Rail Kart Trip Up Carrizo Gorge to the Goat Canyon Trestle

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2 жыл бұрын

I finally found time to build my own Rail Kart Speeder. In this video we test it for the fist time up to Carrizo Gorge to the Goat Canyon Trestle. There was a surprise along the way...someone gated off the first and second tunnel, so we hike the last section to the trestle. The views are amazing, but make sure you bring plenty of water. Hope you enjoy the video...it is one of my favorite to make.
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@oh2sail 2 жыл бұрын

What memories you brought back to me this morning. Almost 50 years ago I used to go out to that area with my friends almost every weekend. There were flat bed cars on the rails and we would all pile on board and ride them by gravity alone. I remember us hooting as we sped through the pitch dark tunnels (with someone sitting in the front with a flashlight on the rails to yell out if they saw rocks on the rails … as if we’d be able to do anything about it!) Afterwards we’d actually push them by hand back to where we found them… yes, it can be done, and once started, not at all difficult … so we could ride the next weekend. Thanks for making a 68 yo woman happy!

@ntdracing 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see a video of that adventure.

@scotttilson8876 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no it’s the cart with the horn.

@weeesus420 6 ай бұрын

I just read your comment before watching and now I'm mildly concerned

@TF856 4 ай бұрын

Exactly. If anything it should have a steam whistle since it's on historic railroad tracks!!! And they sell them on eBay for $60.

@TF856 4 ай бұрын

We cannot hear the railroad tracks we cannot hear the sounds of nature because of that music!!!

@DaveTuohy 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. Glad to see the rail system from this side as so many travel to the trestle from the other way. They really need to do something with this as so cool to see and to think that all those tunnels and trestles were built so long ago and they still look in good condition is amazing. Would be great if they cleared out all the rock debris and offered excursions on rail cars just like you guys did. Thanks again for sharing!

@biketech60 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you find another place to ride and make another video . Yours is one of the very best I have seen . I'm near 75 and on fixed income so this is a vicarious thrill here in south-central Texas .

@davidlassiter7769 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. Thanks for sharing!

@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 2 жыл бұрын

So Enjoyed seeing the Bond of FRIENDSHIP at work guys❤️

@markettrak 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Love the video. Watched it more than once.🙂

@j.chrismcgaugh5124 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely EPIC. Gotta build one for sure now....Such GOOD PHYSICS, guys!

@laskartrece 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful music for the ride... Thanks!

@BoundANDDetermined88 Жыл бұрын

This video made me want to put my life on pause and go do a rail car trip. GREAT VIDEO! Thank you.

@BoundANDDetermined88 Жыл бұрын

Great video on a superb historical rail road. Thanks for posting this interesting video containing the rail cart appropriately named for the Rail pioneer and the neat info on the plasma cutter and your navigation system. Please keep the videos rolling!.

@columbushill4974 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Wow! I learned something new. Thanks.

@dawnmoulton7302 4 ай бұрын

Looks like so much fun and super exciting!!

@antoniodellaragione6091 2 жыл бұрын

Bellissima avventura , beati voi che avete questi paesaggi immensi da visitare . FANTASTICO, STUPENDO 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@ronduff4325 2 жыл бұрын

The scenery is awesome !

@nolagranolabar 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! This looks like SO much fun! I really envy you guys! Thanks for sharing your trip and knowledge! Happy and safe exploring! 👍🏻😁

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

It was better than expected. Planning another trip now.

@kenolson3064 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you got me. I got some ideas, I'll be building me a cart soon. There's tracks all over Southern California.

@palhannorodrigues 2 жыл бұрын

Fantástico esse vídeo. BEAUTIFUL THANKS.

@dawnmoulton7302 4 ай бұрын

What an awesome day!! Thank you for sharing

@jeffayoe7468 Жыл бұрын

Amazing drone shots and everything is just amazing!

@georgesmith8113 2 жыл бұрын

Fun to ride along with you. Great video! 👍👍👍👊😎

@stevingutierrez9314 2 жыл бұрын

Your railcart looks freakin amazing. How cool.

@billreinhardt3684 2 жыл бұрын

So Cool the history of Spreckles railway,tressel so cool!!!!

@Ochibason Жыл бұрын

OMG a dream come true for me always wanted to do this in Minnesota here. I wanna go LOL Hats off!

@dirtdyscrasia2190 2 жыл бұрын

There is no doubt you love what you do and it comes through in your fabrication whether its a Trick/Trophy truck (Go Honcho!) or Mr. Speckles.

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@adamakaru2683 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastics guys thank you. Ps, even the music is great thanks again.

@robertgonzalez8419 Жыл бұрын

I can easily see getting a bug to wanna build something to do this thank you for sharing awesome

@jipjob1 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the very interesting and well made vidio! So glad you got to see the bridge and all the comments you made along the way! Jon

@ikalorano Жыл бұрын

Breathtaking views !!

@keithgeisen Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video - the drone shots were well done and added to the information you presented.

@garlandremingtoniii1338 Жыл бұрын

That is flat out unbelievable!! The powers that be, Blocked off the tunnel!

@MarcyoPedro 3 ай бұрын

É UMA VIAGEM FACIANTE!!! PARABÉNS!!!

@keithlucas6260 2 жыл бұрын

The excellent camera and drone footage made this so much more watchable and entertaining.

@rahoffman123 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the journey beutiful place

@erichendrick3928 Жыл бұрын

I hiked to the big trestle back in the early 1990's. I also flew over the area in a friend's Cessna. Pretty amazing.

@Axispaw1 Жыл бұрын

Looks so much fun. I'm surprised there aren't businesses taking advantage of these abandoned tracks and offering experiences with similar karts. I would definitely book that on a holiday.

@jordanalexander615 Жыл бұрын

It's illegal lol noone is supposed to be on the bridge at all. Supposedly they have tours though just stay off the bridge.

@julioademarpirezgalvan8408 19 күн бұрын

Muchas gracias por compartir esa experiencia

@user-qy5lt6gv8w Жыл бұрын

I admire your scientific approach in presenting the video material!

@Xaniker 3 ай бұрын

That looks SO fun

@benth162 2 жыл бұрын

I like to drill down in Google Earth to get a bird's eye view of what you guys are passing through. Yesterday I followed a cart from the back side of the last tunnel, past the old Water tower station and onto El Centro. I live in San Diego so this area is part of our playground. Thanks for filming your trip.

@garlandremingtoniii1338 Жыл бұрын

I love to do the same thing!!

@redmesa2975 2 жыл бұрын

Spreckles California, an adjoining town at Salinas is named after his father. I’ve been there many times loading produce. I believe the huge building at Tanamera and Antle is the old sugar factory that Klaus Spreckles built.

@randysmith6493 7 ай бұрын

Nice, Thanks for being Inventive, Creative, Adventurous. I enjoyed this. Hope enthusiasts clear that land slide out and save this rail a little longer.

@MPGunther1 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome run

@alicia2671 Жыл бұрын

Eu preciso de um igual..que maravilha super mesmo belíssima invenção 👍

@dennislebow1526 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and a history lesson! Nice work Dave. Cheers - see you in Ensenada.

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

HONCHO!

@koreanature Жыл бұрын

My best friend, It's always great. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

@bboomer1948 2 жыл бұрын

Good Stuff !! Video reminds me of the movei 'Bad Day at Black Rock', filmed at Lone PIne, Ca. Great to see men enjoying life. Great video post.

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@richardfitzgerald1235 2 жыл бұрын

Freaking epic. Well done. Bucket list stuff right there. (use an adjustable kart LO206 or Clone engine mount to keep chain tension and alignment or take out a link or 2 for now, lube chain often, Motul, good to go)

@rboerger00 11 ай бұрын

Love the Pinthouse hat. EJ forever!

@MyJason444 3 ай бұрын

cool trip WOW your cart works well on the old train tracks ..

@ntdracing 3 ай бұрын

It did. Can improve on the wheels. About to make another video about making better/low cost wheels. Thanks for watching.

@pigpilot7275 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool!

@DSC800 8 ай бұрын

I'd say take that rail cart back to the drawing board and design it for easy disassembly and light weight then pack it around the closed tunnel section. Get it under 150# total and you could make it around in a couple of trips. Regardless, those carts look like great fun.

@drauzioabraz Жыл бұрын

Muito legal...no Brasil há 2 classes de diversão: raíz e nutella. A primeira, trata de coisas simples, baratas e muito divertidas, já a segunda opção é recheada de tecnologia, custa caro além de ser "diversão sintética". Prefiro a raíz! Natural simples e divertida! Show de bola, parabéns!!!

@paulshamblin6260 Жыл бұрын

This looks like fun.

@bogdankril 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Keep it up. I'm very excited for the next one of your videos especially for the one where you set up you new Crossfire xr as mine is shipping out next month. Thank you!!!!

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

XR should be here Thursday. Thanks for watching.

@michaelgilmartin1507 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@stokedtoker9455 Жыл бұрын

Sweet ride!

@jasongrinnell1986 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I’ve been wanting to do that for a long time.

@vinerscott 2 жыл бұрын

This is 1 of the best videos ever…thank you for this,I’d love to go on an adventure with you guys doing this,but it’s only a dream for me living here in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales but thanks for sharing 👏🏻👏🏻

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. This was fun to make.

@coolrex69 6 ай бұрын

Yooo I'm Welsh too

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

Completely awesome

@danknudsvig7463 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Liked, subscribed, and hit the bell!

@b.s.adventures9421 2 жыл бұрын

Cool bit of history.

@gamingnerdgirlz 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Drone shots man.

@pappysproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome sauce. So cool you ran into archie

@dianavincent390 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!

@leonielson7138 Жыл бұрын

This and Canal Boating seem like really chill ways to get around. Something to add to my bucket list if I ever win the lottery: build canal/train track tour routes through scenic landscapes ...

@greggd2027 Жыл бұрын

I've been exploring the desert by 4wd, dirt bike, and most recently by RZR, for more than twenty years. Thought I'd seen and done it all. I'm gonna have to ride a rail cart now! And nowhere better than here

@David-ir9dx 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome project! Great use of your Crossfire Pro! I’m super excited to get one. How cool is it that you ran into someone with a similar setup!

@nicolasjimenezq369 Жыл бұрын

Yahoo! It feels like freedom!

@ntdracing Жыл бұрын

It was fun. I am planning to make some new wheels and take a few more trips in CO. Stay tuned.

@219enri1 2 жыл бұрын

We have also done that here in Sweden, but without a motor and with bicycle drive. But our route is also in a shady forest and with tunnels.

@Rodzilla-du3pp 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like a lot of fun. You might want to add a torq-a-verter. Great job!

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

I will check that out. Thanks for watching.

@jordanalexander615 Жыл бұрын

My go kart had a automatic two speed would work perfectly. Gears down for hills automatically.

@NoizeyAcres Жыл бұрын

So cool

@MattsGarageMiscDIY Жыл бұрын

Super cool. For some reason I thought you guys were coming at the Trestle from the south end of the line near highway 8, until I saw those derailed box cars and at the end see you started at Dos Cabezas. That's a decent hike. Great footage. What a coincidence to run into other rail carters!

@eriknielsen138 2 жыл бұрын

Sick video

@patrickduncan9724 2 жыл бұрын

I use to belong to a club that owns 100 acres off the tracks 6 miles out of Boulevard Ca. Spent the 1980's and 90's going down those tracks on a 3 wheeler or on foot. We had a member that built a cart too.Trains ran a couple times a day back then until the floods on the way down in the Imperial Valley turned the tracks into pretzels. They rebuilt and then the next year it did it again. That was the end for going to Yuma. The train ran back and forth to Jacumba Ca. (pronounced ha-cumba) from the Campo Ca train station until those stopped in the 2000's. Train still runs in the other direction for a 45 min ride. Was great fun out there.

@dansw0rkshop Жыл бұрын

Love the braking method. Size 10 to the right front wheel.

@melmartinez3180 2 жыл бұрын

A fat blunt and a cold beer with a ride. Priceless

@XCenturionX Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@stephentoombs2087 2 жыл бұрын

Fun stuff!!!

@joiandgeoffreyriley9457 2 жыл бұрын

Is music California Stars? Who is it?

@KurtfromLaQuinta 2 жыл бұрын

@@joiandgeoffreyriley9457 "California Stars" is a Wilco and Billy Bragg song. It's off of the album Mermaid Avenue. It's from Woody Guthrie lyrics that never were put to song... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nd6qgMVysrWbY58.html I'm so glad I don't listen to commercial radio and always find great music elsewhere.

@markallen3293 5 ай бұрын

WAY COOL!

@johnbrownlee7623 Жыл бұрын

TOO bad about the gate....WTF?..........................Had fun thanks....................JB.

@Diaphanic1 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Still, from what I understand, you might be able to forgo the flanges altogether if you machine the wheels to a slight conical shape, slightly bigger size side in of course.

@jordanalexander615 Жыл бұрын

You still want one flange on each side even railcars have a slight one just in case.

@danamunkelt3276 Жыл бұрын

Been there 3 years ago. The second kart looks like one we met.

@kurtb8474 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The gate on the tunnel is a shame for anyone who just wants to travel the rails. But, I can see there are safety issues involved. And then there are the few who like to vandalize places like that. I am an Air Force Vet, too. I served from 1983 - 1987 as a SAC SP at Mather AFB, CA.

@ntdracing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service and happy 4th. I can understand why they have it gated too. Wish there was a waiver to sign or something so we could ride the tracks all the way up. Probably too much liability to allow that to happen. Hiking it is still fun.

@yelyab1 Жыл бұрын

I’m an engineer, 30+ years, most of which was analytical techniques applied to design. I started back in late 60s when fine element was going to totally eliminate the need for prototypes in 5 years. They still do prototypes. I have problems with people that are in design and the first thing out of their mouth is software, automated machines. If the design is garbage it stays garbage until a human brain aided by a machine makes it work. Because a part is spit out of a copy machine that uses toner that has properties close to what would be done with out the machine some how makes the copy machine part better than a more traditional approach. Sorry for the tangent on such an interesting topic but he started it!

@robertquinlan9297 Жыл бұрын

That looks so fun, can you do a night time one, maybe put a really bright light bar on it, on a rainy night? That would be awesome. 🤔🎅

@decnijfkris3706 Жыл бұрын

very cool. playing train yourself. i guess this is a tourist attraction 50 dollares for a 15minute ride.

@JacksonSubNScaleModelRailroad Жыл бұрын

Very nice rail speeder cart. I would recommend building the wheels a little better tho. Train wheels are conical, so the train axle rides in the center, and the flange is only there when the axle goes too far. Check out the brake drums from 1990s era Chevrolet Cavalier. I watched a guy build a Minecraft cart, and used those as wheels, and they have the conical "RP-25" profile that you need. Obviously, yours works, but from seeing the jerking happening while you go around turns, it's called flange skip. The conical wheels make for a lot better ride! --coming from a former railroad conductor!

@BCJerbs Жыл бұрын

I just found your free wheels for your next rail cart! On those two real cars to went over the side? All you would need to do is pull them? What an amazing adventure! I'd love to make something like this for the railway on Vancouver Island in Canada....they used to have a daily route up here but it doesn't run anymore and these things would be a blast here! Hope your week is blessed my friends! Watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada! Cheers, Jerbs 👍🏼🇺🇸🔥🔪🔥🇨🇦👍🏼

@royreynolds108 Жыл бұрын

Your wheels would be slightly better if you added a fillet of about 1 inch radius from the tread to the flange. The flange can be about 1.5 inches thick and not over 1.5 inches tall. This is why your wheels have worked fairly well. The gauge of 4' 8.5" should be measured at approximately where the radius meets the wheel tread between both wheels on the axle. Spreading the wheels will give a slightly better ride, but experiment. Always leave a little play between the flanges and the rails or the flanges will climb the rails.

@jerzycal 6 ай бұрын

I think that if you could find an abandoned mine cart you coulduse those wheels.

@chrisdaniel1339 2 жыл бұрын

That sucks about the gate even though the rubble pile would have stopped you, is it possible to get to the trestle from the other direction so you can ride over it in your rail car. You guys may consider buying/building a set of urethane lined wheels to quiet the ride substantially. These types of wheels are used on steel roller coasters and appear to have a cast aluminum wheel with a urethane running surface, if they work anything like on roller coasters they would give a silky smooth ride.

@mmccon2007 2 ай бұрын

Jealous, I want to do this before I die, LOL!

@BruceHubbell 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ntdracing 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks. Don’t get many of those. Much appreciated.

@adventuresaimless 5 ай бұрын

I got a couple of old pit bike motors just chillin in the back of my shop……. I might have to build me a rail cart

@almagana5824 7 ай бұрын

My Aunt is in her last hours and she always loved wild west movies with old trains so she asked are there pictures of the west. I said how about a rail cart ride. You should see her smiling. You're her 2nd video..😢😢😢😢 Thank you.

@ntdracing 7 ай бұрын

I have never been given such a compliment. Please let her know that I will think of her every time I need to find the motivation to make another video. Thank you and God bless.

@Shooter066 7 ай бұрын

@@ntdracing Never understand what a simple video means to someone. If I could send you a picture of her smile... Thanks again!

@so-flamotorsports7491 2 жыл бұрын

so cool ive always wanted to do a rail car to ride on the the old sugar cane railway here. maybe now that i understand fusion 360 better thanks to you i will. and what are the chances of another one pulling up behind you lol just amazing. watching with envy from the everglades FL.

@STEVE-sb5ve 5 ай бұрын

Look the CHEMICAL Streaks in the sky

@doughinkley8796 4 ай бұрын

Before the fire there was the flash flood which took out much of the trackage in the Anza-Borrego Desert: September 10, 1976: Hurricane Kathleen destroys major sections of track and bridges on the Desert Line.