But, you can be get lost forever, coz those railroads have no maintenance from decades, the bridges could collapse & can injured them brutally. This is very very risky
The world salutes in amazement those hard men of steel who had laid those Railroad Tracks and built those Timeless Tunnels and Railroad Bridges in these rugged and torturous terrain cutting through endlessly awesome and breathtakingly beautiful landscape !!
That's the E&N Railway's [mile 14, Victoria Sub] Niagara Canyon Bridge they're rolling over at the beginning[ 260 ft high.] Arbutus Canyon [mile 14.9 ] is the other bridge [225 ft high]
You guys are lucky, to have such wonderful good tracks. The abandoned tracks I've ever seen are deteriorated and overgrown beyond hope. I was kinda excited when the old cotton belt railway here in Dallas was abandoned, but then, they tore up all the tracks. I built a rail bike for nothing.
Years ago (early 1980's) I built a gas powered railcar that I ran on the Tacoma to Elbe railway. I was building a log home south of Graham at the time. Lots of fun running along the east side of lake kapowsin and further south. I remember there was this old tracked crain halfway tipped over on the south end of the lake. Wonder if it's still there
Hey, where is this? At first I thought it was the E&N with Little Niagra, Hole In The Wall, Saanich inlet and Mt Finlayson but now I'm not sure. Sure looks like fun though!
What beautiful scenery and a great run too. You're braver than me for there's no way I'd stop in the middle of one of those bridges as I'm a prisoner to vertigo. I see the A holes of society have visited the tunnel and sprayed their tags on it. I can see only one thing wrong with this video and that's that it's not long enough for I was wanting to see so much more. Cheers from Australia.
Beautiful scenery, what was shown of it. Neat little cart. Just my opinion, don't go fast over the bridges....someone may of put a jack rod to throw the cart off the track.....not a pleasant ending. Hope to see more videos in the future. And if you do, please show more of the scenery and do a little narrating of the locations and so forth. Hello and happy trails from Rick H of Malta, Texas.
Alot of the abandoned lines in the pnw once serviced sawmills and logging operations that either no longer exist or have become serviced by the trucking industry
Thanks for sharing your adventures! I'm so jealous. I was actually hiking this very line about a year ago. FYI, it is an active line further up, as the ICF is still moving freight for its customers.
this was fun thanks for the ride! just subd but i have to say i use to love heights even rappelled in the Army from helicopter's! i don't know how but many years later i became acrophobic for no good reason! It sucks because i loved rappelling! I'll be 57 this year and feel like a wussy watching you over the trestle!
Not sure if I was more mesmerized by that gorgeous granite tunnel or the 400 foot high tressel. Either way, great video, thank for sharing! Any plans to come down to Hopland and ride along the Eel river in CA?!?! Lots of dead line there to explore! Message me because I'd love to come along!
What are those extra rails about on the trestle bridges? I would guess they are there to either strengthen the bridge or actually keep the train on the track in the event of a derailment. It is confusing as you sometimes see this on lines where mixed gauge rolling stock is deployed.
A fair question. The excessive engine noise would really detract from an otherwise peaceful ride. Somebody should look into adapting a Prius powertrain for use on one of these.
@@johntechwriter Prius powertrains make over 100 hp on electricity alone... there's no way you could put that much power down to the rails on a cart this light. Something smaller could be epic though - maybe adapt some hub motors to run on the rails?
Looking like some ghost movie... dangerous bridge....dark tunnel....no one around u....broken railings....camera just near the track.....sound/friction of wheels with rail..... Looking as some unknown third force is all behind this journey through the jungle.👍👍
I used to do this with my dad in his rail car. Probably the reason for not telling where they are is that it is illegal activity. No railroad owner is going to give a private rail car owner permission to use their abandon tracks. Too many safety issues, wash outs, tree falls, etc. It was great fun but very unsafe at times. There are clubs you can join that run these rails with permission and a hefty insurance policy.
This is really cool, it would be neat if you could show some video of your Speeder, maybe you could put up a video and tell us a little about it, I would also like to know what State your speeder is going through, it looks like northern California, Montana, or Colorado, and what RR Line it use to be, maybe UPRR, GNRR, or DRGRR. My father was a Engineer for DRGRR UPPRR my brother retired UPRR, & he was all over the mountains in California, my Father was in Colorado.
@@gerrycoleman7290 This is on the E&n railway, (now basically abandoned) near Victoria BC, the trestle is near Goldstream Provincial Park, also near Hwy 19
Question, do you ever run into other rail kart enthusiasts? If so, is there a procedure for passing each other? Is it just helping each other lift a cart off and on the track? :)
It's Canada. So there is the customary 5-10 minutes of exchanging of apologies back and forth. Followed by 20 mins of complimenting the other persons cart and belittling your own as a courtesy. 11 mins chatting about the weather. Then next is 7-13 minutes of exchanging insistence on helping each other lift their carts off the rails and past the other. Then the obligatory expression of hope to see again, possible chance run-in at Tim Horton's at some point or even an invite over for a craft beer and some Queen Elizabeth cake. Should be no more than an hour and a half or so to make the pass....roughly.... And that's on the fast-paced West Coast........if it was the East Coast...........................
Many viewers want to know: where is this, please? I assume it's a working railroad that you found your way on to in its off hours - the track seems pretty well maintained; it doesn't seem to be abandoned. We'd really like to know more. Thanks in advance!
I'd bet that track is not abandoned. Dis-used or out of service, maybe, but probably not abandoned. The reason rail riding / biking is not very popular in Canada is because generally there is no where to legally do it. In Canada, if the rails are still in place, you would likely be trespassing on railway property (a much more serious offense than a misdemeanor, as in the USA). In Canada, abandoned rails are typically pulled up as soon as they are abandoned. Then the land ownership is transferred to the federal or local government or adjacent property owners. I know of a few possibly abandoned tracks that may exist in southern Ontario and Quebec, maybe. There was an unused CN track that went from Pukatawagan to Lynn Lake in Manitoba that hadn't seen a train since 2002, but I believe some local First Nations now own the property / track, if it is still there. It was still intact last time I was there, in 2010. One adventurous person / nutjob I heard about rode a quad down those tracks in the dead of winter. It took three days and many trees had to be chopped from the tracks. At least (most of) the black bears would have been sleeping. Finding intact abandoned track in the west is less likely than finding bigfoot bones.
Where is this? Millions of people are not going to flock this RR... Many of us live thousands of miles from wherever this is. So please give us a name of the railbed this used to belong to. Spectacular trestles.! Wonderful ride! Looks like the Kettle Valley RR but those rails were removed long ago. I will assume this is Canada? Where in canada
Is that Goldstream River bridge? Looks very similar. I rappelled off of it once. If you think riding on it is scary, try going ~100 m down the valley vertically.
This is on Canadian Pacific's Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway subsidiary on BC's Vancouver Island. It is currently out of service. (All RR's are historic!)
That is absolutely amazing. Beautiful country, yet sad at the decay of railroads. Thanks for sharing. Can you tell me where this is, even if it's just a general geographic location?
Vancouver Island, province of British Columbia, west coast of Canada. The railway was originally built as the Esquimalt and Naniamo Railway in the late 1800's. The big bridge in the video was a used bridge - it came from the Canadian Pacific Railway at a site crossing the Fraser River at Cisco, on the mainland of British Columbia, and was moved to it's current location on the Island because it was replaced with a stronger bridge at Cisco.
This is the E&N Railway on Vancouver Island Technically it isn’t abandoned as it is still owned by the Island Corridor Foundation, thought it hasn’t been used in over a decade
I would like to see you take a 5 or 10 day camping trip in a place like that and build a trailer for the back of that and on the roof of it put some solar panel power on it some batteries inside with a DC refrigerator freezer pack you some stuff for camping and make a video of that that would be a cool way to go camping
A tip for better videos. Hold the camera rock steady and let the subject do the moving. Don't zoom in and out while filming. Use zoom to "compose" the shot, then film it It make a good video even better. Just trying to help.
2011. The locations shown are approx. 8 miles north of Victoria. The Niagara span - also called Goldstream Trestle - is fenced off now (since April 2021) due to suicides and accidents.
There are a few old logging railroad lines in WA and OR that look very similar, though. And some of those are actually legally abandoned, so possibly not illegal to ride on them? I know a few abandoned tracks in MT, ID, and WA, but I'm not sure if it is legal to be on those tracks. In Canada, unless the rails have been removed and officially converted to a public trail, that is a hard NO.
Is this rail line near Yosemite, California? With the combination of trees, dry brush, and a river in a steep narrow canyon it makes me think of the area near Don Pedro Reservoir.
What is it powered by? And do grades affect you much? Does it have more than one gear? Does it have a reverse gear or do you just get up and turn it around? I see you haul on the roof of a car didn't I, so what does it weigh? When you are going to go on an excursion how do you check up to see that it's not a set of rails used for an occasional tourist excursion train so that you don't end up in a dangerous conflict? It sure does look fun! Do you carry a small tree saw with you I saw in a previous video you running into brush, do you carry any tools at all with in case of a break down? I you did break down is there a way to put the drive into neutral so it free wheels and can be pushed or pedaled if some way? One suggestion if riding in the mountains out west you may want to carry a big bore loaded hand gun just in case you run into an extremely hungry grizzly bear. Keep on making these great videos please!
This is the E&N railway on Vancouver Island. The two bridges they go across are the Arbutus canyon and Niagara creek trestles along the mallahat. I've walked to most of the trestles along the E&N and the Port Alberni sub. Beautiful place!
really great..would love to know more about what track location is and how your cart works..it sounds electric? what do you need to get permission to ride these rails?
Chuck Itall --> Doubt if they got permission. Can you imagine getting robbed by the ghost of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and other famous train robbers?
Randomly started watching guys with DIY rail carts/speeders zooming along some beautiful desert in Cali. Thought, wow, that be a blast to do on the ol' Dayliner tracks. Looks easy enough to build and I've got a welding shop........ then I happened upon this video! Small world and you've beat me to it! LOL! If I get one built hopefully I'll see you.....before bumping into you! I've thinking electric or pedal power or a combo. Just to enjoy the stealth and quiet. :) Are you in Victoria or the Westshore?
Electric probly be a good way to go for an application like this as the friction/drag is very low. Plus being quiet. It's all about the clickity clack.
@@rusticwood Thanks for the reply! I assume the trestle is still blocked off. Is there access by road close to the other side of it to continue up the track? Also, have you ever gone towards town? Can you get far? Thanks! Happy Holiday's as well.
No this one is in Canada. The old NWP is truly abandoned on the north end. They even left a freight train just sitting on the tracks. They can't bring it back out again because the tracks are washed out. This one is not abandoned. A trespasser could face criminal charges if caught.
The best thing about exploring on rails is that you can never really get lost
But, you can be get lost forever, coz those railroads have no maintenance from decades, the bridges could collapse & can injured them brutally.
This is very very risky
Never lost, but a real butt tightener if you meet a train!
@@raymondherbst7126
If you meet a train ... or another speeder coming the other way.
@@Pranjal90 wet blanket alert
Gets stuck out in the middle of nowhere
The world salutes in amazement those hard men of steel who had laid those Railroad Tracks and built those Timeless Tunnels and Railroad Bridges in these rugged and torturous terrain cutting through endlessly awesome and breathtakingly beautiful landscape !!
I couldn’t have said it any better friend !❤️👍🙂
That's the E&N Railway's [mile 14, Victoria Sub] Niagara Canyon Bridge they're rolling over at the beginning[ 260 ft high.] Arbutus Canyon [mile 14.9 ] is the other bridge [225 ft high]
The sound of the wheels hitting the rail joints is fantastic.....
The railroads build the coolest bridges and tunnels, just amazing.
Just amazing! Those viaducts terrify me lol
Wow! That was AWESOME! I am always on edge thinking a train is going to come barreling down the other way!!!!! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!!!!!
S.C. I think these are abandoned R.R. and no longer used.. Some absolutely gorgeous scenery...
You guys are lucky, to have such wonderful good tracks. The abandoned tracks I've ever seen are deteriorated and overgrown beyond hope. I was kinda excited when the old cotton belt railway here in Dallas was abandoned, but then, they tore up all the tracks. I built a rail bike for nothing.
Years ago (early 1980's) I built a gas powered railcar that I ran on the Tacoma to Elbe railway. I was building a log home south of Graham at the time. Lots of fun running along the east side of lake kapowsin and further south. I remember there was this old tracked crain halfway tipped over on the south end of the lake. Wonder if it's still there
@Ross
Well, go and see if it's still there.
Fantastic video footage and railroad scenery. I will be sharing your video link with my subscribers. Thank you.
Man that is cool, bring your camping kit...water, food, etc. That is a hell of an idea for SHTF.
Those bridges got my blood pressure up.
I’d shit my pants going over them trestles but this looks awesome! 😵
Try to hold your shot at least :03 seconds!
Hey, where is this? At first I thought it was the E&N with Little Niagra, Hole In The Wall, Saanich inlet and Mt Finlayson but now I'm not sure. Sure looks like fun though!
Just plain Awesome !!, thanks for the efforts and sharing, cheers.
AWESOME video!
You are so fortunate to be somewhere you can do this....FUN!
(old timer logger)
I think I have just found my new favorite hobby 😍
What beautiful scenery and a great run too. You're braver than me for there's no way I'd stop in the middle of one of those bridges as I'm a prisoner to vertigo. I see the A holes of society have visited the tunnel and sprayed their tags on it. I can see only one thing wrong with this video and that's that it's not long enough for I was wanting to see so much more. Cheers from Australia.
@@AussiePom we love auz
Beautiful scenery, what was shown of it. Neat little cart. Just my opinion, don't go fast over the bridges....someone may of put a jack rod to throw the cart off the track.....not a pleasant ending. Hope to see more videos in the future. And if you do, please show more of the scenery and do a little narrating of the locations and so forth. Hello and happy trails from Rick H of Malta, Texas.
It would be nice to know the history of the rails that they are on and why the are abandoned.
Alot of the abandoned lines in the pnw once serviced sawmills and logging operations that either no longer exist or have become serviced by the trucking industry
This is the E&N railway if you wanted to look it up especially the Niagara creek trestle. Interesting story behind it.
Thanks for sharing your adventures! I'm so jealous. I was actually hiking this very line about a year ago. FYI, it is an active line further up, as the ICF is still moving freight for its customers.
Where is this?
@@RuleofFive E & N Railway, British Columbia in Canada.
@@2fast945 Thanks! I thought it was in the US but wasn’t sure. Beautiful country!
this was fun thanks for the ride! just subd but i have to say i use to love heights even rappelled in the Army from helicopter's! i don't know how but many years later i became acrophobic for no good reason! It sucks because i loved rappelling! I'll be 57 this year and feel like a wussy watching you over the trestle!
It's amazing that you can do this in other countries, with such huge open spaces.
Not sure if I was more mesmerized by that gorgeous granite tunnel or the 400 foot high tressel. Either way, great video, thank for sharing!
Any plans to come down to Hopland and ride along the Eel river in CA?!?! Lots of dead line there to explore! Message me because I'd love to come along!
"trestle".
I'm waiting for my nads to re-descend after that bridge footage. It's been 3 days now
"I thought we were gonna have a beer!" lol
What are those extra rails about on the trestle bridges? I would guess they are there to either strengthen the bridge or actually keep the train on the track in the event of a derailment. It is confusing as you sometimes see this on lines where mixed gauge rolling stock is deployed.
The latter.
😍😍😍😍 THAT IS AWESOME !!!
I WILL PAY TO GO ON A RIDE !!!
This is epic. I want to build one now 😆😆 Thanks for sharing. 👏👏👏
this is Port Alberni to Parksville on Vancouver island the rail line goes around Cameron lake
That is an spectacular place and also the video. I would die to do something like that, thanks for sharing, I love this video :)
I’m thinking about buying an old 2seater go kart frame and building a rail speeder out of it and a trailer so I can go camping too!
Great Video....
Question...why does everyone use a noisy engine?? Has nobody ever heard the Honda with a noise surprising
muffler??? Just asking...
A fair question. The excessive engine noise would really detract from an otherwise peaceful ride. Somebody should look into adapting a Prius powertrain for use on one of these.
@@johntechwriter Prius powertrains make over 100 hp on electricity alone... there's no way you could put that much power down to the rails on a cart this light.
Something smaller could be epic though - maybe adapt some hub motors to run on the rails?
First time seeing this .. Its freak8n Awesome !!!
Looking like some ghost movie... dangerous bridge....dark tunnel....no one around u....broken railings....camera just near the track.....sound/friction of wheels with rail.....
Looking as some unknown third force is all behind this journey through the jungle.👍👍
I used to do this with my dad in his rail car. Probably the reason for not telling where they are is that it is illegal activity. No railroad owner is going to give a private rail car owner permission to use their abandon tracks. Too many safety issues, wash outs, tree falls, etc. It was great fun but very unsafe at times. There are clubs you can join that run these rails with permission and a hefty insurance policy.
That looks like quite the scenic ride!
For an abandoned railroad the trestles are in great shape especially the ties
The E&N railway is not abandoned, eternally awaiting government funds to rebuild the infrastructure, but still considered an active railway legally.
This is bloody amazing. I’d love to do that.
This is really cool, it would be neat if you could show some video of your Speeder, maybe you could put up a video and tell us a little about it, I would also like to know what State your speeder is going through, it looks like northern California, Montana, or Colorado, and what RR Line it use to be, maybe UPRR, GNRR, or DRGRR. My father was a Engineer for DRGRR UPPRR my brother retired UPRR, & he was all over the mountains in California, my Father was in Colorado.
I remember going over that trestle on the dayliner many years ago, yeah it's high alright!
Where is it?
@@gerrycoleman7290 This is on the E&n railway, (now basically abandoned) near Victoria BC, the trestle is near Goldstream Provincial Park, also near Hwy 19
What fun! I'm officially jealous!
OK; great, beautiful. Now, please: the location of this well intact yet decommisioned track? (by the dialogue, sounds like somewhere in BC?)
The E & N.
Hello good sir, any chance this beast is operational and available to be borrowed for a day. Looks like a blast, that would be an awesome experience.
This looks like a blast.
That scenery is so beautiful
Best rail video I've seen like this.👍😎
Question, do you ever run into other rail kart enthusiasts? If so, is there a procedure for passing each other? Is it just helping each other lift a cart off and on the track? :)
It's Canada. So there is the customary 5-10 minutes of exchanging of apologies back and forth. Followed by 20 mins of complimenting the other persons cart and belittling your own as a courtesy. 11 mins chatting about the weather. Then next is 7-13 minutes of exchanging insistence on helping each other lift their carts off the rails and past the other. Then the obligatory expression of hope to see again, possible chance run-in at Tim Horton's at some point or even an invite over for a craft beer and some Queen Elizabeth cake. Should be no more than an hour and a half or so to make the pass....roughly.... And that's on the fast-paced West Coast........if it was the East Coast...........................
Where is that? Is that the NW Pacific Railroad line up near Eureka, CA??
That is so Way Cool - A Ride I'd Love to Take
Many viewers want to know: where is this, please? I assume it's a working railroad that you found your way on to in its off hours - the track seems pretty well maintained; it doesn't seem to be abandoned. We'd really like to know more. Thanks in advance!
@johnagiambalvo It is active, we maintain it with heavy equipment and patrol frequently for trees washouts and slides.
I'd bet that track is not abandoned. Dis-used or out of service, maybe, but probably not abandoned. The reason rail riding / biking is not very popular in Canada is because generally there is no where to legally do it. In Canada, if the rails are still in place, you would likely be trespassing on railway property (a much more serious offense than a misdemeanor, as in the USA). In Canada, abandoned rails are typically pulled up as soon as they are abandoned. Then the land ownership is transferred to the federal or local government or adjacent property owners. I know of a few possibly abandoned tracks that may exist in southern Ontario and Quebec, maybe. There was an unused CN track that went from Pukatawagan to Lynn Lake in Manitoba that hadn't seen a train since 2002, but I believe some local First Nations now own the property / track, if it is still there. It was still intact last time I was there, in 2010. One adventurous person / nutjob I heard about rode a quad down those tracks in the dead of winter. It took three days and many trees had to be chopped from the tracks. At least (most of) the black bears would have been sleeping. Finding intact abandoned track in the west is less likely than finding bigfoot bones.
thats what makes this all so special
I believe there's a line that's at least partly intact from Sherbrooke to Thetford Mines.
It's Canada. And it's disused rail. And if the local or fed's "own" it, then the public "owns" it.
love to have the plans to build a speeder...
I'M SOO JEALOUX.. FANTASTIC..I'LL PAY FOR A RIDE/TRIP/ADVENTURE:-).KEEP RAILIN..GOD BLESS..KEEP GOIN..LOVE FROM DENMARK
Imagine a ghost steam engine chugs in front of ur rickety trolley 🤣
I love this. Have you ever met a train?
I personally met a few trains and they were very nice but smelled a bit
Impressive footage
I be scared shitless crossing that trestle
Thanks for not telling us where it is...
I know exactly where this is. I’d love to do this myself, do you have any details about your speeder?
So do I.....
Basically at the end of my street
I've been up to both these trestles. Amazing walk and so much history behind the Niagara creek one.
Wonderful way to travel. I assume there are no trains running at the same time.
Where is this? Millions of people are not going to flock this RR... Many of us live thousands of miles from wherever this is. So please give us a name of the railbed this used to belong to. Spectacular trestles.! Wonderful ride! Looks like the Kettle Valley RR but those rails were removed long ago. I will assume this is Canada? Where in canada
SUPERB! I wish we had amazing abandoned rail tracks in UK like this Id build a speeder!!
Totally awesome ride and views.
Is that Goldstream River bridge? Looks very similar. I rappelled off of it once. If you think riding on it is scary, try going ~100 m down the valley vertically.
This is on Canadian Pacific's Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway subsidiary on BC's Vancouver Island. It is currently out of service. (All RR's are historic!)
Wow...that viaduct? I am WAY to acrophobic for that ride!!!! BTW...what railroad WAS this????
E&N on the Malahat
Wow ang saya naman dyan at ang ganda pa ng view ingat kayo idol full support 💖
Is this the Northwestern Pacific line, from Ukiah to Eureka? Looks like the Eel River country, there.
Its the e and n railway at goldstream. I do the same thing
where is this line? its in amazing shape!
Wow, how did they build those bridges....
That is absolutely amazing. Beautiful country, yet sad at the decay of railroads. Thanks for sharing. Can you tell me where this is, even if it's just a general geographic location?
Vancouver Island, province of British Columbia, west coast of Canada. The railway was originally built as the Esquimalt and Naniamo Railway in the late 1800's. The big bridge in the video was a used bridge - it came from the Canadian Pacific Railway at a site crossing the Fraser River at Cisco, on the mainland of British Columbia, and was moved to it's current location on the Island because it was replaced with a stronger bridge at Cisco.
What Railroad? Those rails are in remarkably good condition for an abandoned R.
This is the E&N Railway on Vancouver Island
Technically it isn’t abandoned as it is still owned by the Island Corridor Foundation, thought it hasn’t been used in over a decade
Very cool. I have a friend that builds and rides these here in Kansas.
That's really cool! Are the tracks active? What's with the narrow gauge rails on the bridge? Thanks for posting.
Those aren't narrow gauge tracks. They are guide rails in case of a derailment, they may keep the train on the bridge.
omg that looks like fun. How does a person go about doing this. Thanks for the video
Where are these old lines located? Cool video!
I would like to see you take a 5 or 10 day camping trip in a place like that and build a trailer for the back of that and on the roof of it put some solar panel power on it some batteries inside with a DC refrigerator freezer pack you some stuff for camping and make a video of that that would be a cool way to go camping
Yes! My thoughts
Why not a coke machine and air conditioning while your at it
falcon trestle gave me the willies..and i'm sitting in bed !
This is the E&N railway on the malahat!
Fuck yea! Van island for the win💪💪
Hi, and thanks for the tour. Is this road open to the public?
A tip for better videos. Hold the camera rock steady and let the subject do the moving. Don't zoom in and out while filming. Use zoom to "compose" the shot, then film it It make a good video even better. Just trying to help.
Great advice.
My hands were sweating. Who's got the plans on the dimensions and plans to build one of these things?
Those bridges are crazy
How long has it been since this stretch of rail saw commercial service? Location?
2011. The locations shown are approx. 8 miles north of Victoria. The Niagara span - also called Goldstream Trestle - is fenced off now (since April 2021) due to suicides and accidents.
Tacoma Rails Mountain Division, well north of Elbe and Just across from Eatonville
There are a few old logging railroad lines in WA and OR that look very similar, though. And some of those are actually legally abandoned, so possibly not illegal to ride on them? I know a few abandoned tracks in MT, ID, and WA, but I'm not sure if it is legal to be on those tracks. In Canada, unless the rails have been removed and officially converted to a public trail, that is a hard NO.
Is this rail line near Yosemite, California? With the combination of trees, dry brush, and a river in a steep narrow canyon it makes me think of the area near Don Pedro Reservoir.
2:52 What are those center rail pieces for at the bridge?
It looks to me like a narrower gage, but I have no idea why it's only on the bridge.
It s for derailed trains. It should catch the wheels between the rail and the center rail pieces
What is it powered by? And do grades affect you much? Does it have more than one gear? Does it have a reverse gear or do you just get up and turn it around? I see you haul on the roof of a car didn't I, so what does it weigh? When you are going to go on an excursion how do you check up to see that it's not a set of rails used for an occasional tourist excursion train so that you don't end up in a dangerous conflict? It sure does look fun! Do you carry a small tree saw with you I saw in a previous video you running into brush, do you carry any tools at all with in case of a break down? I you did break down is there a way to put the drive into neutral so it free wheels and can be pushed or pedaled if some way? One suggestion if riding in the mountains out west you may want to carry a big bore loaded hand gun just in case you run into an extremely hungry grizzly bear. Keep on making these great videos please!
There are 55,000 grizzly bears in North America.
Btw, how many miles are there of unused railroad?
I would love to make one of those only using electric. Just don't have anywhere around here to ride one (legally).
Boy”are we ever high” ……. ya sure ya want another adult beverage ?😂
My thoughts exactly
Where specifically is this railroad?
This is the E&N railway on Vancouver Island. The two bridges they go across are the Arbutus canyon and Niagara creek trestles along the mallahat. I've walked to most of the trestles along the E&N and the Port Alberni sub. Beautiful place!
Another one I’d love to do but it’s a long way from little old Mt Barker in Western Australia 🤣
really great..would love to know more about what track location is and how your cart works..it sounds electric? what do you need to get permission to ride these rails?
Chuck Itall --> Doubt if they got permission. Can you imagine getting robbed by the ghost of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and other famous train robbers?
Randomly started watching guys with DIY rail carts/speeders zooming along some beautiful desert in Cali. Thought, wow, that be a blast to do on the ol' Dayliner tracks. Looks easy enough to build and I've got a welding shop........ then I happened upon this video! Small world and you've beat me to it! LOL! If I get one built hopefully I'll see you.....before bumping into you! I've thinking electric or pedal power or a combo. Just to enjoy the stealth and quiet. :)
Are you in Victoria or the Westshore?
Electric probly be a good way to go for an application like this as the friction/drag is very low. Plus being quiet. It's all about the clickity clack.
@@rusticwood Thanks for the reply! I assume the trestle is still blocked off. Is there access by road close to the other side of it to continue up the track?
Also, have you ever gone towards town? Can you get far?
Thanks! Happy Holiday's as well.
Nice video. What are the extra rails on bridges and trestles for?
this is the American dream in action.🇺🇸🍻
If it's on Vancouver island then it's actually "the Canadian dream"
Thank You , is the some trackage on the old NWP line between Eureka and Willits?
No this one is in Canada. The old NWP is truly abandoned on the north end. They even left a freight train just sitting on the tracks. They can't bring it back out again because the tracks are washed out. This one is not abandoned. A trespasser could face criminal charges if caught.