Pump Trolley in action at the East Anglian Railway Museum

[superdonyoungy]

Do you guys know anyone who has built a lightweight version of one of these? I live in OZ and we have hundreds of miles of disused railway around here, I heard there's a guy who has a sheet of ply and four wheels with guides on it and a little pup pup bike engine and he goes around on one.

[pr100713]

@superdonyoungy Not that I know of.

You don't want to make it too lightweight as it can risk coming off on bumpy track. A heavier trolley is harder to get up to speed but easy to keep it going once you get there.

[ejk181186]

Wonder how fast they were going? looks like around 20mph

[pr100713]

We put a GPS tracker on one run - average speed was around 14mph I think - hill was much steeper coming back though!

[AFNYOAQIS]

LOL

[EastAngliaTrains]

Cool video, this at Wakes Colne And Chappel? near marks tey??

[pr100713]

The film isn't edited in any way, although it does seem a little (not much) faster than when vid is viewed on my pc. Maybe a slight problem with the YouTube video converters.

[soundseeker63]

was that the actual speed or is the film sped up?