Riding The Rails On A Speeder (Incredible Experience) - Stourbridge Line

[@JPVideos81]

If given the opportunity, would you take a ride or even own one of your own?

[@elizabethshultz8035]

Maybe both if I knew how to drive one

[@jeffgentle6497]

Heck yea!

[@lesaanderson2525]

Of course I would I use too ride with daddy when I was able to. When he worked for the railroad

[@LeighDeitrick1]

Hecka yeah!

[@suzanjournagan1112]

Oh yes for sure I would take a ride.

[@yukonjack18517]

Thanks for taking us on the ride with you, JP! Beautiful scenery! The Erie Lackawanna and the New Haven locomotives are currently in service delivering freight railcars to businesses along the Stourbridge Line, they interchange with the Delaware Lackawanna railroad along the Delaware River!

[@JPVideos81]

Awesome. Thanks for watching

[@reenajones8257]

Oh right I love to ride on a train thanks for taking us along

[@JPVideos81]

😊

[@user-David-Alan]

Maybe because I like trains but that was the best video of yours so far. Loved it. Thanks.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks so much 👍

[@buffplums]

When I saw the title I thought Stourbridge as in Stourbridge, Shropshire in England which has a very unusual very short section of track … but like a lot of U.K. place names, emigrants often took their home town names with them. I’m assuming that’s where this place got it’s name from. But hey, what a great experience this looks. Would love to do something like this myself.

[@shastadaisy2514]

Oh,, how much fun!!!! i want to ride a speeder!! What a blast! How do they store them when not in use? The greenery is amazing through the forest and you are so lucky. How relaxing and exciting at the same time. How much do they charge for a ride? So great to see something just from your side of the Pennsylvania countryside! Idaho has potatoes and white water rafting and you have the trains!

[@JPVideos81]

Guessing they keep them in a garage or trailer.

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

I store my M19 in my garage and my very large Fairmont A6 "Gang car" is currently outside under a tarp as I am in the process of building a custom switcher locomotive from its frame for NARCOA/NEREX excursions. Eventually I will build a shack with some rails to store it in

[@jimhooper9249]

That car from the Copper King Express was from the Butte Anaconda & Pacific

[@ruthmerriner8064]

Would love a ride. You make it so real Jay thank you and thank the engineers. Excited to try the open one . Wow! Riding next to the river and crossing bridges sure it exciting on the open one.

[@JPVideos81]

Was very fun and excited. Glad the rain held off.

[@navajyotichetia8968]

abandon ship said the captain, abandon church said the chaplain

[@lynette_f3064]

what an awesome ride!

[@JPVideos81]

Yes!

[@JackMacLupus]

I seriously wonder, why there is nobody who tried to build something like Regina/Katarina from Metro Last Light. I mean, she is surely a beauty isnt she? And with a little work, this idea can be made in a vehicle with 3 or even 5 seats. Whould be surely the same great feeling like riding all those others rail speeders there.

[@phillybobsquires7506]

This is just awesome! Those things can really haul some serious rail for a little machine!

[@JPVideos81]

You said it!

[@RussellNelson]

@@JPVideos81 Yup, they can go up to 35MPH.

[@nelsonx5326]

So cool!

[@SatchPersaud-sm1gc]

This is a big thing where I live in P.A, they do a toys for tots run...

[@karendworschack756]

Wow! That's awesome! Looked like a lot of fun! I would love to do that!

[@gregorytragitt2208]

I used to call them Speeders until I worked on the Milwaukee Road, My foreman called them Motorcars.

[@wilmeaux12]

The short wheel base makes it more likely to derail, especially on rough track? No suspension?

[@TrainsDirectVictoria]

4:10 looks like his phone isnt working

[@janreynolds1492]

I would do this in a heartbeat! The scenery alone was breathtaking. Add the relaxing rhythm of the wheels and I’d be in heaven. Thank you for taking us with you.

[@JPVideos81]

😊

[@richardduncan4894]

The official name was Inspection Cars. The company was Fairmont Railway Motors, manufactured in Fairmont, Mn. The Hy-Rail units on the pickups were made by the same company. The Hy-Rail has been offered since the 1960's. They were also installed on 4 door sedans and station wagons along with trucks of various sizes. The last 4 door cars with Hy-Rails were an American Motors Matadors in 1975. On the Inspection Cars the original engines were the Fairmont engines, newer ones used Onan Engines, or for greater horsepower the Kohler 4-cylinder engines were used. The Hy=Rails were offered to be installed from 3/4 ton pickups (Model 0307) up to 15-ton Ford F750 or Chevy 7500's. Repair Trucks. They also manufactured Gang Cars, to haul work crews to a site. A4's equipped with English Ford 4-cylinder engines, or A6's and A8's with American Ford Inline 6-cylinder Engines. The very first Inspection Car built by "The Motors" was in 1903, when they married a Fairmont stationary single cylinder engine, used in rural areas and on farms to power many different pieces of equipment, to a 4-man Hand Pump Cart. Fairmont Railway Motors also produced a complete line of Maintenance of Way Equipment. They were bought out by Harsco Corp in 1980, and the entire operation was moved to Columbus, S.C. in the late 1990's, and merged with 2 other Maintenance of Way Equipment manufactures that Harsco purchased' Now known as Harsco Track Technologies. I worked at The Motors" in the 1970's and 80's, in the Service Division manning the "Red Phone". When it rang, that meant someone somewhere needed a repair part yesterday. It's great to see people who really love the older equipment and spend the time, money and effort to keep them on the rails.

[@fncbnm4678]

Nice

[@mandyellis876]

Wow...the scenery is stunning! What a great day out and an excellent way to travel!

[@nikitavalicia4939]

This was a great experience! Really enjoyed the two different rides, and the scenery! I'm sure the night ride would have been just as amazing.

[@JPVideos81]

Would be so awesome to ride at night.

[@al4385]

Yeah not being able to see anything would be awesome.

[@btankful]

@@al4385 So, you ride cars at night without headlights?

[@sharondelaney5346]

Wow.. this sure looked like alot of fun..I would happily go for a ride in one if given the chance...Thanks for taking us along on this cool adventure JP!!!😁💙👍

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks Sharon

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

How nice of Hank to share this experience with you ..a different kind of adventure for sure and what a wonderful way to see the countryside ... loved the river , the rockcut "canyon", the doe & fawn , the awesome power plant , and especially the little blue caboose.....guess I enjoyed it all ! Thanks for including us in the fun !

[@JPVideos81]

So much to see on a unique form of transportation.

[@cynthiacleaver9742]

I have never seen, let alone heard of these little speeders!! They are the coolest thing ever and such a fun ride!! Thank you Hank and Lee for sharing and to JP for taking us for excursion!, 👍👍👏👏👏💖💖💖💖💖💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@JPVideos81]

😉

[@fraukatze3856]

My sister and I remember them from the early 1960s in Quesnel, BC. We called them “putt-puts.”

[@donnawalter6627]

This was a totally awesome ride. Thanks for taking us along.

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure

[@alasdairblackmore2592]

Having worked on a Railway [as a trackman] and traveled the rails in all sorts of weird and whacky looking contraptions I must admit that I wish I owned one of these ... and 30 - 100km of disused / abandoned railway line. Not sure I would opt for the open air version if I could only have one ... and I would probably want a flat bed trailer to tow behind it to carry my shopping etc. Yeah ... dream on, right ! hehe thanks for sharing ...

[@rudytuber1]

I pray your dream comes true. I too would like to own one of speeders. An adventure like that just has to be fun.

[@richiec7602]

That was fantastic! I am a fan of railroads and trains as well. I wish I could have been there. Great scenery and photography! More please.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks richie

[@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo]

I actually have a M9 exactly like the one shown by the man that was talking only mine is ran off peddling just like a bicycle. I run it up and down the main line CSX tracks and simply just lift it off the rails when a train is coming. I have it mounted with wooden poles that slide from the front and back so you can easily move it. If you've ever seen the old 50s or maybe 60s Canadian movie called "The Railrodder" with Buster Keaton then you've seen the same exact speeder before! Only his and these guy's have a gas powered motor on theirs and mine is simply rigged with bicycle peddle and gears...

[@bellamichellejerseygirl207]

IF I COULD HAVE, I'D PUT 10 THUMBS UP. YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE IN YOUR GLORY BECAUSE OF YOU, I LOVE AND RESPECT VINTAGE TRAINS GREAT VIDEO 💙💙

[@JPVideos81]

Awww thank you. That means a lot. In my glory in an understatement lol.

[@bradhardy2629]

I've seen the guy's who ran theirs on the abandoned pacific extension of the Milwaukee Road . 2000 miles of track left to rot ... just so the B.N Could corner the container business

[@chelseydeetta2847]

Never in my life seen anything like those little cars how neat. How do those cars turn around to get back where they started? Its a awesome ride, I would do that in a heart beat no questions asked. I just saw how they got turned around, really something, my eyes bulged out off my head. That is an experience of life time, that looks so much fun. I would like the enclosed car just for safety purposes. Hide your camera so will not get wet.

[@jasonwood5321]

they have handles on front and back that slide out and u just pick up and pivot it around to direction u want

[@Steven_Rowe]

I have seen on KZbin steam speeders, now that would be really fun. Would love to go on a speeder.

[@VanHelsingFreak]

A speeder group once came though my area on the Lehigh Line several years back. Wish it would happen again because I would love to see it.

[@mikegross6107]

If I was younger (84 years old now) it would be a dream to ride one! You are the lucky one to have done that and in such a beautiful state (mostly).

[@easy_sheetmusic_play_along]

I remember these speeders on the PGE (Pacific Great Eastern) railway in British Columbia, in the late 50's. I recall one night my mom took my sister and I to pick up my dad at the train station (he was returning home from Vancouver). We waited and waited, then finally saw the headlight of the train approaching and got out of the car to meet it. But...that headlight belonged to a little yellow putt-putt, so we had to go back and wait some more.

[@vettebecker1]

Would love to have that NH F unit locomotive to restore, she’s just rotting away

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

I would love to ride a speeder on the railroad tracks and I enjoyed riding with you in this video😁👍💕 Thank you for sharing this fantastic video 😁👍💕

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for joining us

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

JPVideos You have so many beautiful and fun things to do in Pennsylvania - you have waterfalls and great hiking places , abandoned coal mines , abandoned rail lines as well as trains nearby - I am learning so much about your State thanks to the amazing videos you post up - thank you for all the work you do and the pleasure your videos give me and everyone else who watches your videos 😁👍💕

[@tlburke]

Yeah JP! I would love to feel the wind in YOUR hair. .LOL j/k What a cool day for you. Thanks for sharing.

[@copeproductions]

Awesome ride. Thanks for sharing. Awesome jp 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JPVideos81]

🤭

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Hi JP 🖐🏼. THAT looks like A lot of fun. I would have loved to Ride along on the rails. They seem to be going pretty fast ‼️😃🖐️👍 😃 HAVE A Awesome Amazing Beautiful weekend ‼️.

[@richardjulien8745]

Hi sir great video ,about the blue f unit number 1304 it is a old unit used in Montreal commuter own by the city of Montreal and operated by CP engineer, on vaudreuil sub.keep the good work,from a new subscriber in montreal and a rail fan.

[@moonshapedabsolution]

Haha I clicked on this thinking it was one of the lines in UK Stourbridge and was wondering how you got permission from Network Rail 😂

[@maximelesperance4132]

The F unit at 3:35 is from my hometown, Montreal. AMT (Agence Métropolitaine de Transport)

[@latlanticcityphil]

Great channel, also this channel brings me back in time in the 1960s when I was a kid traveling by train was the way to go before buses took over mostly everything

[@Kathrynyoder-x2j]

I just found this video and those things look absolutely fun to ride in. I wish i could have the opportunity to ride one of those speeders.

[@cathycrabtree4568]

Thank. You. For. The ride on the rails beautiful scenery thank you I love your shows God bless

[@SS-ws8bf]

JP, no offense intended but do you voice act for the character 'Teddy' on the Bob's Burgers cartoon?

[@americanspirit8932]

What a great experience, I would love to be able to do that one day. Looks like a nice bunch of people involved, and all those carts look fantastic. Thank you for the Post. Today is July 18th 2022.

[@hesterclapp9717]

Wait, this isn't Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK...

[@stripervince1]

Awesome. You should see what its like on a 15,000 ton coal train 2 miles long. I was a conductor and its stress city on a real freight train. This looks more fun.

[@JPVideos81]

A lot less responsibility operating or riding in one of these haha

[@Hoggerderf1952]

Love your videos JP! I love yiur trai vidoes too. I'm an engineer for CP so its nice to see the tourist and short lines! If your ever in the Vancouver BC area, I'd love to show you around!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks so much. I love anything related to the railroad.

[@Hoggerderf1952]

@@JPVideos81 I'm fascinated by how many short lines and tourist railroads as well as abandoned railroads are in your area. In southern British Columbia we have the Kettle Valley Railway trail which CP abandoned in 1989 its quite the scenic bike ride. Look up Ladner Creek Bridge and Myra Canyon just to get an idea

[@mstngken]

Would have been funny if old Al whipped open that cooler and said you want a beer.

[@nealmacdonald9896]

There is no such word as nother. It's either another experience or a whole Other experience. Plus there is no tate in orient

[@suzanjournagan1112]

Hey! This is Great , thanks so much for the fun video..😎👍AWESOME

[@JPVideos81]

You're welcome

[@elizabethshultz8035]

I've actually went adventuring at this one place. It's called France Park and it used to be a Italian community and an old quarry. It's now a campground has a ton of trails around both

[@engrcumins9809]

They used them early in my career for track inspection, too.

[@PixelatedExistence]

Funny how humans, will walk past each other in the street on opposite sides of the road, and just ignore each other, yet stick them in a unique interesting 'moving' object like an old steam train, a tourist boat, airplane, in fact anything, even a 'speeder' like in this video, and they all start waving at each other lol. 😂

[@JPVideos81]

Common interests draw people together and bring out their inner child.

[@libbyrevis924]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for the ride. Love what you do. God bless you and stay safe.

[@martinwilkinson4411]

Neat video, I worked while in university for cnr during the summer in the 1970s out of Capreol ontario . Most track work was done by the section and instead of speeders they were called gas cars. They operated on morning and afternoon lineup, was fun times.

[@JPVideos81]

Awesome

[@misslottieish]

Did anything fly into your face or eye? Look like you were going so fast that it would have really stung if so. Fast enough to put an eye out. Now if you gonna buy one of those little train cars you will also get the helmet/shield too right? I see the other man had a shield and for everyday action I would probably get one too. God Bless. Be safe.

[@JPVideos81]

The shield was for "covid". It's pretty much the same as riding on a motorcycle. Occasional bug or two never hurt anyone.

[@jeffgentle6497]

Oh man...I want to do this! I'm going to check and see if any local clubs are active in my area! So cool you took us along...nice vintage Railroad cars and old locomotives! I love the F Units! My Best friend is a 30 year BNSF Engineer previously the Burlington Northern the Engines I run on my H.O. Scale layout! I tried to get a guest pass on his locomotive but due to insurance reasons its not allowed...

[@JPVideos81]

This is a must do, especially the open air one.

[@edkammerman2533]

That was incredible !!!! Thank you 😊

[@russelltrupia4479]

Great video , how do they get them to these locations and how fast do they go.

[@myraandersen9881]

i would love to ride one. The open one would be like a motorcycle.

[@JPVideos81]

👍😁

[@rexoliver7780]

A VERY unique and fascinating video!Incredible little rail vehicles!!Looks like a riot to ride these!!!Now I know how they work-At any point did you get to "drive" the vehicle?Be fun to learn how!

[@JPVideos81]

I did off camera

[@jaclyn.b]

That is so cool! What an awesome experience!

[@darlenegood4101]

outstanding......incredible ride/video. thank you Jay and especially thanks to Hank and Al for offering and taking Jay.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks darlene

[@bsage5514]

Most fun ever!!! I think you had a permanent grin for most of the video, I know I did! I haven't enjoyed a ride this much since I took the No.9 on the Georgetown loop in Colorado, alot of really close stone walls on that trip, you could reach out an touch then they are that close. Thank you SOoooooo Much for this one it was A Maz Ing!! 🚃🚃🚃

[@JPVideos81]

Cheeks were sore from grinning so much 😊

[@GoodbyeKamala2024]

Fantastic vid, made me feel like I was there.

[@adamtereska8734]

That is really cool. Looks like a fun time.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Terrific video today thank you again and to the gentleman that let you ride with them I hope you get to ride with that fellow again and make a video. I'm 62 years young and I would ride if I had the chance. God bless you all.

[@JPVideos81]

Very enjoyable experience

[@tommyhaynes9157]

I assume this is the line from Honesdale to Lakawaxan PA. It would be a good idea to put that in the title

[@JPVideos81]

I did say it in the video and a Google search of stourbridge line tells you all you want to know.

[@russelltrupia4479]

That was a great video change of pace but good. How do they get those speeders to the location of the rally.

[@matthewblodgett1789]

I was wondering that too.

[@mannracingtn7225]

The First Fella Ya Rode With Was Quiet the Jabber Box 😅 Love the Speeder Ride, Thank You for taking us with You

[@daveneil3963]

Boy, I never would have thought that was the way to turn them around, I learn something every day! Beautiful scenery, very enjoyable ride, I will watch this one every once in a while. I'm 78 and had a stroke (brain aneurism) so it will be new to me in a month or so. Thanks for taking us along.

[@tonyf.8858]

As kids, in the early 60's, we called them put-put's because they had a single cylinder, and you could hear them put put put put put down the tracks.

[@rudytuber1]

Absolutely awesome video, and yes I would love the opportunity or riding any one of the rail cars. I also want to say thank you to Hank for reaching out to you and to you for making this video.

[@tooling_engineer]

I like how you jumped right in to film Hank and buddy heft their speeder around 180 degrees. LOL!

[@JPVideos81]

Haha

[@RussellNelson]

It only takes one person. No help needed.

[@Jim-np9it]

This was great! Loved both (all) cars involved. Will try to watch to see if anyone in OKLA or our area does an event like this. Protect our heritage like this. Be safe. GOD BLESS

[@Smiffa_]

Greetings from Stourbridge, UK! Great video!

[@JPVideos81]

👍

[@scaldwellk]

How would you fit one of those in a PO Box? Dreaming.

[@JPVideos81]

🤔

[@lovesmashbox]

this looks like so much fun . i'd love to do that . how do they get those vehicles on the tracks ? we knew a couple who had friends who owned one of these and they would come thru victor ny on the rails . by the way my husband who was sort of listing to your video heard you say honesdale and he said his chevy 2 is from honesdale dealership . great video .

[@JPVideos81]

At the end i showed how they take it off the tracks. They just reverse the process to put it on.

[@dodgydruid]

Here in the UK we would call the little engines "Wickham Trolleys" which were very common place on the British network for bridge and tunnel inspection by railway engineers. You can see one in action in the film The Great St Trinians Train Robbery where an unlikely pursuit is made by a Wickham belonging to the British Army with the railway scenes shot on the Longmoor Military Railway which was incidentally the home of Gorden out of Thomas the Tank Engine. Just a point on pronunciation as the line is named after Stourbridge where the first lines engines were made is pronounced "stowerbridge" where "Stalbridge" is a small village just down the road from me here in Dorset which had a station on the famous and iconic Somerset & Dorset Jnt Railway long closed.

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Awesome video liked 🚄🚄👍

[@badguy1481]

I would HOPE these types of excursions (managed by railroads) would become more popular. The rail road routes, like this one, are very scenic, built DECADES ago through some of the most beautiful landscapes this country has. AND UNACCESSABLE to 99.999% of us! NOW...even if they're still used....our rail lines are just the venues for a few freight trains, once or twice a day. What a shame! And, of course, the railroads should charge for these opportunities! AND...Why are we ripping up old, unused lines for bike trails...when we can have BOTH a paved trail, along the side AND the tracks???! Also...over a hundred years ago we had single car, "Inter-urbans" covering ALL of our towns and villages. Why NOT consider bringing at least some of them back? What a nice way to spend a day at some of our surrounding towns without spending a ton of money on parking fees, gasoline (or a vehicle)?

[@TheDonnahernandez]

The scenic route reminded me of the Rails to Trail bike rides that I’ve done. Great video!

[@JPVideos81]

👍

[@dottie5348]

Wow that was awesome.....I loved it...I would ride on it is a heat beat...Thank You JP for taking us along. Made my day.

[@JPVideos81]

Glad to hear it💙

[@robertwalton7307]

As a youth in the 1950's living on a Boston and Maine RR Branch.We called them "Putt-Putts" Crews would drive them out to do track repairs.Towing rails and ties and hand tools.They could lift them off the rails and stop for lunch/breaks around a campfire. Wicked cool-changed to cab over Jeeps-end of the Putt-Putts.

[@koreanature]

Wow, I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

[@vickiejenkinson2468]

Everything was great. Lived the scenery especially. Used to live around Olean NY. Trees, water, water, water lol. Now I live in NE WY. No trees. No water. Anyway, found this today and it looks like it was so much fun. So many questions tho. Stay safe, Vickie

[@paulbetka2966]

W O W LOOKS LIKE A NICE AREA 👍🏻 🤷🏻‍♂️ Should I say fascinating area 🙂😯😲 Nice right along the river 😍🥰🙏🏻👍🏻

[@donluthringer7173]

what an experience it would be for my 93 year old body. I really enjoy these videos on railcars, I dont know if we have any here in Sacramento,Calif. Great video. 5-19-2023.

[@thymekiller]

Thanks to all for this.

[@jeniw8586]

Would love to ride in an open air one! Beautiful scenery too.

[@LauraBeatrizPerez-zp7oj]

¡qué hermoso es hacer un viaje así!, con todas las temperaturas, lloviendo también, menos con nieve. me gustó todo fué muy agradable. suerte. suerte.

[@MrBillCNW]

That was a fun video to watch thank you for sharing.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching

[@antoniocampi5263]

Ojalá aquí yo pudiera hacer eso,con mi ferropatinete,lo hago pero en vías muertas👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@welshlyn9097]

Wow 🤩 a lot of Big people there.

[@audreythomas589]

My brother has a Fairmont speeder..it's so much fun!!

[@Jess-ht8rv]

I just discovered this whole thing... I'm going to build a railbike.this weekend...😮😮