Railway Curiosities (1935)

Title reads: "Railway Curiosities".
At Port Madoc in North Wales we see men riding down a hill on their way home from a quarry on little metal bars with three wheels. They sit on the bars that run over the inner quarry truck tracks and ride to the foot of the hill. The men stop at the bottom by means of a hand brake on their poles. An obviously staged accident shows one man coming off the track and several others toppling off after him.
Various shots of a train moving along the oldest light railway in Germany, near the district of Bonn. The train runs on a track on the edge of a main road and passes houses and taverns on its way through the town.
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[@augustovasconcellos7173]

I love how the way this is narrated. It has a slight bit of humor in it that almost wouldn't look (too) out of place in a modern YT video.

[@samc5898]

Oh well, who cares

[@andrewdock7288]

I found it fascinating.

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

Nice video. Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

Wow that is awesome

[@Mikdeelow]

Austria Hungary should have used these to transport troops in WW1, faster than their trains by far!

[@manoharsingh4244]

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[@claywright9118]

So were these company supplied or did the men make their own?

[@barneyboyle6933]

Envy of Germany was palpable in those days