I ended up here somehow? and stayed to watch. I like train history, but don't go looking for it. Why I stayed is because the video was so well done. You don't find all that many vids that are well put together-they have an actual "intent" and they stick to expanding the story in a logical, easy to understand manner, with short comprehensive "shots" that keep the interest going. Very nicely done.
As a bicycle enthusiast, the first thing I thought of is making a modern Velocipy using modern electric pedal assist technology. Imagine how peaceful it would be to ride by yourself through some scenic canyons and mountains in Colorado.
Buena Vista to Leadville might be a start...abandoned, unused track....I've hiked those rails north a few miles, from Buena Vista to the railroad bridge over the Arkansas River and the exact same thought came to me...how relaxing to pedal or motorize yourself through that pristine mountain scenery!
I just want to point out that I only found this after seeing a vid of someones diy bike speeder for riding rails. Had a swing out arm for lining up the other rail from his bike.
@@robertallen6710 Since I made my original post about having an electric Velocipy I discovered that there's a place in Boulder Nevada that offers just that. An electric rail-kart tour..
@@Zer0cul0 saw that exact same post this morning,think it would be a great hobby.The local railway authority in Fort Erie Ontario(by the peace Bridge) might have other ideas though.They keep a close watch.
I worked for the NYNH$H RR now MTA in Stamford CT. I worked the Power dept. I was a class A lineman, groundman and forman. I drove the highway rail trucks from 1974 to 2008 when I retired. I had to go to school to learn the rules of the road and get a class 2 licence, now a CDL before I could drive on the tracks, I enjoyed this video immensely, brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks so much for posting.
I really like the fact that you have sections of your railway open to the public that really keeps the love of railroading alive. very informative video.
Mark, thank you for an excellent documentary. There is no unwanted music, no fellows with nose-rings drinking beer and talking rubbish. This is an example of a PERFECT documentary. A hundred years of railroad history revealed in 7.09 minutes. Well done !
I came here randomly and stayed to the end. Thank you for spending my time "efficiently" You covered a lot of info quickly and interestingly. You are very easy to listen to. Very enjoyable and informative. Thank you ! ! ! (from AUSTRALIA)
Thank you for a refreshingly Concise and informative video. No goofy background music no long laborious introduction. Just the facts ma’am..... beautiful.
I grew up watching the trains go by and that once every couple of years a speeder went by was "the talk" for a few days. Thanks for a nice presentation.
In Orrville, Ohio there's a club that will offer rides on rail Speeders for Boy Scouts and other groups. I went with my son and a bunch of kids and their parents. I was given the chance to ride in an SW9 switch engine. The rides were on a spur the went from the main line into a factory area in Orrville.
As a kid living by the railroad tracks, w saw what we called Jiggers. They were enclosed. In later years when living in NW Ontario in the 60's I was in remote areas and got to ride in jiggers with the what they called the signal maintainers for the CNR. thank you, brought back great memories
Very nice, informative, and educational video, shot in a gorgeous area of our country. Thanks for posting it...a lot of people will find it helpful in learning all about railroads! 😃👌
Thank you for the education about railroad history, I just happened to watch the video of the 4 retired friends that did South America railroad bike journey
120522/0607h PST 🇺🇸 Thank you very much, Sir. The explanation was admirable. Very eloquently spoken and made people understand the intricate evolution of Railway inspection vehicles. Bravo.
I was at the museum two years ago! As kids we use to steal the speeder and run up and down the tracks with it .. always putting it back and making sure it was clean .. they never caught us! LOL
Riding the train, I had always wondered why every so often there were sections of rail at 90 degrees to the main track. According to my grandfather and father, those sections were for "parking" the speeders when a train passed. They were light enough to be moved by hand on and off the rail. Great series! Thanks!
@@keithlucas6260 You can still get the clickity clack on the Santa Cruz to Corumba train (if you're ever down there). I road that train two years ago and it was wonderful!
As a fellow railfan, I have often wondered about the use of rail bikes and speeders. Today, this video popped up and answered my questions and more! Thanks! I hope to visit this place in Ely soon!👍👍
I went to Ely one time with my Dad. While there isn't a lot going on there, it was one of my favorite trips of all time. We went to the museum and it was actually really cool.
Saw this gentleman several times on American Restorations on the History Channel, having many rail associated items being restored to original condition. Very dedicated to the rail cause.
I always wonder if there was an emergency method to quickly get off the track. What I mean is, if for some expected reason you found yourself on a collision course with a train, you could quickly derail in a safe manner rather just jumping ship and losing the machine.
Several of the old country music stars had their own rail riders, from time to time one would see where they got detained by police in the newspaper. My first wife was the grand daughter of the first conductor on the Tweetsie Railroad and much of her family worked for Clinchfield RR. Thanks for an interesting and informative video.
All those months I lived and worked in Ely I never went to the museum. Now that I'm retired I have to go back! (I never found any garnets at that stupid hill, either--now I absolutely have to go back!)
Nice you showed all of the vehicles for track inspection or work. I happen to own a Sheffield velocipede, a hand car, and a Fairmont Railway Motors B-4 car that was sent to the signal maintainer of the Pere Marquete RR at Holly, MI in 1941. Hand cars date from around the war between the states.
Great vid. I used to drill thru rail for bonding with a hand wound drill ; to install transducers. When you use a gas or electric bonder the hole is too sloppy. Go hand wound and muscle power on rail ! Still in use today.
From India. Rail fan. Your video was full of information. In India foot patrolling is done. The path way inspectors use trolleys fitted with motorcycle engine.
In Australia, rail speeders are called section cars. There are groups of people who own section cars and travel disused and rarely used sections of railway line. They do require the permission of the railway to do it as operational safety and insurance can come into play if there was an accident.
Mark beautifully explained all the different forces used to inspect the track.. Muscle+mechanical efforts really brought revolutionary ideas in smooth and safe running of rail cars... beautifully videographed... Very informative 👍👍
I started with a Thailand tour video, to china, to Japan, to bullet trains, to history of trains, to dangerous train journeys, big boy steam locomotive, to this video. hahaha, and then LANDED here, but sure it is an adventure, and this is one amazing video. Lets see where this youtube adventure takes me ahead with its AI. !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 EDIT - Next suggestion is Extreme Railbiking part-2 Rail bikes on abandoned railroads. :)
Lived in western Ok as a kid with a Rock Island line running behind our house. We would watch the speeders go by and wish we could ride them. But we always called them "The Putt Putt Car" !
Well done Mark. We plan to get out to visit your wonderful museum our next trip to Vegas. You do very special work out there. By the way....you should get a couple rail speeders that visitors can rent to run a few miles of track.
Cool video. Got here while random browsing from spelunking through RC airplane crashes. I would love to have one of the trucks that can drive on rails and just surf the world on forgotten railway tracks. That would be great!
I've used pedal-powered speeders in the Idarado Mine near Telluride, Colorado as one pedals and up to two can ride. In the Republic of South Africa I used versions with two pedallers, I and my team leader rode up front, and two and sometimes more piled on on the back. If the track grade was one percent of more we could turn off our lamps and have a seriously fun ride on the way out. Both versions had cast aluminum wheels so we could lift the speeder off the rails if an ore train needed to pass. (BSc Mining, CSM 73)
I don't know about Pawn Stars, but I saw him several times as a customer for AMERICAN RESTORATION, the spin-off of Pawn Stars! I think at least one of the items shown here was restored on one of their shows. A very informative piece!
I ended up here somehow? and stayed to watch. I like train history, but don't go looking for it. Why I stayed is because the video was so well done. You don't find all that many vids that are well put together-they have an actual "intent" and they stick to expanding the story in a logical, easy to understand manner, with short comprehensive "shots" that keep the interest going. Very nicely done.
jocko john agreed! This was great!
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Jocko john, same here, not sure how I got here (maybe train snow blowers) I stayed till the end also. Very interesting video.
Me to ended up here after a trail of good videos. Very interesting and well made great job! I was on the right track! Sorry xD
Me too, very interesting stuff.
This guy is a darn good speaker, should have his own show..
You clearly haven't seen him on tv. He's on pawn stars all the time
He has here on TH-cam.
He show up on American Restoration all the time. They restore many of the items for the museum.
As a bicycle enthusiast, the first thing I thought of is making a modern Velocipy using modern electric pedal assist technology. Imagine how peaceful it would be to ride by yourself through some scenic canyons and mountains in Colorado.
Buena Vista to Leadville might be a start...abandoned, unused track....I've hiked those rails north a few miles, from Buena Vista to the railroad bridge over the Arkansas River and the exact same thought came to me...how relaxing to pedal or motorize yourself through that pristine mountain scenery!
I just want to point out that I only found this after seeing a vid of someones diy bike speeder for riding rails. Had a swing out arm for lining up the other rail from his bike.
@@robertallen6710 Since I made my original post about having an electric Velocipy I discovered that there's a place in Boulder Nevada that offers just that. An electric rail-kart tour..
@@Zer0cul0 saw that exact same post this morning,think it would be a great hobby.The local railway authority in Fort Erie Ontario(by the peace Bridge) might have other ideas though.They keep a close watch.
th-cam.com/video/NZXf3SVcoao/w-d-xo.html is pretty cool
Thanks for showcasing the vehicles.
Greetings from Düsseldorf, Germany.
What a delightful video. The presenter, Mark, did a spectacular job.
I worked for the NYNH$H RR now MTA in Stamford CT. I worked the Power dept. I was a class A lineman, groundman and forman. I drove the highway rail trucks from 1974 to 2008 when I retired.
I had to go to school to learn the rules of the road and get a class 2 licence, now a CDL before I could drive on the tracks, I enjoyed this video immensely, brought back a lot of good memories.
Thanks so much for posting.
I leave this under every video I watched, it helps the algorithm..
@julian Heers 😂
why do you think it helps the algorithm? #highaf
thank you and it did
I really like the fact that you have sections of your railway open to the public that really keeps the love of railroading alive. very informative video.
Mark, thank you for an excellent documentary. There is no unwanted music, no fellows with nose-rings drinking beer and talking rubbish. This is an example of a PERFECT documentary. A hundred years of railroad history revealed in 7.09 minutes. Well done !
Not sure how I landed on this video, but it was great :D
Me too
same haha :D
Me too
IKR
metrobug same
This is the spirit of TH-cam.
I came here randomly and stayed to the end. Thank you for spending my time "efficiently" You covered a lot of info quickly and interestingly. You are very easy to listen to. Very enjoyable and informative. Thank you ! ! ! (from AUSTRALIA)
Thank you for a refreshingly Concise and informative video. No goofy background music no long laborious introduction. Just the facts ma’am..... beautiful.
Good to see Im not the only one who appreciates that.
....and perfect audio!
None off this relying on the ‘in camera’ microphone.
Well done.
I'm 2nd Generation Railroader. This vid brings back Great Memories.
back to classic
I grew up watching the trains go by and that once every couple of years a speeder went by was "the talk" for a few days. Thanks for a nice presentation.
Nice
Hard hat and safety vest .... nice touch. Cant take chances.
In Orrville, Ohio there's a club that will offer rides on rail Speeders for Boy Scouts and other groups. I went with my son and a bunch of kids and their parents. I was given the chance to ride in an SW9 switch engine. The rides were on a spur the went from the main line into a factory area in Orrville.
Watching these very interesting videos is: How im spending a Sunday morning.
As a kid living by the railroad tracks, w saw what we called Jiggers. They were enclosed. In later years when living in NW Ontario in the 60's I was in remote areas and got to ride in jiggers with the what they called the signal maintainers for the CNR. thank you, brought back great memories
I also ended up here by accident and love it. Great channel.
Fantastic! I'll be up for a visit. Love the hobby rail bikes....
Wow was gripped as you did a amazing job of keeping entertaining engaging and sharing your knowledge. thanks Mark
I think I found my new hobby! I know there are some abandoned railways in Arizona. I am gonna have to dig deeper into this.
Excellent production quality, sound and video. For exploration-minded people, this mode of transport can take them way beyond where the roads go.
Og Rail Guy i like your teaching aproach. not too much info, nor too little. just enough and way you go.
Thats fantastic. Thank you. Nice to know we can travel the tracks.
Very nice, informative, and educational video, shot in a gorgeous area of our country.
Thanks for posting it...a lot of people will find it helpful in learning all about railroads! 😃👌
This is one of the best sperg vids for railroads
Thanks for the video! Excellently presented and very educational.
I **love** those old-style up-and-down "gang-cars"!
You can't help thinking about all of the old movies that feature them!
Blazing Saddles comes to mind
Thank you for the education about railroad history, I just happened to watch the video of the 4 retired friends that did South America railroad bike journey
120522/0607h PST 🇺🇸 Thank you very much, Sir. The explanation was admirable. Very eloquently spoken and made people understand the intricate evolution of Railway inspection vehicles. Bravo.
Hello from Belgorod, Russia. Thanks for this interesting content. Hope to visit Nevada asap. Take me hoooooome, country roooooads.
I was at the museum two years ago! As kids we use to steal the speeder and run up and down the tracks with it .. always putting it back and making sure it was clean .. they never caught us! LOL
I guess they probably knew, but we're kind enough to think that you're not gonna do anything bad
Riding the train, I had always wondered why every so often there were sections of rail at 90 degrees to the main track. According to my grandfather and father, those sections were for "parking" the speeders when a train passed. They were light enough to be moved by hand on and off the rail.
Great series! Thanks!
slamdvw
Hi
@Calvin ....best thing in the world was falling asleep on a train to the rhythm of the rails going from LA to Chicago....miss those days.
@@keithlucas6260 You can still get the clickity clack on the Santa Cruz to Corumba train (if you're ever down there). I road that train two years ago and it was wonderful!
As a fellow railfan, I have often wondered about the use of rail bikes and speeders. Today, this video popped up and answered my questions and more! Thanks! I hope to visit this place in Ely soon!👍👍
Nice presentation by a nice guy. Thanks.
Thanks, Mark, for that great history Lesson!
This randomly got suggested for me. What excellent content.
I went to Ely one time with my Dad. While there isn't a lot going on there, it was one of my favorite trips of all time. We went to the museum and it was actually really cool.
Man I love trains... I don’t know how I landed here either but I liked the video. Feel like a kid again
It's cool that you guys let people use your rail for their hobby.
Excellent well made video!
I always like anything you do!
Such a great presentation and well put together with the editing!
Thank you so much for the history and a look at MOW inspection vehicles. Now, I need to plan a trip to your museum.
What a fun video! I really enjoyed seeing the different rail carts, from the velociped, all the way up to a high rail truck.
Hello Mark,
I have watched you on a few episodes of "Rick's restoration". Glad you have a u tube channel. 🚂
Saw this gentleman several times on American Restorations on the History Channel, having many rail associated items being restored to original condition. Very dedicated to the rail cause.
I always wonder if there was an emergency method to quickly get off the track.
What I mean is, if for some expected reason you found yourself on a collision course with a train,
you could quickly derail in a safe manner rather just jumping ship and losing the machine.
Thanks, Mark. Very nicely done video.
This was a lovely watch
Hey! I know this guy from American Restoration and Pawn Stars. Informative and entertaining.
Very well done, I'm impressed. I'll check out a few more of your videos.
Several of the old country music stars had their own rail riders, from time to time one would see where they got detained by police in the newspaper. My first wife was the grand daughter of the first conductor on the Tweetsie Railroad and much of her family worked for Clinchfield RR. Thanks for an interesting and informative video.
Love this ! I'm glad I stopped in !
the date is dec 26th 2020 , now i am no train enthusiast but mark made me stay by how amazing he tells the story
Thanks for the video. I'll be watching all of your videos.
All those months I lived and worked in Ely I never went to the museum. Now that I'm retired I have to go back! (I never found any garnets at that stupid hill, either--now I absolutely have to go back!)
Nice you showed all of the vehicles for track inspection or work. I happen to own a Sheffield velocipede, a hand car, and a Fairmont Railway Motors B-4 car that was sent to the signal maintainer of the Pere Marquete RR at Holly, MI in 1941.
Hand cars date from around the war between the states.
One of these with modern light-weight materials would be fantastic....
Very informative video........... thanks for posting it with great quality and taking through the history of railroad maintenance/check-ups......
That first model is very intriguing
What a great and interesting video! Thank you and I need to come and visit!
Great vid. I used to drill thru rail for bonding with a hand wound drill ; to install transducers. When you use a gas or electric bonder the hole is too sloppy. Go hand wound and muscle power on rail ! Still in use today.
What a wonderful and informative channel.
From India. Rail fan. Your video was full of information. In India foot patrolling is done. The path way inspectors use trolleys fitted with motorcycle engine.
An excellent presentation.
In Australia, rail speeders are called section cars. There are groups of people who own section cars and travel disused and rarely used sections of railway line. They do require the permission of the railway to do it as operational safety and insurance can come into play if there was an accident.
NNRy1 I love your presentation thank you, so much very educational and interesting.
Looks like a great time. Can't wait to get out there this summer.
Thank you Mark very interesting and well done. Greetings from Australia.
Very informative and enjoyable , Thank You Mark..
fascinating. when i was a kid i wanted to build a hand car. was not allowed. 😩🍻
Build one now
Just the tip. band: Can't or wont? Archer rules!
Thanks ..well done.. looks like a lot of fun
Mark beautifully explained all the different forces used to inspect the track..
Muscle+mechanical efforts really brought revolutionary ideas in smooth and safe running of rail cars... beautifully videographed... Very informative 👍👍
i love this video and truly love rail history
Very nice and interesting share thank you
Glad I found this video. Very interesting.
Great vid !!! I've through Ely a number of times but never was able to ride your rails. Maybe next time.....
So happy to find your channel! I remember watching an episode Ricks restoration restored a speeder for you. Nice museum!
popped in my recomend, good to see you on the screen great topic
What a great video and history lesson! Thanks
Fantastic video
That was really interesting. Thank you for putting this together.
So cool!
Thank you for this mazing video preserving history :)
Good stuff to know, nicely done!
I started with a Thailand tour video, to china, to Japan, to bullet trains, to history of trains, to dangerous train journeys, big boy steam locomotive, to this video. hahaha, and then LANDED here, but sure it is an adventure, and this is one amazing video. Lets see where this youtube adventure takes me ahead with its AI. !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
EDIT - Next suggestion is Extreme Railbiking part-2 Rail bikes on abandoned railroads. :)
Mark, great vid. You've got a personable, enjoyable style. TC.
Lived in western Ok as a kid with a Rock Island line running behind our house. We would watch the speeders go by and wish we could ride them. But we always called them "The Putt Putt Car" !
I have learnt something today ! Thankyou guys !
Well done Mark. We plan to get out to visit your wonderful museum our next trip to Vegas. You do very special work out there. By the way....you should get a couple rail speeders that visitors can rent to run a few miles of track.
Cool video. Got here while random browsing from spelunking through RC airplane crashes. I would love to have one of the trucks that can drive on rails and just surf the world on forgotten railway tracks. That would be great!
Not sure how I got here, but that looked really cool!
I've used pedal-powered speeders in the Idarado Mine near Telluride, Colorado as one pedals and up to two can ride. In the Republic of South Africa I used versions with two pedallers, I and my team leader rode up front, and two and sometimes more piled on on the back. If the track grade was one percent of more we could turn off our lamps and have a seriously fun ride on the way out. Both versions had cast aluminum wheels so we could lift the speeder off the rails if an ore train needed to pass. (BSc Mining, CSM 73)
Cool video and well done!
Good video guys history 👍🚦🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚦
Nice to see you Mark outside of Pawn Stars!!
I don't know about Pawn Stars, but I saw him several times as a customer for AMERICAN RESTORATION, the spin-off of Pawn Stars! I think at least one of the items shown here was restored on one of their shows. A very informative piece!