if somebody knows how to get photos out of an email , I just got one yesterday with about 10 diferent hi rail units using old cars I can forwardthe email to you
bill in red deer
67HEAVEN said
Nov 25, 2009
What a wonderful way to see some country. A lot less traffic than the Trans Canada, too.
Wouldn't a hy-railer make a great project? You could drive it on street or track and dress it up in CN or CP colours too......maybe even Grand Trunk Railroad.
I've long thought that travelling in a group of those maintenance scooters (forget the real name) would be a fantastic vacation. But, you have to have a trailer and a tow vehicle, and enough bodies to lift them on and off the tracks.
Rollin' in an old station wagon that would take all your luggage and the kids, and that you could also drive to the nearest restaurant, would be way better. You could even build a small hy-rail trailer to go with it.
You can actually travel on some of the less busy rail lines at set times. Oh baby...........I'm starting to think I've found my unique project idea.
Those high rail equiped cars are always cool to see. When I worked for CP Rail thats some of the equipment we used to stock. Go though a pile of replacement parts each year. The rail and men are not easy on the equipment.
cdnpont said
Nov 25, 2009
I wonder how the tires would hold up having all the weight concentrated on just the center of the tread. And do the guide wheels just guide, or do they bear some of the weight?
-- Edited by cdnpont on Wednesday 25th of November 2009 05:58:03 PM
427carl said
Nov 25, 2009
50torpedo wrote:
if somebody knows how to get photos out of an email , I just got one yesterday with about 10 diferent hi rail units using old cars I can forwardthe email to you
That photo is somthing else John. That Cadillac has a siren mounted on the bumper and red and white flashers on each side of the grille. That car is post war because it has the V emblem but still too early for a body change from pre war 1941, probably a 1948.
Found the above when stumbling across this great site, check it out.
Dark Roasted
What a wonderful way to see some country. A lot less traffic than the Trans Canada, too.
Wouldn't a hy-railer make a great project? You could drive it on street or track and dress it up in CN or CP colours too......maybe even Grand Trunk Railroad.
I've long thought that travelling in a group of those maintenance scooters (forget the real name) would be a fantastic vacation. But, you have to have a trailer and a tow vehicle, and enough bodies to lift them on and off the tracks.
Rollin' in an old station wagon that would take all your luggage and the kids, and that you could also drive to the nearest restaurant, would be way better. You could even build a small hy-rail trailer to go with it.
You can actually travel on some of the less busy rail lines at set times. Oh baby...........I'm starting to think I've found my unique project idea.
http://www.bytownrailwaysociety.ca/hyrail.htm
-- Edited by cdnpont on Wednesday 25th of November 2009 05:58:03 PM
YeeHaw. I wanna be a hillbilly hy-railer.
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That's it. I'm building one.
Quote................."I just wanna throw it out there that Kyle IS gay."
or one of these:
I don't want to do it that bad.
I've added a Hy-Railing Cadillac picture just to appease the Caddy Club. They really get distressed if they don't get attention.