2 nerds on a homemade railroad speeder cart ride abandoned train tracks.
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- We braved the hot Ocotillo August sun and took the railroad cart out to try out the new wheels and improvements we made. The wheels worked perfectly! At 4:25 we did have a little crash but other than that it was a great day.
I just got the urge to explore abandoned track all over the country. This is super sweet. You could probably make money off a series with little trips such as this all over the states. It's a view most people will never see.
Do it! It really it so fun
I need this in my life. Please expound further. Planning a trip, scouting track, what-not.
There's websites that show abandoned tracks in your area. You can always seem to find someone that's tried the tracks before. Then you just go
I need this too...
Looks like something out of GTA 5.
@@johndorian1357 Its because this is the area its based off of Lol. this is what the wind farms and near here is the Salton sea and sandy shores is based off that area.
This is something I've ALWAYS wanted to do. When I was a kid, a guy in my village converted an old Ford Fiesta and used to go up and down the British countryside's disused lines
Great job on the video.......The drone just makes it that much Better.......ThANKS........................JB......Too bad the track is now GONE........Was a great place to ride.............
it is about the coolest thing I have seen on UA-cam yet
Thanks!
I don’t know why but modifying this into a loaded dinner table with bolted chairs would add the cherry on top. Fancy
Nice
While the documenting of the ride is not unique, I really appreciated your use of the drone camera to blend in footage of just seeing the two just taking in the sites as a great break for sometimes the same viewpoint(like at the 5:00 mark). Nicely done!
Reddit brought me here. I love this. Makes me miss the SoCal desert. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for checking it out.
Badass Dude. Super clean and the perfect chill thing to ever do. You have opened another realm of youtube forsure 👌🏼🔥👊🏼
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@@ryanrandomness you're very welcome bro👊🏼
This is awesome!!! Thank you for sharing! This put a huge goofy smile on my face
Thanks!
seriously amazing footage at 5:30. I'd love to see a video of just you guys riding the tracks in first person with no music (just the ambient noise) so that we can put our own music on and watch it. If you happened to have a VR camera to make a VR video of this that would be amazing too though they are a bit pricey. One can dream ey!
Good ideas. I'm definitely going to do a full video next time.
You both unlock me new dream, and bucket list wish, gracias!
Looks fun and liberating.
It sure is
This is so much fun. I make a trip down to Rosamond/Lancaster CA every year because I love that area of the desert, this looks just like it. Thanks for sharing :)
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Yep, lots of those *great big spinny things.*
Saw them for the first time in May 2021, riding the Coast Starlight back up to Portland….
Here from reddit. Fascinated!
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Awesome and inspirational. God bless U Ryan ❤️❤️
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This looks relaxing AF
It is
Those times with 'Dad' will be a lasting Teasure!👍
This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing this it truly is amazing & id love an adventure like this but living here in Wales 🏴 it’ll only ever be a dream. Good on you for doing this & when I’m feeling down I will watch this video & dream. I have loads of questions but don’t want to bore you. All the best to you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ask away. I'll try and answer when I have time.
@@ryanrandomness I actually have a question, have you considered using regular car rims on something like this for track before? I would assume nothing would happen to the rims since the build itself if very low weight to what it’s designed for, and might even provide better placement on the rails
Always interesting to also find out the history behind a track and why it was abandoned
I'm starting to post more videos explaining a little history
So much fun I always loved Americans vintage rails and this desert so amazing to see
It's one of my favorite places
R&R racing for life!
You know it!
Nice railcart build
Hey thanks
I'm in the middle of building a railcart myself, going to have solid steel wheels and a 13hp engine with hydraulic drive and disc brakes.
@@jamessimmons1888 that's cool. I think you're going to regret the solid steel wheels. I tried some and they were terrible. Heavy, unbelievable loud, and uncomfortably bumpy. Just my opinion poly is the only way to go.
Dude. Yall should build a little roof and add a couple solar panels! You get so much sun there, it would save up on some gas and also mean you never run out or have to think about gas.
Good idea
Great content maahn❤🔥
Thanks
Bonito medio de transporte felicitaciones señor 👍
Gracias
Great video! Thanks for posting. How do you protect the drive chain and teeth from the sand and grit? That would cause a lot of wear and tear.
I take a rough guess, safety wise, that is an officially abandoned commercial track you are usinga? Love your ingenuity with the cart. Octillo Express, now boarding.
More or less. Not being used. Tunnel collapsed in one direction and tracks buried in sand in the other.
I would Love to do this. Beautiful 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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dude this is rad
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Assisto seus vídeos aqui no Brasil. Gosto muito
Is there a place where someone could find a listing of abandoned tracks like this all over the country. I think it would be a blast to built a lightweight cart like this and travel around. Have to keep having adventures while retired
Love this...should make it into an attraction
Great idea. Super cool
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That’s cool I always wanted to do this. But I would have a bigger engine for the up hills
Great drone footage! I have a cart that I ride there as well, but the wind rarely allows me to use my drone. You guys lucked out that day. : )
I've seen your videos. Nice cart!
Youre about to get hella views dude
Been up and down
I seen this on tiktok. This is so cool
Gonna make one of these, put it on the line behind them when they pass, bring my megaphone with me and play train whistles or horns on my phone through it. Lol 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Haha
this is the coolest !!!
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This is so friggin’ cool. Wow.
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This is so damn cool
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We went camping a while back in the ocotillo area, by the windmills and a culvert. We were having discussions that evening about building one of these to explore the old tracks and trestles
I saw some people in that exact spot last time
All that's missing is Blonde, Tuco, Angel Eyes and an Ennio Morricone soundtrack.
UTT OH!! Unscheduled pit stop!! You got seatbelts on that hotrod??🤔
Goes really well with the music
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I would love to try this. I think I would use an old La-z-boy recliner for a chair.
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If it ever breaks down the walk home will be long 😂😂😂
how is your back and kidneys? love the vid!!!!
What adventure 💯🤙
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One time I fished of abandoned train bridge in a Texas bay, and was surprised by a locomotive. Luckily it saw me and allowed me to get as close to shore before passing me. How far did you guys get and was it on one tank fill?
that's some great footage
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Is this public land or private? If private, did you have to ask for permission? Really cool btw!
Thanks! I think the correct way to answer this is you should always get permission.
So cool!
Thanks!
Throw a bimini top on it fellas! 😉👍
Working on it
That is awesome!!!
Thanks
How far are you able to go on that engine? Amazing video bud
I've gone 40 miles on one trip. Could go much farther
Very fun! I appreciate the location tip at the beginning also, many like to know what line you're on, etc. Thanks!
Thanks! More videos coming soon
Here from shared video on Reddit. I’m in awe! This looks so awesome! Love the drone footage with music! Make a kit and put it up on eBay. Or just the instructions and sell those! Looks like an engine, plus another $100 in random parts.
What’s total cost on this? (I know you had to make the wheels and couldn’t buy those, but they have a cost too for sure)
I think the whole thing was maybe 500 bucks. Engine $100, wood $100, wheels maybe $250. Axles $100, seats $10, pillow blocks and throttle few bucks. That's really it.
@@ryanrandomness if you had a car behind this covered in four 400 watt panels that you were pulling do you think it could power you at full sun? I wonder how many watts it takes to move you if it was electric.
Where you find the wheels looks like a fun build.. i think if i build one id use a centrifugal or electric
The wheels I have are solid steel wheels 3 inches wide by 9 inches diameter. They're heavy, but I think they will absorb vibration good. I'm not concerned about noise so much. They actually are like something the railroad would use on track maintenance equipment.
@@jamessimmons1888 good luck with the project
I'm getting some proper fallout new Vegas vibes and I love it. What's the most milage you can do in a day on average?
I think I've done about 40 miles in a day.
@@ryanrandomness damm thats really impressive.
I just saw your reddit post! This is amazing!
Thanks
Have you ever tried to control vibration? Maybe with rubber washers or vibration isolators? just curious.
It's honestly not bad at all
Muy interesante.
En Costa Rica existen comunidades lejanas que no cuentan con un servicio de autobús continuo y desde hace varias décadas se usa este sistema.
Incluso adaptadas a una bicicleta.
Además se utiliza también para transportar carga y alimentos
Gracias
Well if you are on a abandon tracks then you’re not going to meet a train you may meet someone on a cart like yours come in meeting you but you can see it for a long ways off so as long as you keep your eyes on the track you’re probably pretty well safe looks like a lot of fun
Yes, you can see for miles
Also people are curious, we’d love to hear you talk more in videos. Like at the end there where were you? Did you hike? How far from the nearest town were you? So many questions.
I'll do that in future videos
It looked to me like you bent the axle after the crash in the sand dune. How did that affect things?
It might have bent a little but not major. I'm still using the same axel and just a little vibration around 10 mph but smooths out at higher speeds.
Why y'all asking about wheels or cart?
This railroad is history,the scenery, it's like you're in the 1800s
Who built this track?were there ghost towns now drown in the sand
Someone was an engine engineer and it was his job to roam that track... fascinating!
We think the same way. Lots of really cool history in this desert and what an amazing engineering feat this railroad was.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_and_Arizona_Eastern_Railway
Это раньше строили когда там индейцы были и ковбои, это наверное 1700 годах и там бочка стоит куда подьежал паровоз и воду заправляли вобще красиво там я бы тоже так бы прокатился бы там, только далеко ехать с России, с Дальнего Востока Алексей курорт Шмаковка 2022. 1 , 12
How are you so sure there isn't some messed up tracks just ahead of you? Are you droning ahead to have a look-see? Some of those little bridges would kinda freak me out.
Also, are rubber wheels a possibility? And (one more...promise) how far can you go knowing how far you have to travel back?
Considering the speed they're going, even if there was some damaged tracks that had broken in half or something, I doubt it'd throw the whole thing forward or that they'd go flying off or something, they might slide forward like they did at 4:20 but I suppose you could fix something like that by hammering on a front plank to rest your feet against so you won't slide forward. Also presumably it wouldn't be too dangerous to leap off the cart at those speeds if you saw a big problem in front and couldn't slow down in time, especially if the surrounding area is mostly sandy.
I've been down this track before this day so I know what to expect but you never really know. Anything can happen. I keep my speed down to where I know I could stop and keep my eyes down track.
The bridges can be freaky. Have you seen Carrizo Gorge?
The wheels are softer polyurethane. Very strong, smooth, and quiet.
As far as distance I really don't know. This track here I rode for about 13 miles uphill and then on the way back I shut the engine off and coast back and actually have to slow down.
@@GooglyEyedJoe exactly. I actually used to have other wheels that would derail and we would just slide and it wasn't a big deal.
@@ryanrandomness do you think HDPE over a steel or aluminum rim might work well? It's the type of plastic that I have the most ease of access to. I can just have it layered onto the rim while the blow molder is warming up and then machine it down to what I need
What is the name of the band? Fantastic!!!
Just random music from the Capcut app.
Found you on tiktok FYP. What are the blue barrels and flag for? Awesome videos
I believe they are filled with drinking water for illegal immigrants trying to cross the border and the flag helps them find it easier.
I’d love to do this. I know where some abandoned railroad tracks are but there’s actually grass and trees growing through them so I guess I might not be able to do this
Yes that might be a problem
Put some track wheels on a riding mower, and bring a chainsaw! lol 🤠
Cool video!
Could I please know what the music is? Really suits the video!
I'll have to look it up. It's all on the capcut app.
This is cool
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Fantastic!
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sand diverters in front of wheels?
It's pretty awesome😍 I am being curious here what you will do if the train comes in front of you? 😂🤔
Thanks! No trains will be on these tracks. If that ever did happen I'd just jump off. I'd probably be able to see them far away.
That scenery reminds me of RDR!
Yep
Hello ryan, i saw this video and it’s fantastic!! Please do a tutorial how to made a wheelcart, in my town the te are abondoned railways too and i want to go for a trip, greetings from Argentina!!
One of my other videos is a walk around my cart where I show it in more detail and explain how I did a few things. Argentina, cool! A guy I ride with in my videos is from Argentina.
@@ryanrandomness great i’m gonna check it, and i can’t believe that guy from argentina we’re everywhere!! Jajajaja hope you to be good and thanks!
This is so cool I would love to collab with you and make a video!
Thanks man. Your videos always pop up on my recommended and I recently subscribed to you. Yeah I'd love to make a video with you. Hit me up on my instagram Rphil80
Do you stop and test the bridges out before you ride over them? I’d be freaked out
Not typically
Nice
Thanks!
That's awesome what cc is that little 4 stroke?
It'd a Harbor Freight 212cc predator
Need a V plow blade to push the sand aside.
Sounds heavy
I seen this on Facebook is gone viral now
Sure did
This is so cool.
Thanks
Economically more beneficial to transport goods via rail than by road, it's sad to see governments underutilize their railway networks at their disposal
SUPER Cool. The only thing I would change is make it belt driven. That chain noise is annoying to me.
Already have a torque converter just need to put it on.
where do you get wheels like that? Those are different from rail car wheels?
I made them
I live up next to Idyllwild, I definitely need to build something like this. Did you wing the cart design or have plans?
Winged it
Whoaa. I found you from Instagram. So cool this is. I can think of so many mods for this 😁
Edit - can you please tell the name of the 2nd track used?
Thanks! By track you mean song? It's called surf music of teketeke sound. I found it on the capcut app.
@@ryanrandomness ooh yes. Thank you so much brother. And all the very best.
would love hours of this content
I have hours more I just need to edit
How do you stop? Do you have a brake?
No brakes. I stop by putting my shoe on the rail.
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Where'd you get the wheels for your magnificent ride?
I made them.
Love ur videos, does these abandoned tracks has property right from the railroad companies currently?
That's a good question. I've read that someone owns them but I'm not sure. There are definitely no trains running on them.
When are you attaching 2 lazy-boys to it?
That would be sweet.
How bout a lazy Susan?
How far can one go basis the fuel you carry?
I don't really know for sure but I know I've gone 40 miles on my 1 gallon tank.
Need overhead for shade and a designated cooler for beer.
Cooler always full of beer. Overhead probably wouldn't do much and would add too much weight.