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1 And other Hand Powered Rail Vehicles Railway Trike (AUS) Railway Kalamazoo (AUS) Pump Car (US,GB) Velorail (FR,GB) Hajtany (HU) Railbike (US,GB) Dresinsykling (NO) Handcar (US) Drezina [SI] Handhebeldraisine (DE) Drezina (RU) Resiina (FI) Drezyny (PL) Skinne cykel (DK) Draisines (BE) Bicilinha (BR) Dresin (NO) Biciclette Ferroviarie (IT) Spoorvegfiets (BE) Dressin (SE,NO) Dresina (SP) Schienenvelo (CH) Dreziny (CZ) Railway Jigger (NZ) Cyclo Draisine (FR) Spoorfiets (NL) Cykeldressin (SE) Ferroviarie Quadriciclo (IT) Google the black names, see what you get. No 80 For this free newsletter, contact: Or download from: National Velocipede Rally on the Churnet Valley Railway date for 2017 tba, North Yorkshire Moors Railway date for 2017 tba, 2 foot gauge: Statfold Barn Railway, March 25 th, June 10 th, September 9 th Invitations must be requested in advance by post using the form which can be downloaded from New Find from Phil Robinson at Apedale Imperial Russian Geared Crank Car You might like to take a look at this hand-cranked velocipede at about 5;31 minutes into the video - it's Imperial Russian Feldbahn training from around Best regards Phil A Russian preserved narrow gauge geared crank car from the internet. LEFT RIGHT This may be a similar 5 foot gauge machine in 1915 on the Murmansk Railway, from the Library of Congress Prokudin-Gorsky early 3 colour photo collection. Gear cover orange arrow, propelling handle red arrow. Another Russian narrow gauge machine.

2 Nigel Shaw our webmaster to put it up on the website for free download, (as is everything on the website). The film is a cracker, Phil is a star for sending it in you must view it Click on Labels I have been in the workshop again and have engraved the labels awarded for Trophies at the National Rally. The geared crank car in the film has a wider floor for the 2 men propelling blue arrows, much like the American Chain Crank Car of a similar date, above. The 1913 Arthur Koppel catalogue does not have a geared crank car but it does have a similar geared chain car above. The catalogue also has much equipment similar to that running and stacked in big piles in the film. I will make an effort to scan it and ask I will post them out. Howard asks you all to click on this It is HD and wonderful on my 27 HD computer monitor screen (even has me on crutches) &feature=youtu.be The North Yorkshire Moors 2016 Rally by Howard Your Editor s Builds and Rebuilds Having time out of the workshop on crutches, I have tried to write a list of the machines I have worked on over the years and hope to work on in future.

3 In build order I think I am better at building than remembering dates! 1. Jigger Colonial Velocipede, new wood, with old wheels, works OK, a bit heavy for oldies, (but all colonials like to build like a brick dunny) seat 1868 Row Boat, Brilliant machine, very popular at Rallies but very heavy to shift and has cast Iron wheels with Chilled treads and flanges, they are very delicate. (This was in very poor condition when acquired. Took 2 cylinders of Oxygen to straighten the axles, we only reused the wheels and axles, the rest was either brown lace or compost). (I was once told by a preserved railway museum curator that this machine was too old to display, as no one could remember them. My cue to leave, laughing) foot Sheffield, reliable, popular for rides cut down from standard gauge parts dragged out of a reservoir in the Midlands. 4. Norwegian Disc Wheel Track Bike, Lazarus Machine, easy build, reliable machine, Build drawings on the website, laser code free. I swapped it for a bin of bits (above) I thought were a Buda Velocipede, but it turned out to have Abtus wheels.

4 . Woodcut Later drawing. 5. I Cycle Lazarus Machine Elephant trap from History and I fell in it. Good story about deviousness by Authority. Mr. Kaempher, a teacher at McClure School a 5 mile walk from his home along the Sunbury & Lewistown Railway, so he built his own on track machine with allegedly a 20 driving wheel, an outrigger and guide wheels either side of the track, weighing 28 pounds. Powered by a crank and connecting rod moving vertically between the driver s legs. I built a copy of the machine from the woodcut. The woodcut and the much later drawing from it above are a lie, the machine could never work like this. The drivers right foot is on a stirrup (not shown on the woodcut), now imagine the crank moving around from 7 o clock to 12 o clock, the drivers bottom would be 12 inches off his seat. This is my copy in its rubber tyre phase (trying Arms alone). I tried all sorts of fixes before I saw the light. I had fallen into an elephant trap from history. The railway had a problem and publicised it, which would normally produce a rash of copycats, just as it would today. So the machine they illustrated was altered to be unworkable but plausible, to waste the time of hands on mechanics like me and I fell for it. It kept the home made first attempts, off the rails in a cloud of disillusioned effort. From the Sunbury and Lewiston, and all the other Railways point of view, it was a great success and the cunning ploy is still working on me over a hundred years later. A patent for a unicycle with pedals does exist, Railroad Velocipede No225,585 by W.H.Fox on Mar.16,1880. On In Downloads, click on the U.S. flag. 6. Jeffrey s Walking Car Standard Gauge Lazarus Machine Incredibly hard work, a heart attack on wheels. Needs much lighter, period wheels, OOU Out of Use until then. See Newsletters 10 & 11 My luck now changes with 7. Draisine Standard Gauge, Lazarus Machine Great machine, works terrifically well, difficult build. I am now doing a Copy of a Finnish Draisine. A redesign with completely new laser cut no weld wheels by Kevin using square tube to make it into an easy build. See future builds.

5 Rubber wheel disaster. 10. Camera Car Velorail in 2012 I used an existing permanent way trolley with rubber tyred wheels, seemed like a good idea at the time Rubber wheels were a disaster, the machine felt like it was glued to the track. A one appearance wonder, drive dismantled promptly. A brief mention in Newsletter Sears Roebuck Bicycle Conversion Kit Slow on track, prone to derail, conversion extras a pig to put on, and take off. Not sure I would pay $7.70 in today s money. Interesting to try out, but OOU these days foot Track Bike Works well, very popular ride. Conversion from a 15 charity shop exercise bike with 4 P. Way trolley wheels. Newsletter Buda Velocipede Bit rickety, but what do you expect for 106 years old. Reliable, stays on the track. 3 month rebuild, wheels rotted away and replaced, (with new double flange blacksmithed in). Lots of building up with weld and re-machining. Very satisfying job bringing it back to working condition. See Newsletters 7 & 9. The one eyed cat Little One loved it too, when it was in the sun

6 TO COME 13 & 14 will be going on the website as free Build One Projects with drawings, instructions and laser cutting code when completed and tested foot Sheffield No.5, WW1 Trench Railway Lazarus Machine popular for rides, great machine, and runs well. Difficult build. Building now 13. Wickham Narrow Gauge Pump Car, Lazarus Machine, with single inspector s chair. Needs a trailer to shift it. Needs a trailer to shift it. Building now 14. Wickham Standard Gauge with side seats, Lazarus Machine, with seats (plus backs/ends and footstep up). Needs trailer.

7 15 Metal for it now stacked in the workshop. Build One drawings, instructions and laser cutting code on the website Square Frame Draisine SG with new no weld laser cut wheels designed by Kevin, to do. Shift in an estate car. Needs a new 35 ton wheel press to be built first. No foot Hudson Poling Car, Lazarus Machine. Wheels in stock. On the drawing board No. 16. Easy Build Velorail, 2 seat but only one to pedal (one person usually does all the work). Standard Gauge with new laser cut single flange wheels designed by Kevin, to do. Needs a trailer to shift it. Build One drawings, instructions and laser cutting code will go on the website when the machine has been thoroughly tested. Will need axle box casting patterns made Sheffield No.3 Velocipede Build No. 18, two to propel and one passenger. The planed wood, gears, and wheels (a swop from Australia) in stock. Sheffield Transfers being worked on. Needs a trailer to shift it.

8 Can YOU Help I need one 12 forklift truck wheel centre to split & turn into 2 wood centre wheels. Anyone Help I need Two 12 inch curved spoke wheels to build A Gravity Car of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Build No 20 I have several other sizes to swap. Fork lift wheel centre...to make a wheel like the above Sheffield Tunnel Velocipede, Gears laser cut copies of large and smallest velocipede gears. forged bar frame & bike saddle. Click on Needs trailer. 21. Sheffield standard gauge Passenger Pump Car Castings from Velocipede Group Pattern Library, Gears from Laser Library, wheels in stock for 20 years. (Nice turned seat legs and I love the scalloped fringe. This has popular machine written all over it). With the seat unbolted should fit in an estate car. Click on Needs a trailer to shift it.

9 No. 22 The Worlds Cheapest/Easiest 2 foot gauge Pump Car A Build One Project with drawings, instructions and laser cutting code, to go on the website. For 13 diameter, outside bearing "Hudson" mine car wheels. The walking beam will be Wickham type with simple bends from bar stock. Using existing Jig, which can be loaned. The gallows Jig can be loaned, they are from stock steel angle 40 x 40 x "Hudson" wheels Our existing laser cut gear. NEW Split Gears You only need to laser this small gear pattern 4 times it will make all the layers. Flip two over. Needs a trailer to shift it. You would assemble and bolt the 8 halves to fit your existing wheelset axle around a prepared (angle grinder cut) keyway. Drive in the key and after testing, then tack weld the key and the gear just to be sure. 4 layer axle gear WW1 pumper axle having the bottom of the keyway filed smooth. Only the new Split Gear with correct diameter axle hole and keyway to do, all the rest is Wickham The wheels are very common, an easy build, using proven parts, already tested on other machines.

10 To come 24. Sheffield No. 12 Tunnel Velocipede, 2-foot gauge. Bearings needed, Wheels, Gears, Seat side rails in stock and old metal to forge the walking beam. Needs a trailer to shift it. To come 27. Indian Railways Lazarus Machine Velocipede Research & Photos by David Wilding in 2006 To come s Belt Driven Car from Norway, I like wood turned handles. This should have a 50mm (2 ) leather belt, but we will use a modern alternative which is a laminate of fabric and rubber called BALATA belt. We will probably need to use a belt dressing, which is a tacky glue. Modern belt dressing comes in an aerosol, but in my father s day it came in a rusty tin, you spread it with a stick and he called it Black Strap (he may have been winding me up since that was a brand of Black Molasses). Needs a trailer to shift it. The machine that inspires a rebuild. To come s Italian Track Bike Frame, tube 1. Lower frame to carry axles 1½. A lot of brazing. Wheels in stock. Frame tube in stock. Needs a trailer to shift it. Newsletter 64 Insulated Axle, so the machine does not trip track circuits! Oil pot and dripper. Bottom bearing for handle

11 Connecting rod, with the most complicated part of the machine, a big end with a wedge adjuster that would do a locomotive proud. Needs a trailer to shift it. Gears, big end, gear shaft bearing and axle box. Handle, little end, bottom bearing and green seat. Other machines have green seats too, is this the code for where the workers sit? The axle box seemed very familiar, I have four from dismantled overhead line shafting (from Victorian factory belt drive). Can still be seen working in the shop at Kew Bridge Pumping Station in London. Click on Or which looks just as tidy as my home workshop. (And my dad s before me).

12 Now I just need to build a home for them, The gears are small and uncomplicated, The umbrella holder The big end has run out of adjustment is lovely and simple. and been shimmed, (white arrow). We have Axle boxes, Gears, Wheels (Wickham New Old Stock), to have a new centre and flat 10mm Black Bar strip welded in as spokes, then slice the existing face away, (difficult, so I procrastinate). Klaxon, Decorative Elephants, Monsoon Brolly & Pith Helmet in stock. I just need to live long enough. anyone know of a suitable site? for a container complete with big viewing windows, alongside a Heritage line, with enough track for opening up and doing demonstrations on high days and holidays (known as Railway Galas in the UK). The Heritage Railway could look at it as the positive, fun alternative to ½ of a mile of static, rotting, rolling stock. Google For a look at the whole subject of hand powered railway machines. Read the Velocipede enewsletters on the website for all the stories above. No trees were harmed in the making of this enewsletter.

13 My wild impossible dream If my new knee works really well, I may do an Alan Bloom of Bressingham and start rebuilding a Steam Locomotive. I will try a 2-foot narrow gauge locomotive. The gear patterns for steel castings look the most time consuming, but the crankshaft is the most difficult part and I will first try a welded one. (A new build standard gauge Great Central, inside cylinder locomotive, will have a built-up crankshaft using keyways and cryogenic freezing to assemble it. This would be my second choice). I have made batches of welded single throw cranks at 1. The new one would have to be double throw and nearer 3, which is more difficult. back sheet, on a large base with big industrial castors. The power pack type is below, the big struggle is finding an archive drawing, (usually hardest part of any build). I will reverse engineer one from the catalogue specification and photos if I have to. Cylinders and trunk guide, think welded, flame cut (with a small cutting nozzle and a curved, standoff template) or laser cut tube, see laser cutting of tube click on and with cast iron big diesel engine liners. See article at We will run a test with compressed air. If the power pack works beautifully, we will think about the next stage, or if it runs like a dog we will call it a day and spend no more money or time. If the crankshaft is OK, we go on with the rest of the power pack next, built up on vertical test frame, with a pre-drilled steel Again I just need to live long enough.

14 From Howard I came across this picture in an old American magazine. The caption is a bit sketchy. It says the location is Tecum Uman in Guatemala. Cia Agricola was a private railway owned by the United Fruit Company, 3 foot gauge. The train is said to be the daily to Guatemala City. The velocipede is only mentioned to say that the lengthman will go with it, presumably to be dropped off and ride back. No dates, the mag is 1961, looks like 1950's taking the other pictures in to account. From Alan Crotty The Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway rail bike was built for Paul Ross (a director of the RHDR) by Tony Crowhurst of the famous Crowhurst Engineering who, before Tony retired used to overhaul the RHDR locos. The bike is quite hard work to use, although a few years ago, someone did ride it for a complete round trip of the line 27 miles. It s a Hartley and Teetor Track Bike, is the loading gauge enormous or is it being hauled onto the top of the tender Ed. I have had trouble finding a photo and the only one so far is in Paul Ross's collection, photographer unknown, Paul is happy for you to use the photo on your website.