Extreme Railbiking Part 1, Life is Like a Mountain Railway, Rail Bikes on Abandoned Railroads.

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  • Опубликовано: 15 апр 2018
  • WARNING! Do not ride on active lines or without the permission of the railroad. Trespassing is illegal and can result in arrest, fines and/or imprisonment. Railbiking can be dangerous and result in injury or death.

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  • @RHTeebs
    @RHTeebs 2 года назад +95

    This scenery is beautiful. But, I just feel so sad that this beautiful railway is left abandoned. We really should do more to preserve the railways.

    • @chickenbraincell8445
      @chickenbraincell8445 Год назад +2

      totally agreed

    • @user-uy1wz9dw6v
      @user-uy1wz9dw6v Год назад +1

      It is strange that nobody take rails and recycle them. So much metal to cell!

    • @laitentierdotcom
      @laitentierdotcom Год назад +8

      @@user-uy1wz9dw6v they shouldn’t be taken down and recycled, they should be restored and put back into service

    • @PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN
      @PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Год назад +1

      @@laitentierdotcom ok you do it then.

    • @laitentierdotcom
      @laitentierdotcom Год назад +3

      @@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN i am currently active in my community working on this issue

  • @graycloud057
    @graycloud057 5 лет назад +906

    Sucks when you meet the guy coming from the other direction with the super fast deluxe model.

    • @ranny3507
      @ranny3507 5 лет назад +53

      graycloud057 life is pay to win

    • @laska907
      @laska907 5 лет назад +46

      A train?

    • @acolyteoffire4077
      @acolyteoffire4077 5 лет назад +43

      these are abandoned rail ways no longer in service. so all is safe.

    • @whoswondering7911
      @whoswondering7911 5 лет назад +9

      Right, as if trains are still active on those old ass rails, alot of the track was destroyed aswell.

    • @eligebrown8998
      @eligebrown8998 5 лет назад +6

      And pulling 77 box cars

  • @enzoprosciutto210
    @enzoprosciutto210 5 лет назад +254

    This was America before all the buildings.

    • @prodrift101
      @prodrift101 5 лет назад +25

      This is what made all the buildings

    • @neeee3eee
      @neeee3eee 5 лет назад +13

      USA is and was a stupid Land Full of idiots and trump voters

    • @billville111
      @billville111 5 лет назад +7

      This is America today.

    • @enzoprosciutto210
      @enzoprosciutto210 5 лет назад +4

      billville111 ya i no that but. I'm saying all of America was beautiful like this before all the cities where built. It gives you a glimpse of what America was in the past. Its like going back in the day

    • @billville111
      @billville111 5 лет назад +1

      @@enzoprosciutto210 my point is it's more beautiful today than ever if you have eyes to see it.

  • @CharacterMatterz
    @CharacterMatterz 5 лет назад +78

    You guys are maniacal geniuses... I had no idea such a thing existed. Thanks for sharing...

    • @crazyfvck
      @crazyfvck 3 года назад +2

      @CharacterMatterz The concept of a rail bike has been around for many years. I've seen photos of them being used from the early 1900's. And they are just as cool today as they were back then :)

    • @1nvisible1
      @1nvisible1 2 месяца назад

      *Looks alternatively like lots of fun and considerable terror.*
      *You've got a lot of courage lol, don't let your wives catch on those trestles!*

    • @TF856
      @TF856 2 месяца назад

      There is probably more people who build rail carts like go karts than there is rail bikes!!!
      I think I would like a motorcycle adapted to rail travel.

  • @libtard678
    @libtard678 5 лет назад +104

    How they built those bridges… Damn. Great scenery.

    • @nickhersheys2706
      @nickhersheys2706 5 лет назад +5

      Steel, Muscle and an Egyptian Pyramid Engineer.

    • @stephenverchinski409
      @stephenverchinski409 5 лет назад

      Looks like Cumbres and Toltec line in places

    • @johnbuck5181
      @johnbuck5181 5 лет назад +2

      Definitely...Aliens. How could humans stack wood in such a formation? And clearly if you look at it from space, it looks like an alien tittie. Alien titties reflect mass scanning allowing it to be found.

  • @eastmolman
    @eastmolman 5 лет назад +405

    The 1908 Sears catalog has a Railroad attachment for Bicycles.

    • @ProlificInvention
      @ProlificInvention 5 лет назад +54

      I had that same catalog, and in my early 20's I used to ride my gas powered bike (Homelite XL 925 chainsaw engine) everywhere, and built my own "rail rig" with some old crutches and inline skate wheels (and Harbor Freight Alumiweld rods 😂). I used the tracks that go from Downtown Grand Rapids, MI to Wyoming, MI to get to work successfully for about 2 years, until a Wyoming cop sternly lectured me at a street crossing...then I retired it. Good Times! I think a business for taking trips on abandoned tracks with motorized bicycles is a fantastic idea, I'd probably use my design as it folded up on the rack and you could ride it as a regular mountain bike still, and take on any terrain due to the powerful engine.

    • @MrDisgruntledGamer1
      @MrDisgruntledGamer1 5 лет назад +24

      ive heard alot about this catalog, was it like the Amazon of that time?

    • @ProlificInvention
      @ProlificInvention 5 лет назад +11

      @@MrDisgruntledGamer1 It absolutely was

    • @teddyrose3142
      @teddyrose3142 5 лет назад +4

      Order that shit

    • @01hondascott
      @01hondascott 5 лет назад +15

      @@teddyrose3142 i can't believe how many of us are on this old video right now.all the comments are from just minutes ago or in the last 2 hours

  • @marioGarcia-du9eh
    @marioGarcia-du9eh 5 лет назад +58

    as a kid i lived next door to the rail and a train trestle. yeah “TRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN! drank water from Coyote Creek just below it. its still there but smack in the middle of silicon valley. i can still remember the smell of them old rail road ties creosote and diesel. the house would shake like crazy. The horn would blow you right out of bed. Also running from the hobos who we thought were going to kill us and eat us. great times.

    • @flstffatboy3910
      @flstffatboy3910 Год назад

      Where are talkin about I grew up next to the tracks in Santa Clara Ca ...the hobo’s were scary back in the early 70’s

  • @youngmiko7944
    @youngmiko7944 5 лет назад +192

    The term “Extreme” being thrown around very loosely.. But I gotta say this looks like a damn interesting hobby.

    • @ianbuilder
      @ianbuilder 3 года назад +14

      anythings extreme at there age

    • @veronicadaugherty3760
      @veronicadaugherty3760 3 года назад +4

      Dangerous hobby.*

    • @ianbuilder
      @ianbuilder 3 года назад +3

      @@veronicadaugherty3760 lmao yea a high risk sport

    • @BraidenVennum
      @BraidenVennum 3 года назад +9

      Did you see 1:30? Imagine airing off that gap!

    • @sammysouth8372
      @sammysouth8372 3 года назад +6

      hey bud, we’re ‘murican everything we do is extreme and oh so special. when we wash the toilet, it’s extreme toilet washing. cause hey we’re’murican.

  • @tobo6634
    @tobo6634 5 лет назад +114

    Greetings from Germany, thanks for showing me this nice way of travelling and thanks for sharing this wonderful landscape with us.

    • @marypeek4628
      @marypeek4628 5 лет назад +1

      @ To Bo I would love to see Germsny like this

    • @Earthether
      @Earthether 5 лет назад

      To Bo greetings

    • @canaldomorceguinho5621
      @canaldomorceguinho5621 3 года назад

      @@Earthether
      Confira o meu canal

    • @E.L.Bernays
      @E.L.Bernays Год назад +1

      Hallo, liebe Grüße zurück aus Tschechien. Würde selber gerne so was ausprobieren. Im Bahnhof Zossen, 20 km von Berlin entfernt, kann man auch solche Schienenfahrräder fahren. Es gibt so viele Dinge, die sich anbieten, einfach ausprobiert werden zu sein. :-)

  • @dickjohnson5025
    @dickjohnson5025 5 лет назад +189

    Wow, didn’t even know this was a thing. Awesome! Love those massive trestle bridges

    • @Ferndalien
      @Ferndalien 5 лет назад +8

      It's been a "thing" of a sorts for a long time. Check out this old drawing from pre-revolutionary Russia:
      i.pinimg.com/736x/e5/4b/37/e54b37b4123c2f6d525b0f272d26a238.jpg
      He is a Trans Siberian Railroad official inspecting the rails.

    • @robertallen6710
      @robertallen6710 5 лет назад +2

      @@Ferndalien what the hell is a 'thing'...

    • @romanortega8051
      @romanortega8051 5 лет назад +2

      @@robertallen6710 Ask "Dick" "Johnson"

    • @MrMogulvogl
      @MrMogulvogl 5 лет назад +1

      Take a hike, or a train. Fat...

    • @dickjohnson5025
      @dickjohnson5025 5 лет назад

      Rocco T What?

  • @angelicoutcry3478
    @angelicoutcry3478 5 лет назад +31

    I spoke to a fellow biker about doing this a few years back. For legality issues I never pursued it as we have no unused tracks near us... awesome scenic video.

  • @phillhuddleston9445
    @phillhuddleston9445 5 лет назад +29

    The neat thing about riding on rails is that there are never any really steep grades, that is what always gets me winded on a bike.

  • @RailVentures
    @RailVentures 6 лет назад +31

    Some of the best Railway scenery in the United States! Thanks Peter!

  • @noire1001
    @noire1001 5 лет назад +143

    I don't know why but those wooden bridges make me feel happy. I imagine the guys building them years ago and how they have stood all this time through many summers and winters.

    • @Shawn-rq4py
      @Shawn-rq4py 5 лет назад +8

      Have you seen the tv series “hell on wheels”? It’s about the building of the railways to the west after the civil war. It’s a drama of course but they show the building of the rails, trials and tribulations related to such a huge undertaking and there are some bridges they made.
      Some of the shows main characters were based off real folks who built the railways and approx timeline. It also shows the railways being built from the east to the west coming through the mountains.
      It’s an interesting show to be sure.

    • @rochester212
      @rochester212 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah, all those chinese railway workers didn`t die for nothing. `Merica.

    • @CR604
      @CR604 5 лет назад +1

      you realise the guys building them were slaves right? they could have cared less how long it would have lasted..,.

    • @pupfriend
      @pupfriend 5 лет назад +11

      @@CR604 first, it's "couldn't have cared less.". Second, not all of them were slaves. Third, why don't you think slaves took pride in their work?

    • @vaprex
      @vaprex 5 лет назад +8

      @@CR604 Yeah, true... But I bet they'd rather have something still standing today to show what they did, even under oppressive conditions. It's a testament to how our country linked east to west, and became the "United States" both despite and because of the ugly underbelly of the how and why it happened. Why would we want to not discuss our past? I mean, nobody said you should glorify the railroad tycoons. Ignoring the story of how the railroads were built is a disservice to those who built them - not the other way around.

  • @bluecollardadventures2338
    @bluecollardadventures2338 3 года назад +4

    As a former RR freight conductor I realize that those trestles are SCARY high and also that those little platforms that stick out are probably for conductors to stand on and do car counts and pull-bys (observing the train wheels etc). NOPE!!!
    Love the video!

  • @pimpshiza
    @pimpshiza 5 лет назад +9

    Thank you so much for recording and sharing this. It looks extremely relaxing and serene, but I think the bridges would give me pause.

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy1481 5 лет назад +14

    I crossed some rail tracks...just YESTERDAY...and thought to myself: "Gee, I wonder if I could rig my bike to travel down these lonesome tracks". Talk about premonitions! I HAVE to start work on it TODAY! Great job guys!

  • @mysticpoet2012
    @mysticpoet2012 5 лет назад +19

    I LOVED seeing this, and had never heard about it before. What a sense of freedom, and connecting to our country's history. The design, labor and funds that went into building those beautiful bridges, and they are, for all intents,and purposes, abandoned. Thank you for posting! hope there'll be many more.

  • @alanminne8185
    @alanminne8185 5 лет назад +136

    2:39 That moment on the bridge when you hear a steam locomotive roaring up behind you and there's no where to go, but then you realize it's just a ghost train.

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 5 лет назад +8

      Alan Minne LOL I’d find out where they do this, and bring along a nice train horn.

    • @buddyclark1232
      @buddyclark1232 5 лет назад +2

      Good one

    • @billpetersen298
      @billpetersen298 5 лет назад +3

      yes Jp, at the end of a tunnel, or bridge, with a spot light, and a train horn.

    • @louisedwards6681
      @louisedwards6681 5 лет назад +3

      Oh. Just a ghost 😂 Ohhhhh shhhhhhhiiiiiiiittttttttttt Pedel faster Dude

    • @bobgil3464
      @bobgil3464 5 лет назад +1

      Wow. People find a sport everywhere.

  • @projectmayhemUK
    @projectmayhemUK 5 лет назад +66

    I always wanted to make a railway bike

    • @thomaswalz3515
      @thomaswalz3515 3 года назад +6

      Do it. I built 3 failures before i got one that was somewhat reliable and stable... even the one that worked had its warts.
      It is a wonderful creative process. Just build, and ride... you'll come back with new ideas, and get back to building anew.
      I do my most creative thinking just walking along the rails, looking at defects that don't bother trains, but really mess with a railbike.
      You'll also learn to read rust. One rail line I walked, had three short trains per week. I lived about a quarter mile from the track, and I'd hear it rolling through town just before noon.
      The train speed limit on these single track spurs is also slow, 15mph. The rail is also not welded, but bolted. This is a sure sign of slow, infrequent traffic.
      Good luck!

    • @veronicadaugherty3760
      @veronicadaugherty3760 3 года назад +1

      Why? So a train can crush it
      See tracks?
      THINK TRAIN
      oli.org

    • @thomaswalz3515
      @thomaswalz3515 3 года назад +5

      @@veronicadaugherty3760 You obviously know nothing of the rail system in this country. Emphisis... Nothing.
      I've been riding rails since the mid 80's. Careful selection of where to ride is obviously, the first decision to make. Next, is to observe the construction of the rail.
      Fish plates at rail joints means traffic is limited to 15 mph. Welded rail... NO.
      Next is the acquired skill of reading rust. If you love railroads, you walk rails, observe rail wear.
      Where our author is riding is abandoned, no train traffic. Did you notice rock slides across the rails? Washouts? If you read the lowbar, you would know he had permission to use these rails from the right-of-way owner.... and he probably signed a waiver.

    • @gomile1000
      @gomile1000 3 года назад +3

      @@veronicadaugherty3760 Did you not see how abandoned the lines were and the multiple statements saying they had permission and weren't trespassing?

  • @user-lx9zp8xp7n
    @user-lx9zp8xp7n 6 лет назад +282

    Hello. Accidentally came across your channel, and I really liked your video. Beautiful scenery and breathtaking heights. Greetings from Russia.

    • @abelowther7531
      @abelowther7531 5 лет назад +4

      Yes me to really good .liked the music to 👍

    • @rochester212
      @rochester212 5 лет назад +5

      Hey ruski, when you give back Crimea to Ukraine ?

    • @KremleboT
      @KremleboT 5 лет назад +1

      Fuck you.

    • @tamie341
      @tamie341 5 лет назад +2

      In soviet Russia, you dont ride train, train ride you!

    • @KremleboT
      @KremleboT 5 лет назад

      @@rochester212 NO

  • @robmangeri777
    @robmangeri777 5 лет назад +113

    This looks really relaxing and beautiful! Never knew this was a thing! Thanks for the video and God bless you :)

    • @cachi-7878
      @cachi-7878 5 лет назад +1

      Except if a trains comes in either direction...

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

      @@cachi-7878 all these railroad tracks are abandoned and have been for a long time

    • @ericstewart6850
      @ericstewart6850 5 лет назад +1

      Wonderful!!! The bridge at 340 in is spectacular! Can't imagine the building of that back in the day

    • @SIUDubFiend
      @SIUDubFiend 5 лет назад

      Not sure crossing that first bridge would be relaxing, I’d be shitting myself hoping this abandoned bridge is still structurally sound and I don’t do something stupid

    • @canaldomorceguinho5621
      @canaldomorceguinho5621 3 года назад

      @@SIUDubFiend
      Confira o meu canal

  • @saleemkhanazad
    @saleemkhanazad 3 года назад +12

    These tracks runs along 95 in Idaho. It's very sad to see them left abandoned. Awesome engineering work to see the wood built bridges.
    Great American history.

    • @diegoslinger1254
      @diegoslinger1254 Год назад

      What is 95? Highway? I can see only 90 on the map

    • @steffenrosmus9177
      @steffenrosmus9177 Год назад

      @@diegoslinger1254 90 is an interstate you idiot ( ancient
      grrek meaning), 95 is Idaho 95 an highway and the RR is the Camas Praire RR.

  • @boltonky
    @boltonky 5 лет назад +22

    Looks awesome and abandoned railroads and roads/ buildings are one of the more interesting things in life due to history or just plain cool.

  • @ShreddinSleds
    @ShreddinSleds 5 лет назад +73

    The stories those tracks could tell, great music. Super jealous, wish I had some abandon tracks around here!

    • @naufrage0
      @naufrage0 5 лет назад +1

      You might!

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca 5 лет назад +2

      John Kuchera! I don't know where you are, but if you're interested in bike-hiking on old railroad tracks, old hydro canals, crossing old hydro and marine canal pipes, walking along the Niagara Escarpment on the Bruce Trail, unless you really like to climb around, with the Niagara Parkway and the shore of Lake Erie as relaxing places to be, you should visit the Niagara Peninsula for a visit. The old steel factories were fun to look around, but they've all been torn down.

    • @ShreddinSleds
      @ShreddinSleds 5 лет назад +1

      John Watt I’m in Washington state, got a buddy that works for BNSF railroad track maintenance, I’ll be asking him if he knows any secret squirrel spots

    • @ShreddinSleds
      @ShreddinSleds 5 лет назад +2

      John Watt oh haha, secret squirrel meaning hidden spots. Guess not many people use that term. What’s the longest distance you’ve gone on abandon tracks?

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca 5 лет назад

      @@ShreddinSleds! Don't forget, my abandoned tracks have the rails removed with an asphalt path. I like to pull an all-nighter, yes, even if I'm 67, and start riding after the sun goes down, dressed for the night. I'll bike-hike through the next day and start coming back at night. I wish I could use some photos here. If I want it rough I have the Niagara Gorge. I'm pushing and carrying my bike where other people have to be helicopter rescued.

  • @homomorphic
    @homomorphic 5 лет назад +54

    Railbiking dude 1: "isn't this like the best sport ever?"
    Railbiking dude 2: "yeah! Hey, is that a light coming toward..."

    • @roller121984
      @roller121984 5 лет назад +4

      Ya, always double check to make sure the tracks are de-comissioned! lol

  • @JElkington
    @JElkington 5 лет назад +3

    Beautiful.Thank you for putting this on film so I can enjoy it.

  • @richardharkness6777
    @richardharkness6777 5 лет назад +11

    That was wonderful! Never heard of it, but loved the music.

  • @dougbeagle3657
    @dougbeagle3657 5 лет назад +105

    back in the 60"s us local boys would run our 50"s cars and trucks on the rail line and go across trestles [ not that high ] which took nerve but for the most part lower tire pressure to around 20 lbs get on at a road crossing and drive about 20 mph tops but don't touch the steering All cars and trucks pre1965 were the right track width . Thought we were cool and to top it off My Dad showed us how to do it Now at 66 years I want to build a Rail Bike Looks like a load of fun and no real hills to speak of .

    • @Bitterrootbackroads
      @Bitterrootbackroads 5 лет назад +35

      Early 70s I had a friend who saw The Flim Flam Man movie and insisted we try that trick with his 60 something Pontiac Lemans. We first tried it on a side track between 2 crossings 1/4 mile apart. It worked so good we put it on the main and went several miles on an active track. This was in the prairie of MN Red River Valley, along and in plain sight of Hwy 75, on a Sunday afternoon an hour after the daily train had gone by. Our so called "measure of safety" was that we could see any train coming from miles away and had many crossings to get off at. I told that story to a co-worker about 1978 and he flat out called me a liar! A couple beers later--- we put the air tank in the trunk and drove my rusty 68 Firebird down to the tracks, lowered the front tire pressure and went 2 miles, turned around and went back, twice crossing the bridge over the Crow River between Rogers & Monticello MN. It was a dead end spur used occasionally to take freight in, or a nuclear waste shipment out, of the Monticello power plant. I have since watched Flim Flam Man and it looks fake! It would never have convinced me this was possible but we rolled along maybe 15-20 mph, smooth as silk and hands off the wheel. I do remember a little panic when we came to a siding switch, I grabbed the wheel to keep it straight, and you could feel car lift and settle just a bit as we crossed the switch diverge points.

    • @dougbeagle3657
      @dougbeagle3657 5 лет назад +12

      theres only a few of us left

    • @rogerjones7878
      @rogerjones7878 5 лет назад +5

      Thats just awesome. I love it

    • @DUSM
      @DUSM 5 лет назад +4

      @@Bitterrootbackroads Get story! Thanks for sharing.

    • @igiveuponhumanity9238
      @igiveuponhumanity9238 5 лет назад +5

      I ran out of breath and passed out while trying to read that.

  • @jeffsandling5981
    @jeffsandling5981 5 лет назад +7

    This just popped up in my suggested videos, subscribed to see what you got. Used to jump the train and ride to the next town and jump off and walk to my grandpa's house to hang out and tell him a friend gave us a ride. Then we'd tell him our ride back home was meeting us at a certain time in town to go back home. Now that I'm older I get that when he heard the train horn and said "y'all are about to miss your ride" and we took off running he knew exactly what we were doing. As far as I know he never told my Dad! Oh how this video brought back memories! Thank you!!!!!!!! My Dad and best friend is 82 now...might just have to confess about this one and see what conversation that one drums up...BTW beautiful video!

    • @peterhoffman2639
      @peterhoffman2639  Год назад

      Hi Jeff, you might be interested in: myhappyhobodays.homestead.com/story.html

  • @syedjavedahmad9719
    @syedjavedahmad9719 3 года назад +7

    it is sad many tracks are not being used and abandoned. beautiful video.

  • @swftwlly
    @swftwlly 3 года назад +10

    Amazing! I recognized these trestles immediately, though I've only seen them from the ground looking up. I made dozens of trips up and down the Winchester grade hauling loads out of Clearwater Paper in Lewiston. The trestles always got my attention as I tried to imagine what it would be like to go over them. Thanks to you, now I know!

    • @raymondnorth3598
      @raymondnorth3598 2 года назад

      I thought it was Washington state, but sometimes impossible to be sure. I'm in Olympia myself.

    • @user-zf3eh5ot7r
      @user-zf3eh5ot7r Год назад

      Это где в Китае?

  • @themonkeyhand
    @themonkeyhand 5 лет назад +297

    I'd be doing this during the zombie apocalypse.

    • @johnnygunz2300
      @johnnygunz2300 5 лет назад +11

      I'd rather have a sailboat for zombies

    • @johnbuck5181
      @johnbuck5181 5 лет назад +9

      Maybe you guys could work together, you can’t stay on the boat the whole time

    • @slickguns7891
      @slickguns7891 5 лет назад +7

      Johnny Gunz ...You need one of these, to get to your hidden sailboat.
      The fastest way to stay
      safe/hidden is where there are
      no roads...

    • @jerrylipezcarrillo4400
      @jerrylipezcarrillo4400 5 лет назад +2

      Practical!!!!

    • @bolasblancas420
      @bolasblancas420 5 лет назад +4

      Watch out... I’ll be hunting people to eat.

  • @cam3r0n1986
    @cam3r0n1986 5 лет назад +12

    Wow! Thank you for showing me something I have never ever seen or heard of before!

  • @TD402dd
    @TD402dd 5 лет назад +18

    In the southeast the abandoned railways disappear in 20 years. Mother nature reclaims them quite rapidly.

  • @pablojmarron2611
    @pablojmarron2611 5 лет назад +2

    Nice, I was dong this for years 30 years ago and I believe you had this model back then. The guide wheels have a magnet. Glad to see you are still doing it. I really loved my time rail biking east of San Diego in the Carrizo Gorge.

  • @thisisjames4474
    @thisisjames4474 5 лет назад +15

    Amazing! One more for the bucket list.

  • @MrNextdoorscat
    @MrNextdoorscat 5 лет назад +49

    love those bridges , love the song, a.t.b. from lancaster u.k.

    • @MrNextdoorscat
      @MrNextdoorscat 5 лет назад

      @shillslayer yep

    • @leesheridan3631
      @leesheridan3631 5 лет назад

      Lancashire here 👋 those views 😍 makes our countryside look boring 😅

  • @bobturnley2787
    @bobturnley2787 3 года назад +1

    Wow. Those views from the bridges were amazing. Surprising how clean most of those tracks were given that they've received no maintenance in years. Great video.

  • @paulgreen9792
    @paulgreen9792 3 года назад +1

    Loved this video! Have always been fascinated with trains; they are regularly featured in my dreams. Must be high adventure to bike across abandoned railways. Ms’ Buller’s rendition of that ‘Ole country hymn takes me back to the beginning where my mother and a sister friend at that little baptist church sang this as a duet. Very rich memory for me and a treasure I often refer to. Thank you! PWG

  • @dadsvintagegarage7542
    @dadsvintagegarage7542 5 лет назад +357

    could this be a tourist activity...that looks like a vacation waiting to happen.....smiles here

    • @protoserge
      @protoserge 5 лет назад +23

      There is a company called Rail Explorers USA that has a few routes - one is in Catskills, NY.

    • @okieburd
      @okieburd 5 лет назад +19

      Looks more like an 'accident' waiting to happen to me! ;) Seriously, I love the concept, but for me I'd prefer to stay within about 6 feet of terra-firma.

    • @knowledgewillincrease7508
      @knowledgewillincrease7508 5 лет назад +7

      I th ought the same thing and then someone falls off the track and sues everyone and then no one can ride the rails anymore. Happens every time.

    • @Ohhsin
      @Ohhsin 5 лет назад +2

      Look up Gattan Go! in Kamioka, Japan :)

    • @markkeneson6806
      @markkeneson6806 5 лет назад +18

      @@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO, does the contract become valid only if it is sung in tune?

  • @krisg7592
    @krisg7592 5 лет назад +20

    Thanks man I love bikes but this is another level beautiful shots

  • @prabhakarrao4922
    @prabhakarrao4922 5 лет назад +6

    Greetings from Auckland New Zealand. This is beautiful.

    • @Lo-Fi-Go
      @Lo-Fi-Go 5 лет назад

      Man, sorry to hear what happened over there. It's a cruel world.

    • @prabhakarrao4922
      @prabhakarrao4922 5 лет назад

      Thank you. I’ve asked several people to watch your video. Have a wonderful day.

  • @clarahieshetter
    @clarahieshetter 3 года назад +34

    Hi Peter, My husband has a railbike and would like to know where this trussel is located.
    Love your videos!!!

    • @dixiemay1996
      @dixiemay1996 3 года назад

      Contact the owners they'll tell ya

    • @peterhoffman2639
      @peterhoffman2639  3 года назад +3

      It's no longer accessible.

    • @oriolesfan129
      @oriolesfan129 3 года назад +3

      The answer is in the ending credits. Google to verify too.

    • @canaldomorceguinho5621
      @canaldomorceguinho5621 3 года назад

      @@oriolesfan129
      Confira o meu canal

    • @bobvecchi7981
      @bobvecchi7981 3 года назад +2

      Why would anybody in their right mind want to ride over that trestle and risk falling over the side? Not me!

  • @K2shadowfax
    @K2shadowfax 5 лет назад +4

    Fabulous scenery. Beautifully constructed railroads...a real testament to the men and women who toiled to bring them into existence. Just imagine, the local history surrounding those rail lines?! What stories those trees could tell... Very nice and very nicely done! Thanks for sharing.

  • @KDawgKy
    @KDawgKy 5 лет назад +39

    Oh Man, great adventure to get to my new fishing holes!!!

    • @TheSpeartip
      @TheSpeartip 5 лет назад +2

      lol i was thinking that also... sure i saw a fish in that river

    • @KineticTaco
      @KineticTaco 5 лет назад +1

      Just get me on it and something will bite 👍

  • @SEEKandSTRIKE
    @SEEKandSTRIKE 5 лет назад

    first time i hear about railbiking, man this looks extreme fun and relaxing together, what an great idea

  • @fabrikarcerveja
    @fabrikarcerveja 5 лет назад +2

    Very beatuful places! Congrats and thanks for sharing.

  • @tom_olofsson
    @tom_olofsson 5 лет назад +16

    Very cool video. Thanks for showing the "portage" sections where you carried the bikes.

  • @frankieguns6122
    @frankieguns6122 5 лет назад +57

    That really large and long curved wooden bridge was spectacular! Where is this located? I've never heard of rail biking before. at first I thought you were adrenaline seeking Daredevils on live tracks.

    • @justincoats7236
      @justincoats7236 5 лет назад +5

      In the description Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain Railroad. Google says northern central Idaho. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BG%26CM_Railroad
      I love in northern Utah so maybe drive and see it someday. 10ish hours drive.

    • @MikeJones-rk1un
      @MikeJones-rk1un 5 лет назад +3

      It's called a trestle.

  • @dagthewog6290
    @dagthewog6290 5 лет назад

    That was so beautiful! Made my day!

  • @aaron.silveira
    @aaron.silveira 5 лет назад +2

    Beautiful scenery. Makes me nostalgic for an America I never got the chance to see. Back when every man could climb a mountain and call it his own, and the landscape ran unbroken by the seeds of greed and corporate interest. The land that created a vision in the minds of its people that promoted freedom, and that consequently landed us in these troubled time when too many subscribed to it. An unsustainable way to live, but a way in which each individual can live his own life to the fullest, and truly experience the beauty around him.

  • @YanWangStudio
    @YanWangStudio 5 лет назад +7

    I was a bit sceptical when I read 'extreme' in the title, but it actually is. Amazing pictures.

  • @HeartlandTuber
    @HeartlandTuber 5 лет назад +7

    Had no idea, had never heard of this activity. Kudos for a great video, but I have to admit, my fear of heights had me wanting to grab the arms of my Lazy-Boy recliner while watching you cross those high trestles. Man, I hope those rigs are nicely counter-weighted. What an incredible experience it must be out in the wild riding those old rails Thanks for sharing.

  • @Jstroman221
    @Jstroman221 5 лет назад

    This combines two of my favorite hobbies, I definitely want one!

  • @trustinwwjd1997
    @trustinwwjd1997 5 лет назад +8

    Whoa,,, - - - in GOD's grace evermore - - - - indeed,,, Thanks so much for sharing with words of warning as well,,,
    Safe, happy & blessed travel on your all journey,,,

  • @Flying90
    @Flying90 5 лет назад +115

    COULD YOU IMAGINE BUILDING ALL THOSE BRIDGES??!! Thats so intense!

    • @coolworx
      @coolworx 5 лет назад +2

      Trestles, not bridges...
      I know, because I live amongst some of the largest:
      www.myratrestles.com/

    • @dfgyuhdd
      @dfgyuhdd 5 лет назад +5

      I think they were probably built by multiple people.

    • @freeaudiobooks7469
      @freeaudiobooks7469 5 лет назад +15

      @@dfgyuhdd men

    • @rouhani83
      @rouhani83 5 лет назад +1

      They had help and free labor.

    • @jackson2620
      @jackson2620 5 лет назад +13

      all built by the white man, back when america was great.

  • @loviedebiasio8864
    @loviedebiasio8864 5 лет назад +7

    WOW what a beautiful way to see railroad history and this beautiful country

  • @jodiebentley6614
    @jodiebentley6614 5 лет назад

    This is awesome! Grew up in NTx walking tracks to our fishing ponds back in the late 80s.We finally came up with something like your riding.Good times we should do again.

  • @keithsclassicgarage1133
    @keithsclassicgarage1133 5 лет назад

    Thanks for sharing your adventure!

  • @57monoshock
    @57monoshock 6 лет назад +62

    Lean left , lean left. : )

    • @sanddabz5635
      @sanddabz5635 5 лет назад

      No doubt!

    • @edism
      @edism 5 лет назад +1

      @@sanddabz5635 I thought that too, looks like there's a counterweight on the left.

    • @ayokay123
      @ayokay123 5 лет назад +1

      REALLY left!

    • @pyromaniac354
      @pyromaniac354 5 лет назад +10

      Not too far Left otherwise youre a Commie

    • @ayokay123
      @ayokay123 5 лет назад +2

      @@pyromaniac354 Sort of ironic since a national railway system could be considered a Commie project. :D

  • @syx3s
    @syx3s 5 лет назад +13

    pretty cool hobby you guys have picked up. kudos.

  • @kittycorner8526
    @kittycorner8526 3 года назад

    Lovely scenery, beautiful music. Fabulous vibe.

  • @user-cs3zs6jn1d
    @user-cs3zs6jn1d 3 года назад +8

    We used to cross an active train truss bridge all the time when I was a kid. That's how I would get to my grandma's house and back on foot.good times, running like hell to get to the other side when we heard the train whistle. And it was a long way to the other side, and a long fall to the river below.

    • @hitthebricks5502
      @hitthebricks5502 3 года назад +2

      Stand by Me movie 😊

    • @user-cs3zs6jn1d
      @user-cs3zs6jn1d 3 года назад +1

      @@hitthebricks5502 never seen it. But I will be sure to check it out 👍

    • @fastcsx1412
      @fastcsx1412 3 года назад +1

      That’s so nice. Do you know what railroad used this line

  • @danovido8946
    @danovido8946 5 лет назад +8

    Stand By Me train scene across the bridge!
    Real nice video!

  • @kenkrauklis765
    @kenkrauklis765 5 лет назад +37

    That is crazy cool. I hope there is enough counter weight to make sure you DON'T flop off those high rail bridges.

    • @robertsmith5323
      @robertsmith5323 5 лет назад +1

      just stick a bag of dirt over the outrigger idler wheel and keep adding until theres zero doubt

    • @briannotafan3368
      @briannotafan3368 5 лет назад +3

      i like to try it on a old hand car with camping eqpmt and go cross country

    • @BGRANT777X
      @BGRANT777X 5 лет назад

      @@briannotafan3368 too hard to get those past block/destroyed rails

    • @patrickbrumm1282
      @patrickbrumm1282 5 лет назад +2

      the counter-weight keeps getting lighter as you drink the beers.

  • @Snyper1188
    @Snyper1188 3 года назад

    What a breathtaking ride! Thanks for sharing!

  • @gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125

    Great Trip, Glad You Was Able To Do This. Interesting Run.

  • @Bigfish458
    @Bigfish458 5 лет назад +18

    we are blessed to live in a country this beautiful

    • @boutek
      @boutek 5 лет назад +1

      Where is it? Mexico?

    • @phoule76
      @phoule76 5 лет назад +3

      blessed? I think the word is "fortunate".

    • @jetsgo66
      @jetsgo66 5 лет назад +4

      Peter Houle why do you have to be that person

    • @jamesmitchell6288
      @jamesmitchell6288 5 лет назад

      @@phoule76 ....no, he had it right. BLESSED 🙏

    • @kingdomreturn304
      @kingdomreturn304 5 лет назад

      Red Redemption 2 lol

  • @willyanjulio3969
    @willyanjulio3969 5 лет назад +4

    Congratulation from Brazil! US Brother!!!

  • @BHALT0S
    @BHALT0S 5 лет назад

    I was hoping for some mad mtb skills, when I saw the extreme part, however I thought that this was very cool, I would have liked to have had a go... thanks for the video, I enjoyed it immensely.

  • @csxchicagoline5523
    @csxchicagoline5523 3 года назад

    What a cool idea! Thanks for the great video!

  • @latetotheparty3070
    @latetotheparty3070 5 лет назад +11

    I'd say that was extreme all right. Takes courage to cross bridges that high. My god. . I'm impressed. Must have been exhilarating. I'm envious.

    • @horseradish843
      @horseradish843 5 лет назад

      "extreme" they went 5 km/h, if they went 50+ km/h then it would be extreme

    • @Mike-ms6he
      @Mike-ms6he 5 лет назад

      @@horseradish843 i got here from extreme kitesurfing megaloops...is a bit more intense than this.

  • @Buck1954
    @Buck1954 5 лет назад +19

    WOW! Those trestles look a bit scary

    • @briannotafan3368
      @briannotafan3368 5 лет назад +1

      my luck shit would break going over a george

  • @PineValleyDigital
    @PineValleyDigital 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent video! And I love the music. That trestle must be close to the Goat Canyon Trestle in So Cal. Great Job, Thanks!

  • @brandonbittrick8160
    @brandonbittrick8160 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the video! Never seen that before. Looks fun!

  • @amb3cog
    @amb3cog 5 лет назад +22

    Almost gave me vertigo! I'd crap my pants just looking at that bridge, never mind actually crossing it. 😱

    • @JillyBean860
      @JillyBean860 5 лет назад +1

      I wouldn't be able to cross it. My anxiety would go insane, I'd cry, etc.

    • @amb3cog
      @amb3cog 5 лет назад

      @@JillyBean860 Me too, and I'm a 6 foot 280 pound man! 🤯 🤣🤣🤣

  • @PC4USE1
    @PC4USE1 5 лет назад +32

    I know this is not the intent of this video but this would be an excellent way to travel in a grid down scenario.

    • @iBrian97
      @iBrian97 5 лет назад +8

      Robert Blakemore Technically speaking yes but I bet there’d be some not so nice folks on the tracks too

  • @sallymay3643
    @sallymay3643 4 года назад +1

    I never cn nothing like that in my life. What a beautiful clear sunny day with fresh air. The views were epic I liked the music 2. The labor that went in2 building them hi in the sky rafters is mind blowing. Iam so impressed I'll watch it again. U people have ( guts) that's 1 hell of a hobby. GOD bless u & yr loved 1s with great health wealth happiness & wisdom. Then share it as freely as u shared yr video.
    I loved it. ☆

  • @rzella8022
    @rzella8022 5 лет назад

    The views are breathtaking! My sister and I used to sing that song as a duet years ago, one of my favorites. You've got some amazing stamina, carrying your bike over mangled or covered track.

  • @rag_man673
    @rag_man673 5 лет назад +6

    What an amazing experience this would be. Beautiful countryside too. Great for tourists too i'd expect.

  • @seanbirkett4951
    @seanbirkett4951 5 лет назад +12

    I don't know how this ended up in my feed,but! By golly I enjoyed the music and the views.
    Thank you!😉👍

  • @carrieslantern9224
    @carrieslantern9224 5 лет назад

    Love the music and views, such pretty places.

  • @sashimizee1484
    @sashimizee1484 5 лет назад +1

    Great video! It looks so peaceful. And I do especially appreciate that permissions were aquired for both the music used and for the activity itself. Too many idiots do dangerous things without permission or steal music for their videos.

  • @deweyself1152
    @deweyself1152 5 лет назад +17

    Good vedio.your song was beautiful.thats what we need in this day and time.. love

  • @DUSM
    @DUSM 5 лет назад +3

    Great video and I like the song! She has a beautiful voice...and its the opinion of a city boy ;-)

  • @StrideWarrior
    @StrideWarrior Год назад +1

    "Hey... I will back later. Going for a bike ride across America."

  • @matiasmatis1886
    @matiasmatis1886 5 лет назад +1

    Saludos desde San Luis Argentina !!!!! INCREIBLE !!!!

  • @dennishayes65
    @dennishayes65 5 лет назад +3

    You must have nerves of steel! Great adventure with a friend!

    • @BuffaloC305
      @BuffaloC305 5 лет назад

      I wonder how my road-race knees would handle this? Minimal hills - except that portage and climbing - carrying all that extra weight... groan....

  • @tominvermont9157
    @tominvermont9157 5 лет назад +6

    The wooden bridge is amazing.

  • @VentoVr61987
    @VentoVr61987 5 лет назад

    Wau! The Nature is so nice and beautiful! Great Video! 👌🏼

  • @thomaswalz3515
    @thomaswalz3515 3 года назад

    Nice stuff Peter. Your production work, again, just gorgeous.
    Presently railbike-less. As a first time homeowner, I've decades of domestic catch-up to do... but I've a workshop and plenty of original railbike ideas to follow through on...
    So many projects... yikes!
    I hope this note get in front of your eyes.
    Peace

  • @jimmcgettigan1326
    @jimmcgettigan1326 5 лет назад +10

    Quite a bit of bicycle portage required on damaged rails.

  • @sossiserano2707
    @sossiserano2707 5 лет назад +26

    oh what a nice video, with a very nice song?; i enjoyed it very well; thank very much for sharing it with us;

  • @swingingd.1157
    @swingingd.1157 5 лет назад +2

    man that's awesome it's beautiful out there in the construction of those wooden beams or them tracks it's amazing how much that still there I love the video 👍🇱🇷💓

  • @ellenmarlene7233
    @ellenmarlene7233 3 года назад

    FANTASTICO!!!!! Congratulations on making a dream come true.

  • @pamelacorona3665
    @pamelacorona3665 5 лет назад +5

    I didn't know that people did this what a awesome adventure 🛤️🚲 🙋‍♀️

  • @morethantheeyesees
    @morethantheeyesees 5 лет назад +14

    looks like Idaho! it's beautiful but you guys are crazy! a good gust of wind could blow you right off of one of those train trestles!

    • @mikesrandomvideos
      @mikesrandomvideos 5 лет назад +1

      that is exactly what I was thinking just a bit off balance or a gust of rogue wind and to the bottom you go.

    • @profd65
      @profd65 5 лет назад +1

      It doesn't "look" like Idaho. You googled "Camas Prairie Railroad" and saw that it was in Idaho and Washington St.

    • @placesaroundus
      @placesaroundus 5 лет назад +1

      profd65 it looks like Udaho

    • @kevvymetal666
      @kevvymetal666 5 лет назад

      @@placesaroundus hahahahaha

  • @bikerbobcat
    @bikerbobcat 5 лет назад

    I have never heard of this and now I am a huge, huge fan. Keep up the good work and be safe out there.

  • @newwordlife
    @newwordlife 5 лет назад

    Love It! Amazing Idea!