I could’nt resist posting this-my apologies. One can only hope this doesnt catch on.
/ Train : urban structure for aesthetic personal transportation Helen Evans, Heiko Hansen |
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How do you spell splat?
With one or two T’s?[:D]
Interesting post. It leads one to imagine the possibilities that might exist for the uses of abandoned rail lines. [4:-)]
As if snowmobiles and ATV’s weren’t bad enough!
For some reason, I keep picturing Will E. Coyote pushing himself along the tracks with the train just inches behind him, and the Roadrunner at the throttle.
Yeah, right. People couldn’t handle that much resoponsibility. (Following signals etc.)
How about the patented Boynton Bicycle Railroad? If you look carefully, this thing had one rail on the bottom and two on top on a rig that looks like a clothes pole. “A mile every minute” Or, the Hotchkiss model. Way cool…
http://www.scripophily.net/boybicelrail.html
Yet we let them drive. Would personal rail transport really be more dangerous?
When I was a teenager, I often thought about building something like this. Never got around to it though.
Mom and the kids go to soccer practice…
Datafever…Mom and the kids go to soccer practice…actually it’s a pedal powered rail touring vehicle used in Europe.
Yes, what happens when you meet someone else or come up behind someone? There’s only one way to go, right into 'em.
So its not too much different from driving in the Washington area! [;)]
Just a thought -
What is the cost differential between building/maintaining a simple two-lane highway vs building/maintaining a “light rail” system capable of handling 2 to 5 ton vehicles?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5110236.stm
This, and the warning: “I’m here from the government,and i’m here to help you.”
The future of AMTRAK right before our eyes,
SHHHHHHHHHHHEEEESH![:(]
Where can I buy one?[:P]
How about the, “New Hampshire summertime luge?”
I recall hearing about a “sport” which developed at the Mount Washington Cog Railway in the 19th century. Seems that some adventurous souls cobbled together little one-seat “sleds” that could slide down the cog rail (which is built with two angle bars separated by the pins engaged by the cogwheels on the rolling stock.)
Imagine sliding down a skinny steel slideway, on grades ranging from steep to horrendous, with no steering control and no brakes. Fun - for people living out a death wish!
Chuck
I’d hate to be riding on that Tapis Volant “magic carpet” thing when he gets to a self-correcting frog over a turnout. Do you think they use derails wherever it is that he comes from? This thing can’t be safe at anything above walking speed (especially without a roll cage or bumpers), so you might as well just walk.