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- The Vaser Valley Railway is a narrow gauge forest railway in the Carpathian mountains in Romania. Private railcar 01 CALLATIS has been converted from a Ford road van. The driver handles ignition, gears and accelerator pedal as in a normal car, while the steering wheel works on the brakes. The railcar has a reverse gear, but this is used only for short distances. When the railcar needs to change direction for a longer journey, it is turned on the spot by means of a plate that can be lowered on the rails at the gravity center of the railcar.
Die Wassertalbahn ist eine schmalspurige Waldbahn in den rumaenischen Karpaten. Die private Draisine 01 CALLATIS wurde aus einem Ford Transporter umgebaut, gebraucht erworben von einer deutschen Feuerwehr. Der Fahrer bedient Zündung, Gänge und Gaspedal wie in einem normalen Auto. Das Lenkrad wirkt auf die Bremse. Das Fahrzeug hat einen Rueckwaertsgang, der aber nur fuer kurze Strecken genutzt wird. Fuer laengere Strecken kann man die Draisine auf der Stelle wenden, mit einer Platte die im Schwerpunkt des Fahrzeugs auf die Schienen abgesenkt wird.
Everyone else: "But infrastructure is so expensive!"
*Romania*: "Hold my beer, bro."
Jared H I bet it's private owned by hobbyst, not used for public transport, operated on old abandoned rails.
@@dontbesoserious1 well it's actually on an old railway where you can take trips with an old small steam train named "Cozia"
Someone rich can effort expensive works for private infrastructures like that.
Lol
beers *
I enjoyed there was no commentary or narration; just the video and however you see it
Slow down there Duke they just transitioned from steam minivans they still have a good 60 years to the magleveevan.
@@IronFanJoe It would be Japen, they did that before WW2 by putting a steam bus on the mainline in Hokkaido when their older steam locomotive needs to be move to mainland island to put heavier loads. No one pull that kind of trick again until in atleast 30 years later.
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@@TravelingRailfan For
@@Saviliana Yes
This looks like something straight out of Top Gear XD
Top Gear meets Borat.
T-800 *VERY NICE!*
reminds me of those Ford Explorer things from Jurassic Park
Top Gear DID do something this ridiculous: th-cam.com/video/mkpCzp0CmjY/w-d-xo.html
one flaw with that idea... this one seems to work :P
1904: in the future there will be flying cars
2019:
2019: the cars are trains again
ONLY CHOPPERS
@@iFrostNight good
А так же летающие трамваи и поезда, да?
No one:
No one:
No one:
TH-cam algorithm: Hey! Watch this Romanian dude drive a van on train tracks!
Mr.SlapHappy, lol.
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.. so.. do you prefer car or train ?
carpathians : yes...
Carpathians*
@@leleeon7333 ok
Here this guy has both
It's only one of those things. To have both, instead of the jack and swivel method used here, hydraulically raised and lowered rail wheels would need to be engineered. Of course this is easy to say, no intention to take away from the ingenuity from limited materials seen in the video.
So this is a car path in the carpathians?
1. Romainian countryside is so beautiful. It looks like Canada.
2. This is hilariously awesome and totally Romanian.. lol !!
It looks like the Bing car on Family Guy
Yes it defiantly looks like Canada you from Canada because I am
Can confirm, I have both citizenships. But canada has a lot more of it though
Wow. Canada has fallen on hard times!
Romanian countryside is littered with junk and shit to the rim. It's disgusting balkan . I have to ge there a lot because of my work. :(
No one knows me like the youtube algorithm ❤️
Same!
It knows me better than I know myself
i loves youtube algorithm
Timbo FFM, I am the 200th like.
Bloody got me to
Romania seems like such a chill country, greetings from neighbour Serbia
バカ
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@@甲州博麗丸 hii
Wait until you own a pair of Cofra Thermic boots
if made in Romania before the license to do that
was sold ti Italy. I still keep my orange pair that
I'd had the factory ship to North America. Boots
that old are perfect if dirt filled to grow
beets or flowers.
The way they turned the van around, absolute champs!
What van I didn't see a van I only saw a train lol
Needs to weld two front ends together to simplify that turn around
@@raymondclark1785 ...that's a cool idea! I saw somewhere on TH-cam, where they did just that, with a front wheel drive car. They welded to chassis back to back, at the B-pillar of both vehicles. 👊
Just as I was asking myself do they turn it around,and how...
They show you how simple and genius it is.
@@JT_8283 jkgghkkg Daniel ft for echo TT hi TT ft rfuytr gf UK lb HCP go go go
...and an old car alarm for the "whistle". lol - nice
Somehow this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen?? He even used a car alarm hooked up to the signal switch as a horn. I would completely enjoy driving that around all day, thank you for sharing this with us
@ The method to do an half-turn is so ingenious! A bit physical to realize, but so simple in the idea!
The horn is on the end of the signal switch in one of those vans anyway
Human
@@QUIX4U I think their main point is that the anti-theft alarm as a horn is amazing.
Please, don't attack them so much! Maybe they didn't see it well (I have only seen it there on Iveco buses and very very old cars myself. Not a '90s transit van. They probably weren't looking well. Maybe they watched in low-resolution due to poor internet?)
There are so many reasons to not notice the horn button placement, seeing as it's near universal. There are no reasons to yell at somebody over a fucking misunderstanding in such a minor thing. Please, be nicer regarding what you say or say nothing at all.
@@briannem.6787 ?
Huh - what are you on about, or more likely - what are you ON?
I only mentioned (in passing to no one in particular) that at a precise point in the video - the HORN BUTTON - on the LH Stalk - is easily seen.
I never "aimed it' at any one person or viewer in particular - but obviously YOU assumed that I had.
An assumption YOU made (totally in error), but now that I see that you yourself have absolutely NOTHING of value to add to TH-cam (by way of any uploaded video)
Then with a totally blank channel & membership profile (that you appear as) without even ONE video to add any value to your being a (worthwhile) member of TH-cam, - your total lack of video content means that that others cannot see or LEARN FROM anything you ADDED to TH-cam but rather that you are a no-named idiot abusing others for commenting with USEFULL (added value) content such as "where to see the horn button - in the video's timeline (instead of abusing comments put there in that general observation fashion - by others who can see that stuff) whilst hidding behind a wall of nonsense - with zero content on your own channel - whilst you abuse others who do have content - who are also making a helpful comment - on another's video - done with such absolutely foul & crass comments as the one you used above here.. with?
OMG - are you for real.. or just a pussy pusher?
Using obnoxious rubbish - & verbal written abuse - worded as:
[quote]
no reasons to yell at somebody over a fucking misunderstanding
[unquote]
When - after all - it was ONLY your own misunderstanding at how the comment was made - which was not attacking any person in particular .. ?
To have you blurt out in such rude fashion - using foul language - to get your idiotic nonsensical point across?
Oh how utterly STUUUUUUUpid - did you appear there with your useless responce?
Incredibly STUUU - PID to be exact.
Go away - Bree A
(OMG it rhymes)
Having NO CONTENT - in your channel - th-cam.com/channels/OfE9ZB-RsD-eoadIW-7_2g.html
Just helps me understand that inside your brain - there isn't any either.
The Romanian Shinkansen Lol
The Shitkansen
@@KandiKlover America hot no shikasen as yall weebs
TOP Blyat
@@KandiKlover a little jealousy on the best high speed trains of the world, which has in their entire existence from the mid 70's less delay than a single short line Amtrak trip?
@@jpsholland Don't mention amtrak, that failure of a railroad company
very stable dynamically, thanks to the perfect proportion of size, height, mass and track
The manual lift/ rotation system is a real masterpiece, namely in safety.
Amazing how this country has evolved technically since 1989
после убийства Чаушеску там примерно так же как после убийства Каддафи в Ливии...
Lol
@@всс-д6д ⁰
*My teacher:* What would you like to invent when you grow up?
*6 years old me:* It's complicated.
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Improvise, adapt, overcome.
And that valley is on my bucket list
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ルーマニアの知恵すごい
日本の人口減少地域では鉄道が廃止されてるので
こういう乗り物が必要かも
respect for romanian.
respect.
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holy shit! they can lift a van ..no, they can lift a train...!! romanian old men are strong.
mybraintalks instead of lifting, changing sides and driving... Rather they can drive it in reverse 😲
No its a little thing called Center of mass,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_mass
pushing is easy: old men
lifting is hard: train jack
ROMANIA STRONK 😜
If you whoud not write holy and after that a bad word, I would give you a like
Holy shit mean?? You shit on holy???
Me: "Why is this in my recommended?"
Me: Watches video.
Me: "You win this time, TH-cam."
That is definitely creative and pretty cool. Not to mention how they turned it around. If I ever find myself in Romania, I am going to find this and ride it.
A world first...a Ford train !
but not in the first world
If it didn't require a Jack or blocks it wouldn't be a ford
Jeremy clarkson wants to know your location
HIGH SPEED VANTRAIN
@@baljeep_gay yep thats going to fly off the side of the mountain into a river XD
Top gear did this, they put a pair of cars on rails, Jeremy had a red jag with an open wagon set and the other two in a BMW with some caravans
In România
Jeremy Clarkson POWERRRRRRRRRRRRR
just set the cruise control and start drinking.
You can get drunk and/or high and jump in the back with your woman and have sex while "driving" LMAO
Haha cruise on a di transit...... Thats a peg and a piece of string attached to diesel pump aint it
Just make sure you don't run over any animals or children on the tracks lmfao
@@Network126 "Sex," "Woman."
In this vehicle, cruise control is called "idle".... just change gears and idle... on level track that thing, being also a diesel and geared for carrying stuff, could idle in fourth and fifth without problems and that track is not meant for more than 40km/h from what I know...
this is very beautiful place, this is my dream . long live romania, from georgia (europe)
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Come over to Quebec, Canada to enjoy the real wilderness and snowfall!
Georgia is in Europe now?
@@sammydemon666 it's a country obviously, not just a state in the United States
@@Mischa21xo Last time I checked Georgia is in Asia. I don't give a shit about the State.
Son of God! This is the ultimate mad max fury vehicle if I may call it with the car alarms as additional warning sound effects! Love from India ❤️ long live Romania!
And this is a dream turning circle for any car!
Chinese military pulls it off quicker )) But they cheat - they use hydraulic jacks
this is the future of driving, screw the road were using rails now
It carries it's own TURNTABLE? Brilliant. 3:06
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Right? I was actually shocked lmao
It's a good thing he has the _cow catcher_ on the front. 🐄
😀😁😂
Looks ridiculous, but utterly resourceful. I love the makeshift turntable carried within the base of the Transit turned locomotive.
Took a proper train there last summer. This, though, looks like something for the ones with stronger hearts.
And, yes, the scenery is great.
This is so Top Gear..
But no reverse gear.
@@sujitsingh7446 probably over heat the engine going backwards like top gears train car and he probably blew out reverse gear and that's easier
Wow what a beautiful country, and a what a journey
That little rail line is better than most lines here in the US and that Ford train moves faster than most of Amtrak rolling stock.
Lmao very true, as a European that lived in Chicago for a few years, the cta was very picturesc but any transit outside of it was fucking awful.
June 11, 2019----Really interesting and educational video and thanks for showing it. In America, the railroads use trucks the same way, but have wheels which can be lowered on the front/back of the vehicle and then used on the tracks. When no longer needed for riding the rails, the wheels are raised with truck being driven normally on the road.
There are no roads in that area....🙏!
There I suppose aren't roads to ride wheels on so ......
He makes a cross at 0:29 before heading out lol : )
Oh God, that is terrifying. 😭😂😂 Even the guy who drives it is like, fuck dude, hope this thing makes it! It IS a Ford, after all.
Maybe it was a church near becouse the romanian tradition is to make a cross when you see a church to pray to god!
This is the Carpathian Mountains. Maybe the rails go past Dracula's Castle?
@@napoleonsolo5929 im tired of these "Dracula" jokes
It's a Christian habit around here for people to make a cross before a journey. Some do it when exiting the house, some when passing churches... it does NOT symbolize his lack of trust in the contraption he's driving.
so cool man. This can't be too expensive to build and it could be a great tourist attraction
Actually, that particular railway is a main tourist attraction in Romania! Everyone can visit!
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Like a cruise, you meant?
Now that is what the should call 'a proper railbus' :) Very interesting stuff!
Warms my railway heart the ingenuity of these people. Thanks for sharing. ( might drop in on my next trip to Slovakia)
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It all seemed pretty normal until he was able to turn that train around by hand. Peaceful and impressive
Mis respetos para nuestros hermanos latinos rumanos. Desde España. Admirable!
Romania looks awesome
We need this kind of thing in America.
America has too much freedom for this to be allowed.
rakkrisr123 400 jealous asshats thumbed this awesome video down .
400 freedom fighters, that is...
Little Baguette They aren't tot much.... Only 4% of population😑
Ford Trainsit! Clever!
siddywiddyb მ
You have done very hard job for conversion n now you are Enjoying with your ability to reverse it thx for beautiful video 🙏🙏🇮🇳
now thats how you run a rail service, people always improvise. love it.
wow lovely countryside, beautiful Romania, love from Bharat (India)
MF’er is happy as a lark in his “Meanwhile in Romania” rail buggy.
What a beautiful place. :)
What a delightful little film.
Perfect lil life , happy & contented.
Making doo with what they have,
Functional and Simplistic. thanks
It definitely need those rear view mirrors just in case, you just never know. Beautiful.
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
I've never met him and I love him already
isn't he adorable
Next vacation: Romania...
I love the scenery and the van!
Am impressed with the old man right their you can tell that thing makes an old man feel younger again
The Countryside with the heritagic railways, beautiful.
Life so simple ! Nice place ! Nice people !
3:08 I thought he's trying to park the car but that was reverse mechanism.. wow
Вот это красота! Дедулька красавчик!
Да ты прав. я живу в Румынии, надеюсь он ещё катается яб туда съездил.
хотелось бы на таком покататься)
Respect for this Person, You are the best!
Nice, would be nice to sit next to the driver and enjoy the ride thru the mountains.
Thank you youtube algorithm for waiting 3 years to recommend me something as cool as this.. I must tell it starting to get slightly creepy though.
_Welcome to eastern europe_
Don't be daft, this is some guy's hobby, not the official transportation.
@@airspeedmph lol it's a joke dude I'm from Eastern Europe too
@@frogmanthelibertarian1482 OK, apologies then.
@@frogmanthelibertarian1482 please be politically correct :)) but it's ok...for east europeans the rule doesnt apply :))
All the best bro.
@@frogmanthelibertarian1482 Than eastern Europe it isn't much diffrent from Brazil. This is what we call "gambiarra"
Awesome , love to visit for a summer!!!
So I guess you'd call that a 4-2-0, very clever. Beautiful scenery too.
Boy, overtaking you must be something special
Pure genius
This was so cool, loved how they turned it around, neat!!
No one:
Literally nobody:
Not a single soul:
TH-cam recommendation: hey, watch this video of a car going on rail tracks.
Love the car alarm siren. 😁
Romanian commuter rail service. LOL
Too funny...The horn is made from the alarm of the van.
And it even has it's own build in turn table. LMAO!!!
I want a relationship as strong as those pieces of wood
Quite often I see the Union Pacific trucks and pickups riding the rails. But this looks more like a passenger shuttle on rails. So unique.
Wow. With railroad tracks you can really go anywhere. Zero limits.
They're not kidding when they call it a railcar! Who knew a minivan could be so cool?
well don....ROMANIA....GOOD JOB....nice hard worker people........coments...from..PAKISTAN...
That's why I love the Balkans so much
lol that's not balkans
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Nice!
Nice ! Christian Estrosi
7 v
Who needs Roads when you got Rails ??
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Wow this is such a beautiful place!!!! So prestine! I want to live here
Who in the right mind would dislike this video? This is one of the most interesting things I've ever seen lmao
it may not be preaty but it work and if it works its not stupid - ppl ingeniuit alweys welcome
Excellent ! I have never seen a highrailer mini-van in my life... Very nice ! And thats quite a nice turntable you have there !
Its beautiful
Excellent driving and oldman strong person
That driver is loving life!
Nice video, greetings from Romania :)))
Romania, a? :)))
Przyroda zajebista piękna zieleń
amazing stuff :)
HC vi kl mhc'_)(-"**:)+&+&()/!
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Sr. You are a genius... I swear I envy you so much ... I wish I was driving that minivan on those tracks ....I envy you man ....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
What a stunning looking country
Очень круто!
Muito interessante e deveria ser adotado em aqui no Brasil, com certeza teríamos menos poluição
Widać że pan maszynista kocha to co robi :) pozdrawiam
Polaczki wszędzie nawet na rumuńskim YouTubie
France: we have the most sophisticated high speed railroad in the word, providing world class service to the people who ride
Meanwhile in Romania:
I want to visit here but I know I never got chance to visit. I really enjoy video thanks to TH-cam for showing such a beautiful places.
British Rail - the brexit years. Get another two, cut the cab off one, weld in a plate, and you have a DMU.
Sounds like the 2.5 diesel, aka the bag of hammers in a cement mixer.
I can't decide whether it deserves a Darwin awards Unit Citation or a Kitbashing Nobel Prize.
😴
Definitely the kitbashing prize. That man built his own rail passenger trolley out of railyard scrap and a junkyard minivan. All of the normal van equipment worked from what I can tell and he even has a CB radio to give him warnings about other trains and requests of passengers. That amount of work and ingenuity isn't easy. And he can operate it by himself. Respect.
Reminds me of the railbuses British Rail made as an inexpensive stopgap measure to replace 1st generation DMUs called `Pacers'
They were (and are since they are still in operation) basically a bus body (Leyland National) on a freight vehicle underframe (only 4 wheels per car - no bogies).
They could operate in both directions though!
sounds very comfy
Like cine este roman
@@fallenslave6684 eu sunt englez
@Adam03200 Close enough :)
@Adam03200 Îți dăm un ”free pass”! ;)
muiie PSD
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Years ago we had a Ford minivan, so we just walked everywhere.
FORDmidble ! The romanians are inventers from generations and move to the future. Felicitari.