Re: Homebuilt train to Orbost

["John Kerley" <deaftech@ozemail.com.au>]

Darren Hodges <@vic.australis.com.au> wrote in message
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> Certainly interesting that somebody would go to the trouble to make a
train
> just to ride a disused line. I know of a pedal powered 'train' built by a
> Ballarat resident quite a while ago. Yes, for 1600mm gauge. He also had
some
> 15 " gauge ones as well.

I think it probably has been done by a few people over the years.  I know of
one 2'6" machine, powered by a motor bike engine, that toured Victoria's
narrow gauge lines over 40 years ago and is still extant, albeit as a museum
exhibit, although I believe it has also been fired up in recent years.

Cheers,

John Kerley