Diesel Electrics in the Deep Woods

[LSnoob]

confused 

[shartasticful]

This is so neat I popped a boner.

[KnittingPasta]

I want to ride in the caboose

[chris40539]

i was thinking about making a burlington northern gp30 like that size some day

[NH4x4Jeep]

VERY NICE!!!! Did you buy the wheels and trucks or cast them yourself? Is the rail metal? Did you buy that or build it from other materials?

[islandpondrr]

@NH4x4Jeep

Trucks were purchased from Tom Bee. Rail is aluminum. It was extruded

in Branchburg, New Jersey.

[pwnage38]

can you ride it?

[islandpondrr]

@pwnage38

Yes.

[darktrooper4]

is this private or open to the public?

[islandpondrr]

@darktrooper4

This is a private railroad.

[kekedog]

very nice,haha

[birds85us00000000000]

where about s in new hampshire ?

[Destointment]

First i thought it was 1:1 hahah

[Yeben01]

You must be rich! That's so cool!

[islandpondrr]

@Yeben01

Nope. Just need to learn to make do with what you have.

[NH4x4Jeep]

"The happiest people in the world don't have the best of everything, but make the best of everything out of what they have." =)

[crispyspa]

Quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen. Nice workmanship! If you would have taken off the bin and slowed the video just a touch, it would have looked even more real.

[farstarfilm]

rid of bin

[farstarfilm]

get rud of bin looks stupid

[Dinosorable]

Where's the driver?

[NickButters61]

that is awesome

[douro20]

That's a nice little electric locomotive.

A young man in the Czech Republic built himself an actual diesel-electric locomotive with a Slavia 2-stroke diesel powered generator and an industrial gearmotor of the type used on old overhead doors. Has all the proper switchgear and everything.

[ewhusky99]

very neat

[WowOmgStudios]

I'd ride on that!

[masterbate23]

did you build this or buy it?

[islandpondrr]

@masterbate23

I built the locomotive and the track.

A friend built the cars.

[NH4x4Jeep]

I have an article from the 50's on how you could build something like this with either entirely home-made or pre-built components. They started with something like a wagon or car w/wooden wheels on wooden rails, then moved up to metal on the top of the "rail" to increase durability. The next step up was to buy/build rail (ash shown here). They used commercial wheels/trucks.

[novakane87]

What gauge is this?

[islandpondrr]

@novakane87

Seven and a quarter inches. (7.25");

[novakane87]

@islandpondrr this is awesome. it's a great idea for a wooded back yard!

[PRR5406]

Island Pond, Vermont???

[islandpondrr]

@PRR5406

This railroad is in New Hampshire.

[userunavailable3095]

Okay, the Rubbermaid tub just ruins the illusion.

[islandpondrr]

@userunavailable3095

DOH. I thought it was a transformer.

[Sisters1208]

what is making it move?

[islandpondrr]

@Sisters1208

An electric motor and two 12 volt deep cycle batteries.

[ToniMattTony]

It reminds me of when my parents took me and my brothers to Carson City upstate New York

[islandpondrr]

@ToniMattTony

Climate and vegetation here is similar to the Catskills of NY.

But I've never been to Carson City.

[Narutofanfiction]

would it be wrong if i said that i want one of these

[islandpondrr]

@Narutofanfiction

Not if you truly DO want one.

[islandpondrr]

Nope. not RC. You set the throttle and jump off.

[busman0204]

OK, where is he(or she) hiding. Is it RC?

[thezmanization]

Oh man that is awesome ! I want one !

[tarmac2001]

One of the top things I'd like to have for christmas, along with a acetylene torch with a good amount of filled oxygen and acetylene cylinders, a top line MIG welder with plenty cylinders of shielding gas. Also last but not least, a few AK-47 assault rifles with spare parts and plenty of amminution.

It's alright that a guy can still dream anyway.

[TRAINMANCW]

sweet nice cool railroad any way hoo was driving locomotive