I'm jealous! I worked in that area 8 years ago and traversed I-15 many times between Great Falls and Helena. That rail line was out of service back then and I had always wanted to make up a rail rider cart of some sort and travel the whole length. Awesome video.
@@rustyrailrunner496: You boys need a bigger horsepowered motor on that thing! Something like a 10 or 13 horsepower Briggs & Stratton, or just buy one of those 22 horsepower Vanguard motors from Harbor Freight Tools? There wouldn't be NOTHING that could slow you boys down on that if you did. It would pull ANY hills like it wasn't even there. Great video and thanks for the awesome ride-along! More please! 😁👍
@@glenturney4750 The kart has a 10hp B&S. The problem was the gearing. I've increased the gear to 8:1. I have a short vid showing that. The closest rail for us to test on is 6hrs away, so it's kinda 'hope for the best' whenever we take a run.
This is awesome! I'm from the area. My father in law was an engineer and used to run trains on that track back in the day! I've fished and hiked all over there between Great Falls and Helena. Know that whole area like the back of my hand! Back before the railroad was around there, used to be Native American trails through those canyons, then later used by settlers headed further West! I rode my bike from GFalls to Helena and then later ran the ~90miles between the towns! My favorite place in the whole world! Railkarting looks like a ton of fun! Great video!
You may be disappointed if you watch more of them . This is one of the two best I have seen . The other was in New Zealand , no recall if north or south island .
I really enjoyed this video. Back in 2008 I made a trip to take a friend of mine to see his son in Wolf Creek. He showed us around for a couple of days and I remember thinking, "This is the most beautiful place I've ever been!" We drove a couple miles down the road over the Hardy bridge. Unbelievable scenery and I didn't want to leave. Thanks for sharing this with us.
As a Brit my favourite state has always been Montana and this video proves it. Stunning countryside. In the UK abandoned tracks would be ripped up with some becoming walking and cycling routes. Pity this route couldn't become a tourist railroad! Great video well filmed and presented
We never get chance to do this in the UK. Usually as soon as a line closes the rails and sleeper get taken for scrap. If anyone did try the police would be straight after them, unlike when a house gets burgled or car stolen where you are just given a crime number over the phone for your insurance. Loved tagging along for the ride.
Editing? It usually also concerns discovering a/v faults instead of just "placing" clips together. During editing, if SERIOUS audio faults - or in your case, almost total LACK of audio occurs, then editing should STOP. Do the video again (as in do the full rail-run again) with "fixed" equipment. Don't just give your audience a visual with stutteringly MISSING audio. That's just arrogant in the extreme. How the hell are we supposed to "know" what you said. From 8:07 to 10:16 the audio was either completely missing, or at best a complete garble of staccato blips and burps, with NOTHING legible at all !!!! After 10:17 you have several STATIONARY CAMERA (tripod & between rail clips) with FULL audio, until finally 11:04 your hand-held camera ACTUALLY STARTED recording audio ? OMG.. That was until you LH mic collapsed at 11:57 with the RH mic following shortly after at 12:04 & went back to crappy haphazard audio again. I'm thinking VIDEO HOLDER MAN, was putting his big thumb over the mic vents, eliminating most of the full-noise audio. There were a few bumps and rail noises, but zip all of anything else. I have given up watching this "so-called" edited crap, (at 12:34) as it wasn't edited, it was just strung along one clip after the other, with ZERO editing to ensure the audio was there.
@@QUIXNZ I suppose you wrote all that thinking my brother would think it useful. You seemed to feel obligated to present unwanted critique of his work. I viewed your channel and found no good example to your ‘work’.
@@QUIXNZ REALLY!!! My goodness. Why such criticism! This video was a fascinating ride through a rarely seen area. Mute the audio if you don't like it, and enjoy the visuals. . . In keeping with your practice of offering unsolicited information, I'll offer mine: I intentionally play most trekking and project completion videos at 2X speed, mute the audio, and slow things down, sometimes down to 1/4 speed, if there is something I am interested in the detail of. For example, I slowed my replay of the encounter with the fishermen down to normal speed, so I could listen to the exchanged conversation. . . Just a thought. . . You know, with all your editing skills, you could make the video play backwards, and make the audio play backwards too, and then we can all find out if @Rusty Rail Runner has any hidden messages somehow blended into all the '"so-called" edited crap" as you deemed it, just like the idiots did in playing the Beetles' music backwards. . . I see a whole new channel for you of your own creation where you "properly" edit other people's content. . . Just imagine the possibilities!!!!!! . . . Take care
its not only "unabandoned, its private property and these guy are trespassers on it. And dam lucky ones at that given what knotbumper said about its active status. How fast do you think these trespassers would have sued the rightful owner if they'd encountered a train during their "adventure?
Brings back memories - back in 1960s when I was teenager I made a double-lipped wheel to attach in front my bicycle that kept the front wheel centered on the single track - worked best when I pedaled slowly, and better in theory than in practice - ha!
Suggestion: --- Use to track audio mixing for your TH-cam video --- Track.1. Motor car audio ( at greatly reduce audio level) Track.2. Your commentary along the way (at higher level Dove in after the fact) I like your home brew motorcar, it's your channels so you do what you need to do, my thought was if you had a good understandable commentary the trip experience for your subscribers would be enhanced.
I've been watching rail cart videos for awhile been thinking about building one I'm leaning towards some kind of rubber type wheels the metal ones are very loud so far you guys have the best way to turn one around to me it's got to be as light as possible. Well done guys.
We rebuilt numerous highway bridges between Missouri Inn and Wolf Creek in the mid 90's. Great country! They were still running one train from Great Falls to Helena and back every day.
I'm glad we were able to show you some of the old track. I have a few videos from a year ago that show a portion from Pelican Point going south. I eventually want to document the whole stretch between Helena and G.F.
Over in the UK, have watched some of your vids and it’s interesting to see the places you visit and go past. Hopefully you don’t get hassled by the police, I see comments about private property and stuff and don’t know the laws over there, some of the bridges and places you’ve been, don’t look like they’d hold up a full size loco never mind a full length train, doubt they’d ever be brought back into service due to the immense cost of getting them service ready otherwise they would have kept up the maintenance. Stay safe!
You’ve got a fan here, l’m in Perth Western Australia. Great views of the river. Most of these railways went alongside rivers as a water source for the steam locomotives. Great for tourism now. Thank you for posting.
It's not totally abandoned, BNSF uses it to store railcars when the need extra space. 2 years ago GreatFalls Tribune had a big story about it when people were complaining.
This looks so much like fun.............The Scenery is just breath taking...Most Excellent Video..............JB............p/s.............you forgot your fishing poles..........hahahah..........
Thank you for this video. Sweet scenery. Seats look comfy. Too bad about the bent axle, I hope you can manage to fix it without too much trouble or expense. Subscribed.
Looks like a lot of fun! 1. What do you do when trees or rockslides cover the track? 2. What do you do when the vehicle fails 30 miles from nowhere? 3. Do the police ever stop you for tresspassing?
It is a lot of fun! I’ve only come across 1 tree that was too big to cut down. I have a winch on the front and I can get around obstacles as long they’re not too big. As a rule of thumb, we go up hill first. That way we can coast back if we have to. I’ve been warned the sheriff will boot us off the tracks if we’re caught. It hasn’t happened yet. Cross our fingers.
Wow! How blessed you are. And thank you for sharing. I've also enjoyed the many comments and experiences that others have shared. Sadly, there are always the few who can't help but throw in their negativity rather than sitting back and enjoying what they themselves will likely never experience. Oh well... such is life, I guess. Some people spread the joy and others the misery. Just subcribed and notice you've shared many more. Thanks.
That looks like a lot of fun!! rail sweeps is a good idea. Also, if you’re going to run a 1 inch axle with that much weight, you might want to think about adding outside reinforcements to keep the axles from bending just an idea!!
that bent axle would drive me nutty. kinda wonder if part of a small innertube stretched tight over the wheels would cut down on noise a bit. id keep the gas engine and maybe add a hybrid option. it would be nice to have a quieter ride but with bears around it is a good idea to be noisy.
120422/1531h PST 🇺🇸 Good day gentlemen. It was nice viewing the ride on the home made locomotive device on railway tracks. It’d have been more enjoyable if a brief description could be spoken, as to how the system was built, what type of drive mechanism was installed, what type of power supply was used, if it is and ICE engine or powered by flooded traction batteries or LiFePo4 batteries, what’s the breaking system etc etc. I did not see a safety restraint system on both passengers, which’s highly necessary on any moving vehicle. If it was adopted, it was not noticeable and my apology. Gentlemen, we are eager to hear from you. Thank you for taking time to exhibit your engineering skills. Best wishes. 73s…
Hey guys, I think you have given me idea's. I have a big shop, and know how to weld and fabricate metal, for 45 years. I could see me doin this. Thanks yall, from Kentucky.
This looks like the old Great Northern route from Helena to Great Falls, which would now be owned by BNSF. If I recall correctly, Helena and Butte (a huge copper mining town) were the only Montana towns to be served by all three of the major railroads crossing the state...Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee.
@@SteveAdlard Good call, Stephen. Around 5 to 10 years ago I attended a combined annual meeting of the Milwaukee and UP historical societies. Despite the Milwaukee having a smaller footprint in the west and it being gone for years, most of the people I met there were from the Milwaukee side. What I really want to get to, hoping you can shed some light on this, is the most fascinating presentation regarding railroad history that I've ever seen. Years before, a fellow and his friend took a speeder car trip along parts of the abandoned Milwaukee line, in Montana and possibly Idaho..quite a lengthy trip. It was really an amazing adventure with various problems and situations encountered along the way. Do you know anything about this? I wish I would have gotten the fellows name...it would be great to have his adventure on TH-cam.
@@rustyrailrunner496: I hope you make much more cool vids like this one. I like tagging along on your trip! My Mom and her parents and siblings are from Butte. Beautiful state. Thanks again for the ride along. 😁👍
Cool video! That would be a great time. Always want to join one of those Putt Putt clubs and buy a unit but it turns out that they have quite a price tag attached to them. Even the junkers are spendy.
when I lived in that area I always wanted to walk that rail line and fish as much of the Prickly pear creek as possible, I've fished a little bit of it and have caught some BIG trout.
The proper term is embargo, not abandoned. In certain instances the carrier leaves the line intact for possible future use. The ties and bridge don't look that bad on film but I would have to inspect the line in person to make a valid opinion. Do you have any idea when the last time this line was used? This was an enjoyable film.
Gary, I was thinking that save for a little bit of brush encroachment when the fishermen were encountered and the frequent evidence of rockfall onto the tracks, this line does not look very disused. While watching, I was thinking perhaps this was a spur to a recently closed mine or something like that.
I think this line is owned by the great northern railroad and they are still in business and this line is maintained for whatever reason but now the cats out of the bag and one showed your face on video IMO Not smart . You could get a knock on you door at any time in future. Videos are fun till the long arm of the law comes down on you. Good luck I don’t recommend doing any more cause reading the comments you are going to do more up there they will be waiting. All those lines in MT And elsewhere are still one by corporations are not abondon and any with knowledge would no the based on the condition of the rails. Again god luck on you future films .
@@rustyrailrunner496: TOO bad they didn't have a rubber sleeve over them, the ride would be much smoother and quieter for you fellas. Just a thought. 😁👍
Your setting on at the Seiben crossing, not "Steffen". If your spotted going thru Wolf Creek, you'll have the Lewis and Clark County sheriff waiting for you at the crossing in Craig! Want to know how I know this? Please contact me via the email in my channel profile. Be safe on the rails!
I wish I could do this in my country, we have over 1000 km near me of abandoned rail line, But the states still own the line even though it hasnt been used in decades....
...I am watching this video 12 months later: have you had the bent front axle straightened yet? My OCD wouldn't allow me to put up with that happening all of the time. Anyway; I'm loving the journey you are on and I am very envious. I live in Australia: nothing like this here, as far as I know. Keep it up. 🙂
Some great video boys! It's really pretty out there. I must admit, I've never been. Are there safe place to camp out that way. I have a small 18 foot camper trailer and would like to explore that area someday. I live in Nashua, NH and winter down here in South Florida. My camper stays north and basically I bought it for a "get-out" vehicle. A full tank of fuel and two 5 gallons of fuel will get me into Canada with some fuel left over for my Vespa Scooter. The 2010 Ford F-150 V-8 is a gas hog. But the truck gives a nice ride.
Be careful everyone. This railroad is BNSF and is out of service, not abandoned. If you get busted on a motorcar trespassing, the consequences are NOT a slap on the wrist. Find somewhere else to run your machines.
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while! Fyi, I subscribed however I'm unable to use notifications because TH-cam this this content is for kids!! It says content for kids has the notifications disabled. Never seen that before.
MY I DO SAY TO BOTH OF YOU YOUNG MEN WHAT A VIDEO I DID SO ENJOY AND HOPE THAT I SEE MORE IN THE FUTURE AND AGAIN THANK YOU. ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN
Thanks for the young men part. Just know my brother is 2 years, 2 days older than me. We plan to go back to Ocotillo, CA to run the Carrizo Gorge RR sometime soon. Thanks for watching. greg
Really cool would love to do this would love to build one of my own love the way you built your cart nice comfortable seats with the motor behind you so you're not sucking up the fumes only have one concern your axle system needs some upgrading that front one is clearly wobbling bad just use much thicker Steel I know it's probably a cost issue but other than that it's awesome the only thing I would think about doing is putting some sort of rubber on the wheels so it's quieter and more traction but thinking it through I certainly wouldn't want to smell them if they started to burn that would be a mistake we're some investigation though don't you think or some super hard plastics you could have the machined like dolorin I'm sure that's not spelled correctly but you get my idea if you build stuff this think like the wheels on a roller coaster far you could even have one of those people who owns their own digital printer or 3D printer make the wheels just for more pleasurable ride either way too cool thanks a lot I really enjoyed it
Those plants between and along both sides of that track can be used to make tea that is safe to drink or as a material to make an organic dye. The only difference there is that you boil most of the water from the tea until it thickens up. No other chemicals are needed. The plants that I am referring to are those with the long, wide, and fuzzy leaves known as mullin.
@@AYY116 This is one time that I know what I am talking about. That is not marijuana. That is mullen and is used in Appalachia as an ingredient in making tea for a sore throat. My great grandmother who had a close relative in the Cherokee people taught my great grandmother about that sort of thing early last century.
How did you bend your axel? that must been a odd ride from then on. Is your rail cart gas or electric?, and did you meet any wild life along the way,? except the 2 fishermen. How long was this ride in total? I'm smiling, so happy that you shared this trip, I love the scenery and clackaty clack. Hope you do more trips, after you fix the axel... All my best
I fly fished alot on wolf creek & the Missouri river from Holter lake to Craig & Walker those tracks alot as a kid camping & fishing the area. Some of those tracks have been unused for 50 years
Talk about time well spent this is awesome I'm truly jealous I saw this when I was a kid and I'm 51 now they were in the Deep Fern country in Oregon or Washington in it I always wanted to do that sometimes they had to stop with chainsaws and clear the track it was an adventure
The moving cars and trucks on highway along the track really gives sigh of relief...we aren't alone....👍 Beautifully videographed... good landscape..were u equipped with some communication network?
Oh I would have to fix that bouncing I love a kidney or bladder infection it sure as we're breathing and if you've ever had one of those that's not fun had one when I was younger it was like someone kicking me in the junk on a regular basis down to my knees every time everyone's built differently you know one day I'm going to do this you guys are inspiring me
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I'm jealous! I worked in that area 8 years ago and traversed I-15 many times between Great Falls and Helena. That rail line was out of service back then and I had always wanted to make up a rail rider cart of some sort and travel the whole length. Awesome video.
Thanks
Friends of mine have done that.
@@rustyrailrunner496: You boys need a bigger horsepowered motor on that thing! Something like a 10 or 13 horsepower Briggs & Stratton, or just buy one of those 22 horsepower Vanguard motors from Harbor Freight Tools? There wouldn't be NOTHING that could slow you boys down on that if you did. It would pull ANY hills like it wasn't even there. Great video and thanks for the awesome ride-along! More please!
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@@glenturney4750 The kart has a 10hp B&S. The problem was the gearing. I've increased the gear to 8:1. I have a short vid showing that. The closest rail for us to test on is 6hrs away, so it's kinda 'hope for the best' whenever we take a run.
>>I had always wanted to make up a rail rider cart of some sort and travel the whole length.
This is awesome! I'm from the area. My father in law was an engineer and used to run trains on that track back in the day! I've fished and hiked all over there between Great Falls and Helena. Know that whole area like the back of my hand! Back before the railroad was around there, used to be Native American trails through those canyons, then later used by settlers headed further West! I rode my bike from GFalls to Helena and then later ran the ~90miles between the towns! My favorite place in the whole world!
Railkarting looks like a ton of fun! Great video!
Thank you for the back story. I hope more people will read it!
Grande video 👍
This is the first time I have seen riding abandoned tracks. I had not even heard of it. I so enjoyed it. I would love to do that.
You may be disappointed if you watch more of them . This is one of the two best I have seen . The other was in New Zealand , no recall if north or south island .
I really enjoyed this video. Back in 2008 I made a trip to take a friend of mine to see his son in Wolf Creek. He showed us around for a couple of days and I remember thinking, "This is the most beautiful place I've ever been!" We drove a couple miles down the road over the Hardy bridge. Unbelievable scenery and I didn't want to leave. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Our next trip will to Ocotillo, CA.
As a Brit my favourite state has always been Montana and this video proves it. Stunning countryside. In the UK abandoned tracks would be ripped up with some becoming walking and cycling routes. Pity this route couldn't become a tourist railroad! Great video well filmed and presented
Thanks!
We never get chance to do this in the UK. Usually as soon as a line closes the rails and sleeper get taken for scrap. If anyone did try the police would be straight after them, unlike when a house gets burgled or car stolen where you are just given a crime number over the phone for your insurance.
Loved tagging along for the ride.
Same thing here in India also.
I want to thank my brother, Bryce, for editing many hours of video and making this really awesome video.
Editing?
It usually also concerns discovering a/v faults instead of just "placing" clips together.
During editing, if SERIOUS audio faults - or in your case, almost total LACK of audio occurs, then editing should STOP.
Do the video again (as in do the full rail-run again) with "fixed" equipment.
Don't just give your audience a visual with stutteringly MISSING audio.
That's just arrogant in the extreme.
How the hell are we supposed to "know" what you said.
From 8:07 to 10:16 the audio was either completely missing, or at best a complete garble of staccato blips and burps, with NOTHING legible at all !!!!
After 10:17 you have several STATIONARY CAMERA (tripod & between rail clips) with FULL audio, until finally 11:04 your hand-held camera ACTUALLY STARTED recording audio ?
OMG..
That was until you LH mic collapsed at 11:57 with the RH mic following shortly after at 12:04 & went back to crappy haphazard audio again.
I'm thinking VIDEO HOLDER MAN, was putting his big thumb over the mic vents, eliminating most of the full-noise audio.
There were a few bumps and rail noises, but zip all of anything else.
I have given up watching this "so-called" edited crap, (at 12:34) as it wasn't edited, it was just strung along one clip after the other, with ZERO editing to ensure the audio was there.
@@QUIXNZ I suppose you wrote all that thinking my brother would think it useful. You seemed to feel obligated to present unwanted critique of his work. I viewed your channel and found no good example to your ‘work’.
@@QUIXNZ REALLY!!! My goodness. Why such criticism! This video was a fascinating ride through a rarely seen area. Mute the audio if you don't like it, and enjoy the visuals. . . In keeping with your practice of offering unsolicited information, I'll offer mine: I intentionally play most trekking and project completion videos at 2X speed, mute the audio, and slow things down, sometimes down to 1/4 speed, if there is something I am interested in the detail of. For example, I slowed my replay of the encounter with the fishermen down to normal speed, so I could listen to the exchanged conversation. . . Just a thought. . . You know, with all your editing skills, you could make the video play backwards, and make the audio play backwards too, and then we can all find out if @Rusty Rail Runner has any hidden messages somehow blended into all the '"so-called" edited crap" as you deemed it, just like the idiots did in playing the Beetles' music backwards. . . I see a whole new channel for you of your own creation where you "properly" edit other people's content. . . Just imagine the possibilities!!!!!! . . . Take care
I saw your 2 videos on your channel. Have you stopped taking your medication?
Great editing job. Wonderful “B”reel action. Very entertaining
Beautiful. The rail & railway seem excellent. Dunno how it is that such beautiful engineering should be abandoned.
It is not abandoned. 2 weeks ago, they pushed a cut of cars through there.
Montana is beautiful country!
its not only "unabandoned, its private property and these guy are trespassers on it. And dam lucky ones at that given what knotbumper said about its active status. How fast do you think these trespassers would have sued the rightful owner if they'd encountered a train during their "adventure?
You should have rail sweeps to push small rocks off the railhead and flangeway. It will make for a much smoother ride.
Brings back memories - back in 1960s when I was teenager I made a double-lipped wheel to attach in front my bicycle that kept the front wheel centered on the single track - worked best when I pedaled slowly, and better in theory than in practice - ha!
Good thing all these KARENS show up to warn us of possible trespassing!
Thank you ladies, but I'll take my chances
Suggestion: --- Use to track audio mixing for your TH-cam video ---
Track.1. Motor car audio ( at greatly reduce audio level)
Track.2. Your commentary along the way (at higher level Dove in after the fact)
I like your home brew motorcar, it's your channels so you do what you need to do, my thought was if you had a good understandable commentary the trip experience for your subscribers would be enhanced.
Beautiful scenery, I'm in Florida and have not seen mountains in years. I have driven to Canada and California, but that was over 20 years ago!
Nice , can’t believe you didn’t bring your fishing rods . Great fishing along there . Thanks for the video and until we meet again .
Happy Trails
I've been watching rail cart videos for awhile been thinking about building one I'm leaning towards some kind of rubber type wheels the metal ones are very loud so far you guys have the best way to turn one around to me it's got to be as light as possible. Well done guys.
Agreed. I much prefer rails to trails to unused bike or wheeler paths. Up here in MN would be great especially as a disabled vet like me.
This is amazing on so many levels. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
This is freakin' great, doing this is on my bucket list.
Ditto
Amaizing how well those tracks are. Rails kinda polished, none of it even needs tamping.
Great video, just found your channel, I’ve been watching archiemoreno and Littlefox all weekend.
Wow really captivated after the first 10 minutes this is a great idea I've ridden on a Mt. Bike many miles on old rr line but this...this!!
oh man how cool is this? I remember driving truck through here when the line was still active
We rebuilt numerous highway bridges between Missouri Inn and Wolf Creek in the mid 90's. Great country! They were still running one train from Great Falls to Helena and back every day.
I made quite a few runs on this track in the late 70s and early 80s as an engineer. Even a couple of Amtrak detours. Nice to see it again!
I'm glad we were able to show you some of the old track. I have a few videos from a year ago that show a portion from Pelican Point going south. I eventually want to document the whole stretch between Helena and G.F.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and thank you for the ride through the wonderful and most peaceful countryside. God Bless
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Over in the UK, have watched some of your vids and it’s interesting to see the places you visit and go past. Hopefully you don’t get hassled by the police, I see comments about private property and stuff and don’t know the laws over there, some of the bridges and places you’ve been, don’t look like they’d hold up a full size loco never mind a full length train, doubt they’d ever be brought back into service due to the immense cost of getting them service ready otherwise they would have kept up the maintenance. Stay safe!
We like to operate on its better to ask forgiveness than permission. We always put safety third. Tends to be more of an adventure that way.
Just say you an tecnican on inspectiontour ☝️🧐👍
@@GpunktHartman A friend of mine actually had a shirt made that said "Rail Inspector"on the back.
They still run some trains on those tracks. They are safe.
@@RRaucina NO active train line is "safe" to operate on without the knowledge and permission of its owner
Great footage and well edited. Great to see two mates doing this sort of thing. Loved it. Cheers 🍺👍🍷🇦🇺
That’s my brother. One of 5.
Wow, my father also had five brothers. All born two years apart. 🦡
ABSOLUTELY, UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY FASCINATING!
Thanks. It's a lot of fun!
That is one of the neatest videos I have ever seen. It's very peaceful and I would love to do it.
Thank you! I’m moving to Montana soon. Planning on becoming a dental floss tycoon.
Ride out on the border line on your pygmy pony?
I've always wanted to be a spatula salesman at Spatula City.
You’ve got a fan here, l’m in Perth Western Australia. Great views of the river. Most of these railways went alongside rivers as a water source for the steam locomotives. Great for tourism now. Thank you for posting.
Great trex I been wanting to build one for years now ..thanks for the great video
Man, that’s one cold blooded cool thing to do. A no traffic highway. Good work. Rig one up to take passengers for hire. I’d pay.
It's not totally abandoned, BNSF uses it to store railcars when the need extra space. 2 years ago GreatFalls Tribune had a big story about it when people were complaining.
So you got the railroads permission then? If not you just posted a clip trespassing.
this looks so much fun. Scenery is beautiful.
That looks like a lot of fun. When I lived in MT as a child we just jumped on a train passing through town and rode that way. lol
First part: why is your camera so far away from the guys preparing the rail cart.. Later portions? "Breathtaking views. Love it!!
This looks so much like fun.............The Scenery is just breath taking...Most Excellent Video..............JB............p/s.............you forgot your fishing poles..........hahahah..........
Used to drive the canyon several times a week and didnt think the tracks were intact.
We lived close to wolf creek.
Cool !
Thanks for the ride along. Wish I was with you.
Thank you for this video. Sweet scenery. Seats look comfy. Too bad about the bent axle, I hope you can manage to fix it without too much trouble or expense.
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The seats are out of a Lincoln Navigator. The axle is just 1” cold rolled steel. Not terribly expensive. Glad you liked the video. thanks
Looks like you need to straighten that axel. Regardless, it looks like fun. Also, you can make good rail wheels out of go cart rims.
Looks like a lot of fun!
1. What do you do when trees or rockslides cover the track?
2. What do you do when the vehicle fails 30 miles from nowhere?
3. Do the police ever stop you for tresspassing?
It is a lot of fun!
I’ve only come across 1 tree that was too big to cut down. I have a winch on the front and I can get around obstacles as long they’re not too big.
As a rule of thumb, we go up hill first. That way we can coast back if we have to.
I’ve been warned the sheriff will boot us off the tracks if we’re caught. It hasn’t happened yet. Cross our fingers.
@@rustyrailrunner496 "sheriff will boot us off the tracks" and the RR police may give you a $1400 trespassing ticket, but rare.
Wow! How blessed you are. And thank you for sharing. I've also enjoyed the many comments and experiences that others have shared. Sadly, there are always the few who can't help but throw in their negativity rather than sitting back and enjoying what they themselves will likely never experience. Oh well... such is life, I guess. Some people spread the joy and others the misery. Just subcribed and notice you've shared many more. Thanks.
I can't tell you how fun it is! I've been building and modifying the karts for 2 years. Each trip shows me parts that need improvement. Thanks!
That looks like a lot of fun!! rail sweeps is a good idea. Also, if you’re going to run a 1 inch axle with that much weight, you might want to think about adding outside reinforcements to keep the axles from bending just an idea!!
that bent axle would drive me nutty. kinda wonder if part of a small innertube stretched tight over the wheels would cut down on noise a bit. id keep the gas engine and maybe add a hybrid option. it would be nice to have a quieter ride but with bears around it is a good idea to be noisy.
Hybrid! Are you for real
Absolutely gorgeous scenery.
120422/1531h PST 🇺🇸 Good day gentlemen. It was nice viewing the ride on the home made locomotive device on railway tracks.
It’d have been more enjoyable if a brief description could be spoken, as to how the system was built, what type of drive mechanism was installed, what type of power supply was used, if it is and ICE engine or powered by flooded traction batteries or LiFePo4 batteries, what’s the breaking system etc etc. I did not see a safety restraint system on both passengers, which’s highly necessary on any moving vehicle. If it was adopted, it was not noticeable and my apology.
Gentlemen, we are eager to hear from you.
Thank you for taking time to exhibit your engineering skills. Best wishes. 73s…
He said, "Screw the safety restraint systems"!
This looks like so much fun. All the unused rail lines in Massachusetts are turned into bike rail trails.
Same in Wyoming. Rails to Trails is the boon to mankind!
@@rustyrailrunner496 sad to see torn up rails for bike trail use,
That looks like so much fun. Thanks for the video.
Cool ride,wish I was there. Hello from Texas
Just plain epic.!!
Thanks for sharing
pretty country! Thanks for the ride along!
Hell, I'd pay good money for this trip...
Wish I could take such ride someday...best wishes from India..
Hey guys, I think you have given me idea's. I have a big shop, and know how to weld and fabricate metal, for 45 years. I could see me doin this. Thanks yall, from Kentucky.
This looks like the old Great Northern route from Helena to Great Falls, which would now be owned by BNSF. If I recall correctly, Helena and Butte (a huge copper mining town) were the only Montana towns to be served by all three of the major railroads crossing the state...Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee.
Thanks for the info. I have a lot of people ask.
is it true? Charlie Bennett single handedly put Milwaukee Road out of business?
Milwaukee did not go to Helena, Butte and Great falls yes
@@SteveAdlard Good call, Stephen. Around 5 to 10 years ago I attended a combined annual meeting of the Milwaukee and UP historical societies. Despite the Milwaukee having a smaller footprint in the west and it being gone for years, most of the people I met there were from the Milwaukee side. What I really want to get to, hoping you can shed some light on this, is the most fascinating presentation regarding railroad history that I've ever seen. Years before, a fellow and his friend took a speeder car trip along parts of the abandoned Milwaukee line, in Montana and possibly Idaho..quite a lengthy trip. It was really an amazing adventure with various problems and situations encountered along the way. Do you know anything about this? I wish I would have gotten the fellows name...it would be great to have his adventure on TH-cam.
@@rustyrailrunner496: I hope you make much more cool vids like this one. I like tagging along on your trip! My Mom and her parents and siblings are from Butte. Beautiful state. Thanks again for the ride along. 😁👍
Cool video! That would be a great time. Always want to join one of those Putt Putt clubs and buy a unit but it turns out that they have quite a price tag attached to them. Even the junkers are spendy.
when I lived in that area I always wanted to walk that rail line and fish as much of the Prickly pear creek as possible, I've fished a little bit of it and have caught some BIG trout.
The proper term is embargo, not abandoned. In certain instances the carrier leaves the line intact for possible future use. The ties and bridge don't look that bad on film but I would have to inspect the line in person to make a valid opinion. Do you have any idea when the last time this line was used? This was an enjoyable film.
Gary, I was thinking that save for a little bit of brush encroachment when the fishermen were encountered and the frequent evidence of rockfall onto the tracks, this line does not look very disused. While watching, I was thinking perhaps this was a spur to a recently closed mine or something like that.
I think this line is owned by the great northern railroad and they are still in business and this line is maintained for whatever reason but now the cats out of the bag and one showed your face on video IMO Not smart . You could get a knock on you door at any time in future. Videos are fun till the long arm of the law comes down on you. Good luck I don’t recommend doing any more cause reading the comments you are going to do more up there they will be waiting. All those lines in MT And elsewhere are still one by corporations are not abondon and any with knowledge would no the based on the condition of the rails. Again god luck on you future films .
No trains in a very long time but I’ve seen this line for the last 24 years and always looks maintained.
Such a beautiful state! Thanks for the share would love to ride those rails one day. What wheels are you using and where did you find them?
The wheels are from Hamilton Casting.
@@rustyrailrunner496: TOO bad they didn't have a rubber sleeve over them, the ride would be much smoother and quieter for you fellas. Just a thought.
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I'd like to see you run across Homestake from Whitehall to Butte.
That’s one of the trips we’re going to do next spring.
Walked a lot of that.lots of rock slides and buried rail
Your setting on at the Seiben crossing, not "Steffen". If your spotted going thru Wolf Creek, you'll have the Lewis and Clark County sheriff waiting for you at the crossing in Craig! Want to know how I know this? Please contact me via the email in my channel profile. Be safe on the rails!
I might know.
fill me in please, where is this line at? I assume it has to be abandoned?
@@rodneydaub3812 Its out of service is my guess, if it was abandoned they would have removed the crossbucks at the crossings.
I wish I could do this in my country, we have over 1000 km near me of abandoned rail line, But the states still own the line even though it hasnt been used in decades....
...I am watching this video 12 months later: have you had the bent front axle straightened yet? My OCD wouldn't allow me to put up with that happening all of the time. Anyway; I'm loving the journey you are on and I am very envious. I live in Australia: nothing like this here, as far as I know. Keep it up. 🙂
Can,t go there, but visited, all your enthusiatic efforts, we enjoy equally
This was a great adventure to be sure! Very interesting idea and simple fabrication and materials. 📕
Some great video boys! It's really pretty out there. I must admit, I've never been. Are there safe place to camp out that way. I have a small 18 foot camper trailer and would like to explore that area someday. I live in Nashua, NH and winter down here in South Florida. My camper stays north and basically I bought it for a "get-out" vehicle. A full tank of fuel and two 5 gallons of fuel will get me into Canada with some fuel left over for my Vespa Scooter. The 2010 Ford F-150 V-8 is a gas hog. But the truck gives a nice ride.
My best friend, Super! Looked, very interesting! I liked your work! I enjoyed watch your video. Thanks!
Be careful everyone. This railroad is BNSF and is out of service, not abandoned. If you get busted on a motorcar trespassing, the consequences are NOT a slap on the wrist. Find somewhere else to run your machines.
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while! Fyi, I subscribed however I'm unable to use notifications because TH-cam this this content is for kids!! It says content for kids has the notifications disabled. Never seen that before.
Thanks. I’ll check into the notification thing.
OK, that was a fun video. Thanks fort the look.
Looks like the rail line they used in a "A River Runs Through It".
MY I DO SAY TO BOTH OF YOU YOUNG MEN WHAT A VIDEO I DID SO ENJOY AND HOPE THAT I SEE MORE IN THE FUTURE AND AGAIN THANK YOU. ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN
Thanks for the young men part. Just know my brother is 2 years, 2 days older than me. We plan to go back to Ocotillo, CA to run the Carrizo Gorge RR sometime soon. Thanks for watching. greg
Really cool would love to do this would love to build one of my own love the way you built your cart nice comfortable seats with the motor behind you so you're not sucking up the fumes only have one concern your axle system needs some upgrading that front one is clearly wobbling bad just use much thicker Steel I know it's probably a cost issue but other than that it's awesome the only thing I would think about doing is putting some sort of rubber on the wheels so it's quieter and more traction but thinking it through I certainly wouldn't want to smell them if they started to burn that would be a mistake we're some investigation though don't you think or some super hard plastics you could have the machined like dolorin I'm sure that's not spelled correctly but you get my idea if you build stuff this think like the wheels on a roller coaster far you could even have one of those people who owns their own digital printer or 3D printer make the wheels just for more pleasurable ride either way too cool thanks a lot I really enjoyed it
Runaway rail cart on a steep grade!..Now that's adventure..
Lol. I’m really glad I have a brake!
That is so Great! I love Montana.!
very fun and loved the view thanks
Looks beautiful.
needs a small trailer carrying a Canadian canoe or a small inflatable for the fishing.
I would make some kind of rubber tires for that noise thing.
Those plants between and along both sides of that track can be used to make tea that is safe to drink or as a material to make an organic dye. The only difference there is that you boil most of the water from the tea until it thickens up. No other chemicals are needed. The plants that I am referring to are those with the long, wide, and fuzzy leaves known as mullin.
Paul, u silly rabbit 🐰 🐰 u don't drink it, u smoke it. It's called '' Wacky Weed ''.
@@AYY116 This is one time that I know what I am talking about. That is not marijuana. That is mullen and is used in Appalachia as an ingredient in making tea for a sore throat. My great grandmother who had a close relative in the Cherokee people taught my great grandmother about that sort of thing early last century.
Sometimes called Indian tobacco. It's plentiful in Washington state.
What you get from those at the tracks are CREOSOTE tea. Not a good idea.
@@RRaucina Not according to what I have been taught.
How did you bend your axel? that must been a odd ride from then on. Is your rail cart gas or electric?, and did you meet any wild life along the way,? except the 2 fishermen. How long was this ride in total? I'm smiling, so happy that you shared this trip, I love the scenery and clackaty clack. Hope you do more trips, after you fix the axel... All my best
Thanks, that was apretty ride. Hope the axle fix is simple. Boe
I fly fished alot on wolf creek & the Missouri river from Holter lake to Craig & Walker those tracks alot as a kid camping & fishing the area. Some of those tracks have been unused for 50 years
Man oh man do II love this. My brother is a real RR buff. I can just see him and I setten where you two are. How do you bend an axle?
After we bent two axles we went to chromoly. Worked great. Lighter and never bent another one.
It shakes because the axles are bent. Check it at 13:43.
Thanks. Every trip presents it’s challenges.
This is done a lot in south east Asia. Carry whole families on big pallets. Called bamboo trains.
That looked like a lot of fun!
It is!
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I fished there.
I just read that there are over 140,000 mi of abandoned railways in the U.S. wow...
Need a better grade of steel for your axle. I didn't notice if you had any type of headlights on your railcart.
I’m using a 1” cold roll. We had a mishap, human error that bent the axle, otherwise they work fine.
Sorry to see that you cut out going thru Wolf Creek...was born and raised there.
Didn't mean to do that. We had a little trouble getting through Wolf Creek. We had to change tracks. Took a lot of doing.
Talk about time well spent this is awesome I'm truly jealous I saw this when I was a kid and I'm 51 now they were in the Deep Fern country in Oregon or Washington in it I always wanted to do that sometimes they had to stop with chainsaws and clear the track it was an adventure
Electric hub motors ,lipo batteries, solar and regenerative charger as well as plug in ...miles of adventure
The moving cars and trucks on highway along the track really gives sigh of relief...we aren't alone....👍 Beautifully videographed... good landscape..were u equipped with some communication network?
Thanks! We had cell service to entire trip.
Oh I would have to fix that bouncing I love a kidney or bladder infection it sure as we're breathing and if you've ever had one of those that's not fun had one when I was younger it was like someone kicking me in the junk on a regular basis down to my knees every time everyone's built differently you know one day I'm going to do this you guys are inspiring me
ever looked at using those tractor rollers with hard rubber like used on tanks .
Seems like a lightweight unit with a tiny quiet engine would be best. 3 wheels would be enough
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