Homemade train / rail cart riding on abandoned railway tracks

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9 жыл бұрын

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.
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@johnnyllooddte3415 5 жыл бұрын

wowww...shock absorbers and camera stabilizer..otherwise its GREATTTTTTTTTTTT

@insevanhouts 5 жыл бұрын

That's the exact description of my new video! Shock absorbers for the back wheels and a smartphone gimbal for stabilisation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJOkpdCSrJyYh40.html

@pegamationproductions6062 4 жыл бұрын

Shut up. Stop advertising.

@prabhashinipradhan3437 4 жыл бұрын

@user-PoliceMisconduct 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@foskten10 8 жыл бұрын

+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 :)

@user-PoliceMisconduct 8 жыл бұрын

foskten10 I would make a great theme park.

@VaultofVideos 6 жыл бұрын

CazzoPORTICO Scimmie i also had this dream

@YourTube_2023 5 жыл бұрын

Me too Bro.. 😥😥😥😥 I too have the same dream... 😥😥😥😥😥

@user-PoliceMisconduct 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Senna-78 5 жыл бұрын

Great job guys. A good way to re-use an abandoned railway. But railways should never be abandoned to be replaced by road service

@motelghost477 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing should ever be as much fun as that looks. I'm so jealous.

@abhisheknoel6157 6 жыл бұрын

0:00-5:21Tracks brought back to life!!Perfect Adventure!! ...Love from India🇮🇳...first best recommended video by KZfaq...

@jesudassvinodkumard480 2 күн бұрын

I am playing to build a cart in idnia is there any abonded tracks in india??

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

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 !

@quevicular 8 жыл бұрын

+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?

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

+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!

@blazingbashtv615 8 жыл бұрын

+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

@coltonfox4928 8 жыл бұрын

+Inse van houts My father and I intend to build one, but we do not have plans.

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

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!

@HBC423 6 жыл бұрын

abandoned 10 years? one year in Tennessee and this would be jungle again

@foskten10 8 жыл бұрын

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...

@Torstrum Жыл бұрын

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.

@exb.r.buckeyeman845 2 жыл бұрын

My dream, I think of something like this every night.

@priyamganguly 6 жыл бұрын

The best hobby one can have. Can't get any better. Just love it.

@hotrodrupp1 7 жыл бұрын

hell! clean out that road crossing and keep goin' !!!.... I really enjoyed the ride along!. Randy, Ithaca NY.

@kapekodbob 6 жыл бұрын

You really need a big ole train horn and ride thru there at nite. realy make the residents wonder !

@jamesbhx 7 жыл бұрын

The irony is that this abandoned track is in a better state that some tracks in the UK!

@MustangsTrainsMowers 6 жыл бұрын

Is it me, or does the camera lens give the feeling that the entire trip shown was going uphill?

@insevanhouts 6 жыл бұрын

+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 :)

@Timsvideochannel1 8 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed watching this, it looks like fun.

@kingkhan-rd7cd 6 жыл бұрын

Timsvideochannel1 yes I want to enjoy this ride ....its adventure

@lafingas555 5 жыл бұрын

Yes i also enjoyed watching this video.

@pedrodevesoul2927 5 жыл бұрын

Ca a l'air cool d'avoir une voie ferrée désaffectée à côté de chez soi ! Belle vidéo !

@insevanhouts 5 жыл бұрын

Je suis grave chanceux !

@fmflores2000 8 жыл бұрын

I would pay to ride that awesome contraption.

@williamthethespian 7 жыл бұрын

That is whacked! There are any number of ways this could have gone wrong. Congratulations. And now, on to part two...

@charlie891 5 жыл бұрын

i wish there where abandoned railway tracks in england, but all of the closed lines had their rails dug up.

@heliscat 8 жыл бұрын

That moment you realize you're about to run into a tarantulas spider web...

@foskten10 8 жыл бұрын

+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!

@mif4731 6 жыл бұрын

Edward Bernard tarantulas and webs ? Wtf, nononono

@lafingas555 5 жыл бұрын

Yes you really need to watch out for the Tarantulas.

@LuckyBaldwin777 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@MrSmith-ke1hb 3 жыл бұрын

Im bailing out, and upgrading to a windhield lol

@project0727 6 жыл бұрын

Best way to hang out with friends!

@petermuller3530 3 ай бұрын

Wunderbar! Wichtig ist natürlich, daß die Strecke freigeräumt ist.

@brendaneckhart9376 8 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool, it's amazing this was built from scratch, keep up the good work!

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for motivating me into making a new one!

@brendaneckhart9376 8 жыл бұрын

+Inse van houts my pleasure

@markg999 7 жыл бұрын

I'm jealous that looks really fun, nice job

@ThatGuy-ip3br 8 жыл бұрын

put a smile across my face. i'd like something similar.

@randygreen9857 6 жыл бұрын

That would be a cool way to travel abandoned rail tracks.

@derekgillis48 2 жыл бұрын

That would not only be cool.but fun as well seeing new things in a differnt way

@Ryan1412 6 жыл бұрын

So jealous! You've got the fun of building the cart and the fun of exploring an old railway

@insevanhouts 6 жыл бұрын

I'm still not sure what was best..

@anonims7004 6 жыл бұрын

Looks interesting. All it needs is a horn and passenger coaches and it would be a railcar-passenger-train.

@kcscarecrow 8 жыл бұрын

Thznks for the tour guys. Looks lke fun.

@CoreyKinley 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome it looks fun ride

@sodbuster925 8 жыл бұрын

looks like a ton of fun

@StealthFB22 7 жыл бұрын

Hook up a few coaches and take people for rides XD

@cameron.s.9368 7 жыл бұрын

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

@kaybevang536 6 жыл бұрын

Bruh that looks like an awesome vehicle in a transport post apocalyptic world

@dakhinmajhi2349 5 жыл бұрын

But the engine need to be more powerful to pull that coach n ppls on it

@jasonvaughn7934 7 жыл бұрын

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

@Drakwdeanrer 7 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else having flashbacks of Metro 2033?

@sotirzvanidjubre4109 5 жыл бұрын

Reload

@phsycopiano 8 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest thing I've ever see

@stuartgmk 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic looks like great fun .

@LectronCircuits 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful training; you guys are very well trained. Cheers!

@whiskymacable 8 жыл бұрын

Nice viewing and great idea for abandoned tracks!

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, the view is great. A few miles before this video the view is even better because trees around the tracks are lacking..

@Valdemar-Perez-III 3 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@Triadii 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice ride through the forest

@laurentmcmeenes1366 5 жыл бұрын

Magnifique, les gars ! Bravo ! Belle invention !

@insevanhouts 5 жыл бұрын

Merci Laurent !

@laurentmcmeenes1366 5 жыл бұрын

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 !

@TomPauls007 2 жыл бұрын

This is really cool @ 2x speed…

@insevanhouts 2 жыл бұрын

It's also very relaxing @ 0.5x speed...

@robertbone3064 6 жыл бұрын

This looks like good, clean, fun. I would like to see this in America as a past time.

@jasonsmith6408 8 жыл бұрын

poison ivy? lol man that looks cool! May make something for all of my old go karts lying around

@gusy629 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Abandoned railway tracks into enjoyment.

@kyliedempsey8357 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but this reminded me of the movie 'Stand by me'. Lol.

@relaxingcountry7375 6 жыл бұрын

The real Adventure..so cool..!!!

@lairdoharray 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. Well done and many thanks. Hope you didn't get grief from any sad officials.

@jimmychambers3836 7 жыл бұрын

that looks fun as hell

@ryangrace1444 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and I am so jealous! Would give anything to have that in my backyard!

@jpstenino 8 жыл бұрын

Just the very best. Congratulations

@markduncan6690 8 жыл бұрын

There is some nice open country...once you get moving along!!! I hope that no -one bothers you about using the old rail-road!!!!!

@100inthewind 8 жыл бұрын

How fun that would be! Exploring, wondering what you will see..... Going where no one has been in years.

@mikegalvin361 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, hold on to those railway tracks, its a shame they pulled up so many of them

@tonypike5785 2 жыл бұрын

Cool ride ,thanks fellows

@MsMNnice 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@bertrandcroft6644 7 жыл бұрын

Youthful creativity at work. Great great stuff. Love it folks!

@scottpettigrew1304 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! A run through the woods. They should've smoked a fatty first! :-) :-) :-) Thanks for the ride!

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

No problem! :)

@emmettbrown3050 8 жыл бұрын

"They should've smoked a fatty first" *Then died from lung cancer.*

@dirk4926 8 жыл бұрын

+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?

@logany4765 8 жыл бұрын

+Emmett Brown yup happens just like that. one hit of weed is deadly

@symbalamark7861 7 жыл бұрын

oem42 like Tim Grady?

@thomasshaw4562 5 жыл бұрын

Some camping gear and a couple friends...its a vacation.

@nishajchullikkara625 3 жыл бұрын

maaan you got me❤❤

@nishajchullikkara625 3 жыл бұрын

I would take my friends and go to extreme end crying this will extreme memmory😭

@riverhuntingdon6659 7 жыл бұрын

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 :-)

@vermas4654 10 ай бұрын

You out there fulfilling a dream of mine

@gabrielrocksan8210 6 жыл бұрын

Really abandoned one 😍 Nice job fogs 👌👏

@great_kelpshake6280 4 жыл бұрын

That looks so much fun

@catman7153 7 жыл бұрын

That was awesome! One of my favorite KZfaq 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!

@insevanhouts 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that huge compliment! I hope you'll find an abandoned railway some day.

@tammygunnell3085 4 жыл бұрын

C'est Bon!!! Great video guys! Looks like you had a lot of fun sharing this with everyone. Magnifique!!!! Greetings from the United States! :)

@AventureiroPaulek 2 жыл бұрын

QUE SHOW DE PASSEIO... MAGNÍFICO... TMJ... ABRAÇÃO DO AVENTUREIRO PAULEK!

@normken 8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!! Lovely simple fun, keep going you guys......!!!

@danboniface914 2 жыл бұрын

I’d LOVE to do this!!!

@kimpirihi 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, even the buildings look abandoned

@brearddidier454 5 жыл бұрын

Très sympa cette petite promenade! Merci!

@MrKabDrivr 8 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool!

@juancarlosl4133 8 жыл бұрын

So much fun, very well done guys

@jamesdauphinais2705 8 жыл бұрын

That looks like lots of fun..

@milantobik8872 7 ай бұрын

Dobrý nápad, len už som starý. U nás na Slovensku máme tiež také nefunkčné železnice.

@beelwalyogesh 6 жыл бұрын

greetings from India🇮🇳

@robervalmachado5709 5 жыл бұрын

Fantástico sensacional parabéns, Brasil.

@al1308 5 жыл бұрын

That looks like so much fun!

@massimocallegari4898 5 жыл бұрын

Bel posto, e bel lavoro, il rail cart!!!!

@sachinvj3626 5 жыл бұрын

Really thrilling and amazing

@PAULPINBALL 6 жыл бұрын

Well done!!!

@gizmothewytchdoktor1049 7 жыл бұрын

now that looked like a blast!

@farahraiko807 8 жыл бұрын

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

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

It's true, the views are great here in France, where do you live to have such an ugly views? ;)

@NewfoundlandRailway 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome run! Thanks for the trip. :-)

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

No problem, thank you for your comment :)

@dennisjeffs4239 6 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant!! Checkout the rail karting in New Zealand using modified golf karts, several routes with overnight stays.

@insevanhouts 6 жыл бұрын

+Dennis Jeffs hm

@massimocallegari3297 7 жыл бұрын

Bellissimo!!!! Vi invidio con tutto il cuore!!!

@simonjohnhinton1938 6 жыл бұрын

Your own private railway.....I hope you charged the passengers a fare lol. 😂 that looked like a lotta fun!

@SoaresGaucho 6 жыл бұрын

OMG! I need learn how to make one like that. Near my house there is a rail." Travel" through out my state.. Lol

@oldbaldfatman2766 6 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq 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.

@Timrathmore 8 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelMance 8 жыл бұрын

That thing is great! Nice job!

@insevanhouts 8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Mance Thank you :)

@2TECHSS 8 жыл бұрын

ESPECTACULARRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@RM-io7qo 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I'd love one of those, but there are no disused lines in the peak district with the rails still in situ. Have fun! Take care...

@MaxOoze 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like something Gordon Freeman would drive.

@Cacowninja 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe in Half Life 3, which still has to come out by the way.

@MaxOoze 5 жыл бұрын

he needs a crowbar too

@duranamo4297 7 жыл бұрын

That's really cool!

@techdude4864 8 жыл бұрын

Dude! That is so cool!

@ct92404 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@insevanhouts 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@ct92404 7 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@insevanhouts 7 жыл бұрын

ct92404 sorry for the late reply. Yes I do, and I love it. Thanks for subscribing!

@ct92404 7 жыл бұрын

Inse van houts That's ok. Are you working on any new projects? Lol maybe a jet powered go kart next?