When my brother and I were visiting my grandparents in Northern Vermont we took the pump cart from the railroad maintenance shed and went for a ride for about 3 miles and that was one of my fondest memories.
need more And louder horns . sure looks like fun. When I was about 16, my buddy and I rode his 59 Chevy car from Sprinkle Texas to Pflugerville Texas on the Katy railway, a freight only line. Makes me wonder how I ever got to 68 years old. Enjoyed the video
A few technical questions. 1) How much does it weigh when totally assembled? 2) Top speed? 3) Does it have regenerative braking capability? 4) How long does it run on a charge? 5) Can you vary the gauge of the wheels? After 10 years since this was posted, what has happened with the car and you?
Standard wheel width is 5-1/2" with 1" deep flanges. Narrower treads may drop in frogs. Deeper than 1-1/2" flanges may strike the bottoms of frog and other flangeways.
I imagine deeper flanges would hit more dirt and debris between the tracks probably an issue for something so small and light (and often used on abandoned tracks that won't get cleared by trains)
Great fun to watch this, thanks. Remarkably and surprisingly quiet running. I wasn't looking for this, but we all know how it is-- one cool link leads to another-- and several hours are shot, but who cares?
Would be an understatement to say that some folks actually use their grey matter and know how to have great fun while doing so. Living life like that won't lead to complaining. This is the stuff that dreams are made of and I wish for everybody to be able to see something akin to this.
That looks so good, you went on forever. I wonder if you could make a solar powered unit and have a wider body for a little more room, The things the average Joe would never think of doing
I traveled that stretch from Te Puke to Hamilton in a Fiat Railcar in the 1970's. In 1998 from Wihi to that station you stopped at had a steam engine shuttling back and forth. This looks like more fun.
You guys are so fortunate, to have mile after mile of pristine track. I can only dream about my own rail rider aspirations. Around here in Dallas Texas, the railroads don't abandon the tracks, they tear them up. There was the old Cotton Belt railway where they did that. A couple concerns, even if the tracks are abandoned, doesn't the railroad still own them and is liable for accidents? Seems like they wouldn't want anybody on them. If your car breaks down out there in the boonies, you might end up in a serious survival situation. Might be bears in those woods too
when the jeep was originally designed they had a wheel base capable of riding railroad tracks. There are some conversion wheels to bolt on somewhere; probably in a museum. Good way to get around traffic with your own private railroad.
What sort of speed were you guys doing? 20mph? Love it...yep, wider wheels, and next - a cargo-carrying capacity? And a quick un-rail - and re-rail - facility?
I have often thought of building or buying a trolley. Three 1/2 questions: what to know before you buy or build? How to get permission to ride the rails. What to use for protection in case of a roll-over? (aren't roll bars and safety belts obvious?) Other than that, I noticed trash leaving the back of the trolley to the right about the middle of the video; highway on the left with the 75 mph sign ... or maybe the trolley picked up some trash.
How fun! You should have known to make the wheels wider. How wonderfully quiet with those wheels! Any problems with level crossings? I would have brushes in front of the wheels to brush any objects and gravel off the rails. Had a smile on my face your whole video! Please do more. Thank you.
those double rails on the bridges are called(at least in my country) JORDAN RAILS. their job is to keep derailed equipment from falling from a bridge or striking the walls of a tunnel ans assisting such derailed equipment to make it across to safety. In the railway world these Jordan Rails are necessary over speeds of 25mph
If a train derails but stays upright on the trackbed there is normally just some damage to the track and other minor consequences. If however cars turn over and/or goes off completely the result can be far more serious. On bridges and in tunnels where such consequences could be the most disastrous those rails may help to keep a derailed train from falling over. Not a 100% prevention of serious accidents on bridges, but it has helped to minimize the damage at quite a lot of incidents.
Awesome! On the handful of occasions I traveleld through the gorge back in the 1970s (round about the time of the opening of the Kaimai tunnel) I don't think I ever saw a train on those tracks, and recall hearing of a flood back then that did some serious mischief to what was left of the infrastructure.
the first cart had better wheels that straddled the rails. the second carts wheels were too small they almost came of at every curve. looks like fun though.
Those are called Guard rails and the following description from Wikipedia tells what there for. ( ''guard rails are placed parallel to regular running rail along areas of restrictive clearance, such as a bridge, trestle, or tunnel. These have the effect of keeping the wheels of rolling stock in alignment in case of derailment. It also helps to minimize damage to the structure and allow easier post-accident cleanup.'' )
It's to help prevent a train from going over the edge in case of derailment while on the bridge. When the inner wheel derails, it's caught by that inner rail and HOPEFULLY stopped from going over any further.
If the train comes off the track while crossing the bridge, the inner rails reduce the chance that the trains fallis over the side - one pair of wheels will fall between the running rail and the inner rail and keep the wagons on the path of the track. You particularly don;t want the train to go left or right if it derails on a bridge,
see that red jigger I used to build them at aramoho railway workshop so you want larger wider wheels so I'm basically saying those wheels are too small cheers
omg I had one of those then I had to jump off of it cause there was a railroad bridge repair so it fell right off it I got sewed $2000.00 in repairs on a persons home
They are intended to keep derailed trucks (swiveling wheel-axle sets) on the track to prevent cars falling off the bridge or striking the bridge structure.
@@6___________99_____________64 - They are also used on sharp curves on the in-side rail to prevent derailing. These are bolted very close to the running rail while bridge guardrails are down on the ties and join together at the ends.
Damn man, this is the coolest thing ever. Out of curiosity, if you were to do a man made trolley, would you have to do it on a track that is not commonly used by other trains?
No, it's perfectly fine to use your homemade trolley on a busy suburban railway. Where I live a train passes every three minutes. That should make it fun....
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Pause at 6:01. You can notice that that wheel is just barely holding onto the track. It's a fair bit risky, and I wonder how you manage to get through sets of points. A slightly bigger width of the axel, plus bigger circumference of the flange would be good. And the part of the wheel that is continuously hugging the top of the track should be bigger too. Plus you can go even faster.
I am glad to have got that information, i would never have thought of THAT ! you must work for a Govt Safety Department, I don't think any "amateur railroader" would go barreling across any level crossing on a tiny trolley and risk being mowed down by a 40 ton semi !
Podrían contarnos cuales son las características técnicas de la tracción y motorización utilizadas aqui? Gracias desde la Argentina. Y por último que autonomía tiene?
You need wider wheels on that. Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch wider. There are some parts in the "wheel shots" where the edge of the wheel gets closer to falling off the rail.
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Watching this 10 years later. Beautiful scenery in New Zealand! Greetings from the US!
When my brother and I were visiting my grandparents in Northern Vermont we took the pump cart from the railroad maintenance shed and went for a ride for about 3 miles and that was one of my fondest memories.
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need more And louder horns . sure looks like fun. When I was about 16, my buddy and I rode his 59 Chevy car from Sprinkle Texas to Pflugerville Texas on the Katy railway, a freight only line. Makes me wonder how I ever got to 68 years old. Enjoyed the video
Thumbs up if you are just random video watching!
yes, wider wheels, crash helmets and good life insurance. It looks fun for sure, I'd do it if I knew how to make something like that.
I love how they can move along so fast! On electric power no less!
*Great video. Thank you for sharing!*
Awesome video I hope they reactivate that Railroad line again I would like to see trains go across that
The fun and beauty, thanks for showing!
A few technical questions. 1) How much does it weigh when totally assembled? 2) Top speed? 3) Does it have regenerative braking capability? 4) How long does it run on a charge? 5) Can you vary the gauge of the wheels? After 10 years since this was posted, what has happened with the car and you?
+ the track gauge(s) it was used for please!
That Looks Amazing to ride On!
I cannot imagine anything more fun than this!!
Very nice but I would recommend wider wheels and deeper flanges. Way more saver.
Wiebe Djembe agreed....wider wheels and deeper flanges
Standard wheel width is 5-1/2" with 1" deep flanges. Narrower treads may drop in frogs. Deeper than 1-1/2" flanges may strike the bottoms of frog and other flangeways.
Nah, no worries. They had their hi viz jackets on. Safe as......
I imagine deeper flanges would hit more dirt and debris between the tracks
probably an issue for something so small and light (and often used on abandoned tracks that won't get cleared by trains)
Yeah I know, the level of savety is practically immeasurable!!!!
Fantástic from Brazil.
Cool! At 4:54 you will find where the electrical contact spray went.
Good vid lads, Certainly need at least 25mm on each wheel.
I thought of this years ago and my wife thought I was barmy.
Well Done
Brad
Fantastic, and such beautiful countryside
Great fun to watch this, thanks. Remarkably and surprisingly quiet running. I wasn't looking for this, but we all know how it is-- one cool link leads to another-- and several hours are shot, but who cares?
this is just AMAZING! added to my ''bucket list'' :D
Another great video I enjoyed, thanks for sharing this awesomeness :) It's really something I wish I could do myself.
Would be an understatement to say that some folks actually use their grey matter and know how to have great fun while doing so. Living life like that won't lead to complaining. This is the stuff that dreams are made of and I wish for everybody to be able to see something akin to this.
That looks so good, you went on forever. I wonder if you could make a solar powered unit and have a wider body for a little more room, The things the average Joe would never think of doing
This a a brilliant journey guys. Well done and thank you for brilliant entertainment.
I traveled that stretch from Te Puke to Hamilton in a Fiat Railcar in the 1970's. In 1998 from Wihi to that station you stopped at had a steam engine shuttling back and forth. This looks like more fun.
This is so cool!
I totally agree with you jaw tooth
Bravo! Good job!
You guys are so fortunate, to have mile after mile of pristine track. I can only dream about my own rail rider aspirations. Around here in Dallas Texas, the railroads don't abandon the tracks, they tear them up. There was the old Cotton Belt railway where they did that. A couple concerns, even if the tracks are abandoned, doesn't the railroad still own them and is liable for accidents? Seems like they wouldn't want anybody on them. If your car breaks down out there in the boonies, you might end up in a serious survival situation. Might be bears in those woods too
I found your railway on Google-Earth and it looks like a great place to take speeders, thank-you for posting and have fun!
Do you have any information on the build? Motor used? Battery?
Manh..i wished i too could ride on it..
This is so cool. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is Awesome
when the jeep was originally designed they had a wheel base capable of riding railroad tracks. There are some conversion wheels to bolt on somewhere; probably in a museum. Good way to get around traffic with your own private railroad.
What sort of speed were you guys doing? 20mph? Love it...yep, wider wheels, and next - a cargo-carrying capacity? And a quick un-rail - and re-rail - facility?
Fantastic, congrats !!
I think these workers love their jobs so much 🙂
I have often thought of building or buying a trolley. Three 1/2 questions: what to know before you buy or build? How to get permission to ride the rails. What to use for protection in case of a roll-over? (aren't roll bars and safety belts obvious?)
Other than that, I noticed trash leaving the back of the trolley to the right about the middle of the video; highway on the left with the 75 mph sign ... or maybe the trolley picked up some trash.
This is insanely cool👌👌
amzing flange and nice trolley journey
I've walked a lot of abandoned railways and there's nothing so peaceful than an abandoned railway in the countryside.
How fun!
You should have known to make the wheels wider.
How wonderfully quiet with those wheels!
Any problems with level crossings?
I would have brushes in front of the wheels to brush any objects and gravel off the rails.
Had a smile on my face your whole video!
Please do more. Thank you.
7:36 I'm just waiting for this guy to go head over ass make my day kiwi
Where or how did you make the wheels having a hard time finding the rite stuff to build one
Esto es lo que Bale la pena admirarse los que viven inventado algo de provecho y a los que destrullen felicidades
Pretty cool, those things really move along...
It looks like fun! wish there was a place like that around here in central texas.
what a beautiful ride!
thanks for a nice upload
those double rails on the bridges are called(at least in my country) JORDAN RAILS. their job is to keep derailed equipment from falling from a bridge or striking the walls of a tunnel ans assisting such derailed equipment to make it across to safety. In the railway world these Jordan Rails are necessary over speeds of 25mph
Parabéns pelo vídeo!!!
Looks like good fun, shame about the excessive use of the horn. A horn is only to be used as a warning device.
+Richie Wisbey I was thinking the same thing. Cool video, but l got sick of hearing the horns.
I would have been blowing the fuck outta that horn too......So would you if you access to train horns..lol
That looks fun. I want 2 do it 2.
Sound fun
If a train derails but stays upright on the trackbed there is normally just some damage to the track and other minor consequences. If however cars turn over and/or goes off completely the result can be far more serious. On bridges and in tunnels where such consequences could be the most disastrous those rails may help to keep a derailed train from falling over. Not a 100% prevention of serious accidents on bridges, but it has helped to minimize the damage at quite a lot of incidents.
Awesome!
On the handful of occasions I traveleld through the gorge back in the 1970s (round about the time of the opening of the Kaimai tunnel) I don't think I ever saw a train on those tracks, and recall hearing of a flood back then that did some serious mischief to what was left of the infrastructure.
I Love It a Lot
That looks really fun.
the first cart had better wheels that straddled the rails. the second carts wheels were too small they almost came of at every curve. looks like fun though.
I really liked this one. Thanku
It's nice to ride a trolley like this. So wanted.
The trolley is a very good idea, wasn't too happy about the wheels almost derailing in one part of the video, otherwise great video.
BRILLIANT.....GIMMIE DANGER !
Those are called Guard rails and the following description from Wikipedia tells what there for. ( ''guard rails are placed parallel to regular running rail along areas of restrictive clearance, such as a bridge, trestle, or tunnel. These have the effect of keeping the wheels of rolling stock in alignment in case of derailment. It also helps to minimize damage to the structure and allow easier post-accident cleanup.'' )
That looks like so much fun
Oops - lost some luggage at the 4:55 mark!
It's to help prevent a train from going over the edge in case of derailment while on the bridge. When the inner wheel derails, it's caught by that inner rail and HOPEFULLY stopped from going over any further.
If the train comes off the track while crossing the bridge, the inner rails reduce the chance that the trains fallis over the side - one pair of wheels will fall between the running rail and the inner rail and keep the wagons on the path of the track. You particularly don;t want the train to go left or right if it derails on a bridge,
Yeah, the horn tkes away from the relaxing..scared the shit out of me a few times lol grrr
see that red jigger I used to build them at aramoho railway workshop so you want larger wider wheels so I'm basically saying those wheels are too small cheers
omg I had one of those then I had to jump off of it cause there was a railroad bridge repair so it fell right off it I got sewed $2000.00 in repairs on a persons home
totally happened
Jack Marks I hope nobody didn’t get hurt
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That looks like fun
An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.
Track still looks in quite good condition considering it was closed in 1989,
I love these. What are the extra rails between the main rails I generally on bridges?
Id also like to know the answer to that. Anyone ?
They are intended to keep derailed trucks (swiveling wheel-axle sets) on the track to prevent cars falling off the bridge or striking the bridge structure.
Thanks Al ! You sir are a scholar and a gentleman.
@@6___________99_____________64 - They are also used on sharp curves on the in-side rail to prevent derailing. These are bolted very close to the running rail while bridge guardrails are down on the ties and join together at the ends.
Damn man, this is the coolest thing ever. Out of curiosity, if you were to do a man made trolley, would you have to do it on a track that is not commonly used by other trains?
No, it's perfectly fine to use your homemade trolley on a busy suburban railway. Where I live a train passes every three minutes. That should make it fun....
Perhaps for future videos you can tell the audience where you are and where your destination is.
great fun. I can't stop chuckling at the thought of all the wealth and shhhafffettty walla's cringing at this!
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Very nice, 👌👌👌👌
People should crowdfund for small but simple rail tracks like these to be made for small trolley wagons.
Nice rides!
Do another and show us some of the scenery passing by.
they look great
Looks like fun
olá amigos ótima noite de terça feira 26/01/21 parabéns por proporcionar estás belas imagens por onde as locomotivas faziam o transporte de passageiros ou seja de cargas mais infelizmente aí o transporte ferroviário foi também desativados e como aqui no Brasil tudo que for do transporte ferroviário tem sua vida útil aqui amigos muitos kilometros de linha férrea deixou de existir em muitos lugares devido às privatizações hoje amigos em diversos lugares e países se prefere transporte tudo através das rodovias e não nas ferrovias e triste de se ver quantos kilometros de malha ferroviária abandonada parabéns amigos por mostrar também a realidade das malhas ferroviária aí também abs amigos que Deus abençoe vocês ai 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏direto de caraguatatuba litoral norte de São Paulo Brasil
5:00 that's annoying good job i was exspecting it like the 1st time
thats the way to go,no trafik how do you get promishion to run??thanks for shering.
Pause at 6:01. You can notice that that wheel is just barely holding onto the track. It's a fair bit risky, and I wonder how you manage to get through sets of points.
A slightly bigger width of the axel, plus bigger circumference of the flange would be good. And the part of the wheel that is continuously hugging the top of the track should be bigger too. Plus you can go even faster.
I am glad to have got that information, i would never have thought of THAT ! you must work for a Govt Safety Department, I don't think any "amateur railroader" would go barreling across any level crossing on a tiny trolley and risk being mowed down by a 40 ton semi !
Some of the same people who are amateur railroaders are the ones who drive cars across tracks right in front of trains.
Podrían contarnos cuales son las características técnicas de la tracción y motorización utilizadas aqui? Gracias desde la Argentina. Y por último que autonomía tiene?
You need wider wheels on that. Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch wider. There are some parts in the "wheel shots" where the edge of the wheel gets closer to falling off the rail.
To add strength to the rails and ties , to help prevent movement since there is a lack of ballast.
How are they powered are they electric and how far can you go with that and how many miles per hour are you traveling at wish I could do that. So fun
this looks like fun
prety cool.. i enjoyed the ride!!!:D
What a site that must have been to the people at the station.
Are these golf carts with RR car wheel's? Cool.
GOOD HEALTH AND A VERY PEACEFUL LIFE FOR ALL ,MY WISH
A simple fix, adjustable axle with internal and external tubes with spring loading to keep constant pressure of variable track widths
Was that moving downslope all the way.
I suppose there was some braking mechanism or something to prevent it going berserk!