispaine4589
      @lewispaine4589 2 года назад +1

      @@gerrycoleman7290 This is on the E&n railway, (now basically abandoned) near Victoria BC, the trestle is near Goldstream Provincial Park, also near Hwy 19

  • @ronduff4325
    @ronduff4325 2 года назад

    How Awesome !! I want to do it !

  • @raviarcot3145
    @raviarcot3145 Год назад +2

    Imagine a ghost steam engine chugs in front of ur rickety trolley 🤣

  • @niteshades_promise
    @niteshades_promise 5 лет назад

    this is the American dream in action.🇺🇸🍻

    •  5 лет назад +1

      If it's on Vancouver island then it's actually "the Canadian dream"

  • @2fast945
    @2fast945 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks for sharing your adventures! I'm so jealous. I was actually hiking this very line about a year ago. FYI, it is an active line further up, as the ICF is still moving freight for its customers.

    • @RuleofFive
      @RuleofFive 2 года назад

      Where is this?

    • @2fast945
      @2fast945 2 года назад +1

      @@RuleofFive E & N Railway, British Columbia in Canada.

    • @RuleofFive
      @RuleofFive 2 года назад

      @@2fast945 Thanks! I thought it was in the US but wasn’t sure. Beautiful country!

  • @user-mp2tk3pw6j
    @user-mp2tk3pw6j Год назад +3

    This is the E&N railway on the malahat!

    • @darksid356
      @darksid356 Год назад

      Fuck yea! Van island for the win💪💪

  • @duggydugg3937
    @duggydugg3937 5 лет назад +4

    falcon trestle gave me the willies..and i'm sitting in bed !

  • @antohartanto6247
    @antohartanto6247 Год назад +1

    very nice...

  • @MrJeep75
    @MrJeep75 5 месяцев назад +4

    I be scared shitless crossing that trestle

  • @jm1551701
    @jm1551701 3 года назад +1

    'That's a nice rail speeder"

  • @lowrangeoverland9013
    @lowrangeoverland9013 2 дня назад

    Great score

  • @CuzznRickH14
    @CuzznRickH14 5 лет назад +10

    Beautiful scenery, what was shown of it. Neat little cart. Just my opinion, don't go fast over the bridges....someone may of put a jack rod to throw the cart off the track.....not a pleasant ending. Hope to see more videos in the future. And if you do, please show more of the scenery and do a little narrating of the locations and so forth. Hello and happy trails from Rick H of Malta, Texas.

  • @ccaaproduction105
    @ccaaproduction105 4 года назад

    Good job

  • @bigfatdavebigfatdave7395
    @bigfatdavebigfatdave7395 5 лет назад +1

    That is cool beyond words. Is it light enough to lift to turn it around or do you have to partially disassemble?

  • @mikegall5511
    @mikegall5511 5 лет назад +2

    omg that looks like fun. How does a person go about doing this. Thanks for the video

  • @torccchaser6712
    @torccchaser6712 5 лет назад

    cool !!!

  • @odairbotelho8462
    @odairbotelho8462 5 лет назад +2

    Isso é bom pra passeio turísticos

  • @jenserikjensen9270
    @jenserikjensen9270 5 лет назад +3

    Hi, and thanks for the tour. Is this road open to the public?

  • @TeNBeeS7
    @TeNBeeS7 5 лет назад +3

    I'M SOO JEALOUX.. FANTASTIC..I'LL PAY FOR A RIDE/TRIP/ADVENTURE:-).KEEP RAILIN..GOD BLESS..KEEP GOIN..LOVE FROM DENMARK

  • @Shorts88898
    @Shorts88898 2 года назад +2

    Wow

  • @michaelnorris6365
    @michaelnorris6365 5 лет назад +1

    Wonderful way to travel. I assume there are no trains running at the same time.

  • @normsweet1710
    @normsweet1710 3 месяца назад +3

    Boy”are we ever high” ……. ya sure ya want another adult beverage ?😂

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck3824 5 лет назад

    Nice video. What are the extra rails on bridges and trestles for?

  • @fabianleguel2960
    @fabianleguel2960 Год назад +2

    Awesome!

  • @Freshstart6354
    @Freshstart6354 5 лет назад +1

    This is really cool, it would be neat if you could show some video of your Speeder, maybe you could put up a video and tell us a little about it, I would also like to know what State your speeder is going through, it looks like northern California, Montana, or Colorado, and what RR Line it use to be, maybe UPRR, GNRR, or DRGRR. My father was a Engineer for DRGRR UPPRR my brother retired UPRR, & he was all over the mountains in California, my Father was in Colorado.

  • @cvrnut09
    @cvrnut09 3 года назад +3

    Tacoma Rails Mountain Division, well north of Elbe and Just across from Eatonville

    • @scottb8175
      @scottb8175 Год назад

      There are a few old logging railroad lines in WA and OR that look very similar, though. And some of those are actually legally abandoned, so possibly not illegal to ride on them? I know a few abandoned tracks in MT, ID, and WA, but I'm not sure if it is legal to be on those tracks. In Canada, unless the rails have been removed and officially converted to a public trail, that is a hard NO.

  • @scottb8175
    @scottb8175 Год назад +3

    I'd bet that track is not abandoned. Dis-used or out of service, maybe, but probably not abandoned. The reason rail riding / biking is not very popular in Canada is because generally there is no where to legally do it. In Canada, if the rails are still in place, you would likely be trespassing on railway property (a much more serious offense than a misdemeanor, as in the USA). In Canada, abandoned rails are typically pulled up as soon as they are abandoned. Then the land ownership is transferred to the federal or local government or adjacent property owners. I know of a few possibly abandoned tracks that may exist in southern Ontario and Quebec, maybe. There was an unused CN track that went from Pukatawagan to Lynn Lake in Manitoba that hadn't seen a train since 2002, but I believe some local First Nations now own the property / track, if it is still there. It was still intact last time I was there, in 2010. One adventurous person / nutjob I heard about rode a quad down those tracks in the dead of winter. It took three days and many trees had to be chopped from the tracks. At least (most of) the black bears would have been sleeping. Finding intact abandoned track in the west is less likely than finding bigfoot bones.

    • @rusticwood
      @rusticwood  Год назад +2

      thats what makes this all so special

    • @andrerenault
      @andrerenault Год назад

      I believe there's a line that's at least partly intact from Sherbrooke to Thetford Mines.

    • @wingnutbert9685
      @wingnutbert9685 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's Canada. And it's disused rail. And if the local or fed's "own" it, then the public "owns" it.

  • @sanddabz5635
    @sanddabz5635 5 лет назад +1

    Where are these old lines located? Cool video!

  • @dccavalier
    @dccavalier 5 лет назад +2

    What is the most unusual thing....or scariest thing....you've seen while riding these abandoned tracks?

  • @RailVentures
    @RailVentures 6 лет назад

    That's a real nice speeder build. Where did you get the wheels may I ask?

  • @RobbieSongwriter
    @RobbieSongwriter 5 лет назад +1

    Very cool footage - sweet rail speeder indeed! What railroad is this? and where?

  • @william474
    @william474 5 лет назад

    Really cool video. How is that powered?

  • @MrDegsy69
    @MrDegsy69 5 лет назад +5

    What are those extra rails about on the trestle bridges? I would guess they are there to either strengthen the bridge or actually keep the train on the track in the event of a derailment. It is confusing as you sometimes see this on lines where mixed gauge rolling stock is deployed.

  • @Tony_W45241
    @Tony_W45241 3 года назад +7

    It would be nice to know the history of the rails that they are on and why the are abandoned.

    • @mixrmandd
      @mixrmandd 3 года назад +5

      Alot of the abandoned lines in the pnw once serviced sawmills and logging operations that either no longer exist or have become serviced by the trucking industry

    • @The-Average-Noob
      @The-Average-Noob 2 года назад +2

      This is the E&N railway if you wanted to look it up especially the Niagara creek trestle. Interesting story behind it.

  • @johnbennett3506
    @johnbennett3506 5 лет назад

    What are those tracks in the middle for? At some of the ride it shows 2 sets of tracks.

  • @rogerclegg8230
    @rogerclegg8230 5 лет назад +6

    OK; great, beautiful. Now, please: the location of this well intact yet decommisioned track? (by the dialogue, sounds like somewhere in BC?)

  • @jimclarke1108
    @jimclarke1108 5 лет назад +3

    Guess im the first customer ))

  • @josephdeffendoll3056
    @josephdeffendoll3056 5 лет назад +2

    I love this. Have you ever met a train?

    • @Arykperry
      @Arykperry 5 лет назад +3

      I personally met a few trains and they were very nice but smelled a bit

  • @rodralston2279
    @rodralston2279 5 лет назад

    Sweet! Nice machine! What railroad is this? Where?

  • @forrbi5185
    @forrbi5185 3 года назад +1

    Wow, how did they build those bridges....

  • @pipercolt1963
    @pipercolt1963 5 лет назад +2

    where is this line? its in amazing shape!

  • @BurtonSKnowles
    @BurtonSKnowles 5 лет назад +15

    Where is that? Is that the NW Pacific Railroad line up near Eureka, CA??