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Title: When will we see something like this Post by: basset44 on June 20, 2014, 13:43:49 Hi All,
Anybody else wants to try going around in this looks fun Basset http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27929846 Title: Re: When will we see something like this Post by: chrisr_75 on June 20, 2014, 22:50:07 This type of stuff is pretty popular in the US as well. There's lots of videos on youtube of peoples excursions on disused railways, the vehicles are know as 'speeders' in the US, seems to be quite a community of people who are interested in restoring these vehicles and drive them on disused railroads and some companies even arrange for them to be able to travel over operational railways, usually branch lines of some sort.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeder) edited to add link Title: Re: When will we see something like this Post by: eightf48544 on June 21, 2014, 22:54:08 There are couple in New Zealand
http://www.forgottenworldadventures.co.nz/ (http://www.forgottenworldadventures.co.nz/) which uses the old NZ line from Stratford to Taumarunui Did the 20 tunnel ride 50 miles in a golf buggy! and the original near Roturua http://www.railcruising.com/ (http://www.railcruising.com/) Which uses part of teh NZR Roturua Branch. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |