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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: LaMojo on May 08, 2016, 05:50:51 PM
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Joined NARCOA http://www.narcoa.org/ (http://www.narcoa.org/) a couple of months ago and had an opportunity for a weekend run of about 80 miles. Members are much like the Guzzi folks except they have 4 wheel speeders and "rally" at host railroads for a weekend of fun. They are keen on personalizing and updating their equipment. Oh, and they enjoy eating and kicking wheels too.
Lined up and ready for the first run. Cars were set out in front of Hopson Plantation and the Shack Up Inn. Check it out http://www.shackupinn.com/ (http://www.shackupinn.com/)
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Sign in and Safety meeting
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Mike- Railcar owner and my chauffeur for most of Friday and Saturday Although I was able to ride on other models and makes, this is the one I preferred.
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Fat boy -- Me.
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On the road
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Lunch stop at Sumner, MS. The open car with the umbrella was my second ride. Engine is a 2-cycle, single cylinder. Most of the larger cars have 2-cylinder, 4 cycle engines.
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Speeders ahead
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Crawfish boil after Friday's run.
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Short movie clips
Movie 1 http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/LaMojoe/Mississippi%20NARCOA%20excursion/MOV06198.mp4 (http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/LaMojoe/Mississippi%20NARCOA%20excursion/MOV06198.mp4)
Movie 2 http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/LaMojoe/Mississippi%20NARCOA%20excursion/MOV06201.mp4 (http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/LaMojoe/Mississippi%20NARCOA%20excursion/MOV06201.mp4)
Movie 3 http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/LaMojoe/Mississippi%20NARCOA%20excursion/MOV06193.mp4 (http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/LaMojoe/Mississippi%20NARCOA%20excursion/MOV06193.mp4)
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Looks like a good time. :smiley:
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Recently saw a bunch of these running on the Galveston Trolly tracks.
Caused quite a stir.
What does the NARCOS acronym stand for?
Dave
Galveston
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A group of them used to run on the Winchester & Western in VA. I saw photos of them running at Cass Scenic RR (WV) as well.
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The then working Put Puts always fascinated me as a kid. All these neat hobbies take time though, just have to chose the ones that are most important to a person.
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Bbbut no off roading.
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Never knew such things existed! Where do you find such a contraption and what happens when a train comes?
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Never knew such things existed! Where do you find such a contraption and what happens when a train comes?
Do a search for speeder motor cars for sale that will get you started. Narcoa web site has a for sale section. Most of the cars that are ready and certified for track use will average $5,000. Kinda cheap really for this type of hobby.
It's illegal to trespass on any railroad property much less put a speeder on a track and run. Organizations such as NARCOA (one of many) negotiate with mainly small, shortline railroad companies to run the members equipment on. Insurance is required (abt $100 yr), on the average $100 track fees (varies with mileage), and sign a waiver of railroad not responsible for personal injury.
All speeders are required to have narrow band radios that can operate on host railroad frequencies. These are used to communicate between all railcars and the railroad. A railroad employee sometimes will lead the speeders in his Hi-rail truck where traffic is active. (Extra cost)
On our excursion, the owner and CEO that leases the rail line had his own speeder with us. He was also the locomotive engineer so there was no other movements on the track other than our group.