Will it START? RARE 70yr OLD Section Car SITTING for YEARS!
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2024
- In this video, I give this rare, vintage railway Section car a once over in anticipation of it possibly having a run back on the track in the coming weeks. Much smaller than the trucks and machines that I usually show in my videos, it was nonetheless a unique and rewarding experience to get to work on this piece of Australian railway history. Thanks very much for watching.
Question for the viewers - Have you ever seen one of these before?
My dad worked on a section crew for most of his working years (45+ years) He loved railway maintenance but never encouraged us to do it. We kids called these little crew cars "Putt-Putts" because of the Putt-putt sound of tehe engines. I'm 80 this summer and the memories are sweet. :)
This car was originally numbered 315 in service as a 2 Stroke Fairmont model M15, would of entered service in the late 60s early 70s. There was a tall ganger based at Dingo who did the roof extensions. This car I believe did a few runs on the Cecil Plains line in private ownership after the lines closure. What is the owners plan. To run it at a heritage railway or on the mainline?
Bruce acts like he’s working on a damn Ferrari the way he takes to much extra time and effort into so many simple tasks.
I have a 1972 Fairmont M19 with the hit or miss 1 cylinder engine with cloth belt drive. No transmission. Want to go backwards? Shutvthe engine off, throw the timer handle the other way and hand crank the engine *backwards*. Crazy old tech!
Another great relic of our bygone railway history in beautiful Knick. My Dad worked on signals for the NZR on the west coast of NZ, he always used to call it the Jigger and I can remember as a young fella the old army issue .303 was always considered necessary kit for her, many a good deer, pig or goat shot and ended up on our dinner table. Great memories aye Bruce. Lovely service mate, she’ll be right for years now
Great video Bruce, as usual. Just an interesting point, you mentioned the 2 stroke FAIRMONT engine and the radiator. Well it actually wasn't a radiator, it was in fact a condenser. The coolant fill cap was just a bit below the bottom level of the condenser. The steam/vapour would rise and condense and drop back down to the water jacket. I remember being surprised when I found that out. The engine would certainly get up to running temperature quickly. Just thought I would mention it as an interesting point. Cheers.
Great little vid Bruce, I'm a volunteer on our local heritage railway here in Midsomer Norton, England. The generic term for those is 'Track Inspection Vehicle' but they are more commonly known as 'Wickham Trolleys' after the D. Wickham company of Ware, Hertfordshire, England who manufactured the vast majority of the vehicles used on the British rail network. Our Wickham was purchased from the Swanage Railway in Dorset, they'd built one up out of two wrecks and we bought the leftovers! It was originally powered by a Ford 1172cc sidevalve engine running through a three speed Ford box plus a special Wickham reverser box and then by duplex roller chain to the back axle. As the Ford sv engines are a bit thin on the ground now and the the reverser boxes bloody impossible to find we had to improvise. We fitted a Reliant OHV engine and box running through a BMW 3 series final drive unit with a duplex chain and sprocket set to the rear axle. We didn't have to lock up one output shaft as BMW used a limited slip diff and the Wickham hasn't got enough power or traction to cause any problems. She's on CZcams, check out the Gwili Railway's 'Railway Oddities' from a couple of years ago, also 'Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels' from the same time..
Bruce as kid growing up in NZ in the 1950/1960 we called them jiggers both manually and motorised ones. The manual ones worked with a mechanical system a bit like a rowing machine. Our neighbour worked for NZ railways on the bridge gang any there motorised jigger had a gearbox malfunction one day and at full speed it locked up. He got thrown off and received a broken collar bone. Thank you for an interesting video
Get a full size train bruce
YES PLEASE, Bruce see if the next voyage it takes makes it to your channel. With the owners permission, of course. Good O, well done again.
The background birdsong on this episode was just fantastic.
I would love to see this roadrunner driving on a railroad track. That would be really cool to see.
Hey Bruce my name is Rikki hail from the states Asheville N.C I just wanted to tell ya your videos are awesome and I use them them to decompress after a hard day of running my mental state is always Zen after watching your content keep it up!! I'm thoroughly enjoying it
Hi Bruce, my dad worked as a fettler ("Navvy") for the South Australian Railways while he developed the farm at Tintinara in the 1960's. He called the car a "Casey". I think that was another brand of American cars and engines. I remember that he advocated for a windshield or cabin, but SAR didn't care and left the riders exposed to the elements. (Freezing cold at 7am in the morning!). Thanks for the video, Regards Mark
Keep it up Bruce! Old cobbers line us still have a lot to give!
Here in the UK we had things similar to that little yellow thing, they were mainly used to ferry working parties along the line to carry out trackside maintainance , they were light weight, which allowed the workers to lift them off the tracks while working, this allowed normal trains to pass by, when I say working parties, I mean men/women who would trim trees/bushes and grass alongside the tracks, they would tow small wagons which the work crew would sit on and load the gear for the work they were doing.
Great job and vid. What a luxury not having to fight on with mother nature to get a job done. Many thanks.
With Bruce and the old rusty iron, it isn't a case of will it ever start, but how soon he will get it started. What a patient guy.
Love when you start a new episode and it’s over an hour