Weekend Fun

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7buTCULLeY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZwnhsU-o4U

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gv67mxV5TY

 

Search youtube for go karts on railroad tracks for more vids.

 

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[cteno4]

They need a bush and rock catcher on the front!

 

I have a friend out in Washington state that do this the first class way with their speeder club. All classic rr speeders that are totally restored. They rent scenic track ways for the weekend and have caterers set up lunch at a set spot, then dinner at a strategic B and B along the way and stay the night and then go back the next day! Total cusho!

 

Jeff

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Jeff

  I have seen the speeder clubs and agree that IS the first class way to go, but I think this is a much less expensive way without having to rent track.  Besides these are very light weight home built carts built with a 5hp lawnmower or chain saw motors without having to rent track.  In my HMOP I think this would be much more fun!

 

RC

[cteno4]

Yes, the speeder club sounded like the silver spoon route, definitely a different plane of existence! Anthesis of the gocart! This guy has the money. Giant o scale layout in its own house on his property...

 

Hey a beer and a lawnmower engine and go until you run out of track, what could be better!

 

Jeff

[beakaboy]

here's another option in New Zealand. Designed for tourists or locals. I like the sound of the rail bike . They had a Television news article on it tonight on our National news. Over 6,000 people experienced this over the summer . Spectacular scenery and glow worms in the tunnels. The line was closed many years ago due to high maintenance and declining freight numbers. The area and small towns around the line were struggling financially, but this operation is revitalising them with demand for accommodation ,etc. Keen to do this next summer with my wife. Its also very close to old bush tramways and the "bridge to nowhere "tramping track.

 

https://forgottenworldadventures.co.nz  click on routes and trails under menu.

 

Just found the video about rail trail  on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sevensharp/  Its under videos on the left hand side and the model railway video is interesting  as he was displaying this layout at the show I attended a few weeks back

 

http://www.bridgetonowhere.co.nz/mountain-biking.  Probably tramp this area, but this shows the bridge. Built in 1936  to improve access to the area which was settled by WW1  returning soldiers who got loans  for cheap farm land in the area, but bush sickness with animals and  the harshness of the environment meant there were only 3 families left in 1942. The valley was abandoned by mid 1940's. The bridge never had any roads connected up to it.

Edited May 18, 2016 by beakaboy