Monorail Special. See Wikipedia Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad. Invented by Arthur Hotchkiss of New Jersey in 1892

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And other Hand Powered Rail Vehicles Raiway Trike (AUS) Railway Kalamazoo (AUS) Pump Car (US,GB) Velorail (FR,GB) Hajtany (HU) Railbike (US,GB) Dresinsykling

Ferroviarie (IT) Spoorvegfiets (BE) Dressin (SE,NO) Dresina (SP) Schienenvelo (CH) Dreziny (CZ) Railway Jigger (NZ) Cyclo Draisine (FR) Spoorfiets (NL)

statfoldbarnrailway.co.uk North Yorkshire Moors Railway Velocipede Event provisional date Thurs 5 th & Fri 6 th Nov.

1 And other Hand Powered Rail Vehicles Raiway Trike (AUS) Railway Kalamazoo (AUS) Pump Car (US,GB) Velorail (FR,GB) Hajtany (HU) Railbike (US,GB) Dresinsykling (NO) Handcar (US) 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) No 53 For this free newsletter, contact: Or download from: 2 foot gauge: Statfold Barn Railway, 12 September North Yorkshire Moors Railway Velocipede Event provisional date Thurs 5 th & Fri 6 th Nov. Monorail Special Invented by Arthur Hotchkiss of New Jersey in Great Yarmouth 1895 to 1909 (also in Blackpool from 1896). See Wikipedia Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad

2 From the Patent For those of you who love code breaking The rider faces the other way on the production machines m1, m2, m3, m4 disappear and are replaced by a simpler pedal. The production machine does not have a drive crank like the patent, I believe it has a spring loaded pawl and ratchet drive. Rail fence fancier fence

3 Cross Section of bike and fence The brake Twin Track. Arthur Hotchkiss Two seaters going over a bridge. Not bi-directional without twin tracks or a traverser, but this is another bridge. Have the seat springs collapsed onto the frame?

4 Wupperthal Suspension Railway QUESTION FOR YOU? Canvey Island, Essex, UK. had a monorail, did it have a hand powered inspection machine? Reversible rail bikes, with handlebars at either end. And with a very, very, long top drive chain.

5 UFO Cycle Monorail Pendulum Monorail Junior UFO below. Emerald Botanic Gardens Australia MONORAILS MAKE FOR GOOD ONE-LINERS Groan!

6 Shweeb Monorail Agroventures Park, Rotorua, New Zealand Hyperlinks Skyride Monorail Waconia near Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. Designed by Scott Olson ANOTHER QUESTION? Did the Listowel and Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, Ireland (below) have any hand power? Okayama Japan Monorail Now running again

7 Siberian Monorail Internet Futuristic Monorails Sorry, I could not resist these Cats from the internet. Ed. Kitty takes the Green Line

From Phil Naylor Push Car and Roller Coaster This

The carriage propelled by servants pushing on wooden

survives, with those gradients it must have swung down

8 From Phil Naylor Push Car and Roller Coaster This print from The Picture Magazine in 1894 shows the first railway built for fun in To amuse Louis XIV at Marley-le Roi. The carriage propelled by servants pushing on wooden track, it had a turntable and a very splendid station to board the car. Marley is 5km from Versailles and the track bed survives, with those gradients it must have swung down and up like a pendulum roller coaster. Water Velocipede spotted at Lewes, East Sussex by Anthony Barton and the 1910 version, the hat changed.

Old Post Cards Devised by Mark Hambly We

Littleport, Cambridgeshire, UK Possible date

9 Old Post Cards Devised by Mark Hambly We would love to identify any you have with hand power. Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway Towcester, Northamptonshire. Great Eastern Railway Company Littleport, Cambridgeshire, UK Possible date of card 1905 Not Postally used Possible date of card c.1910 Not Postally used Velocipede by the Buda Company, Harvey, Illinois, USA. A least 7 preserved in the UK. Poling Car by the Great Eastern Company s Works, Stratford, England. One preserved in the UK at Mangapps Railway Museum, Essex, UK.

From David Barrie a 7¼ gauge Pump Car in Germany.

DAVE TV Channel had shown an episode of Scrapheap Challenge The task was to build a human

What we need is the Title of the episode and which series it appeared in or the You Tube

Hamsters Wheel at Railroad Square, Santa Rosa, California, USA in 2011.

10 From David Barrie a 7¼ gauge Pump Car in Germany. You Tube Detectives needed I would like to thank the several members who told me that the DAVE TV Channel had shown an episode of Scrapheap Challenge The task was to build a human powered Rail machine. What we need is the Title of the episode and which series it appeared in or the You Tube hyperlink The two machines described in the accounts sent me were a Hamsters Wheel The Hamsters Wheel at Railroad Square, Santa Rosa, California, USA in In action on dual gauge 5 & 7¼ track. A Land Rover Chassis with rail wheels driven by 4 bikes mounted crosswise powering the existing gear box. It all sounds great fun, can anyone help with a link so we can all benefit from the experience.

3 foot Pump Car Skagway, Alaska, USA from

Builders who unfortunately passed away this

mechanical advantage by moving the pivot

British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Canada.

11 3 foot Pump Car Skagway, Alaska, USA from Peter Goodman One of the world s really Great Builders who unfortunately passed away this year. Pivoted footbrake, looks 1:1 with no mechanical advantage by moving the pivot position. Maker Unknown, anyone help. Very big tool rack Fairmont replacement wheels The line straddled Alaska, USA and British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Canada. For a brilliant free history of the line try towards the end click on the Old wooden trestle for a blow up, WOW

12 Brake gear missing on the other side Fabricated walking beam. Down under. Connecting rod and big gear. Many thanks Peter

Guide for Dating US Patent Numbers from Rich Harner Hi Jacqui, Hope everyone had a great rally, sorry I had to

We went to the vintage vehicle rally at the Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum on Sunday and displayed the

We gave out some of your website flyer's and the trackbike created some interest among the old car enthusiasts.

York. The building in the background of the photo is the old Stockton and Darlington Railway carriage works.

13 Guide for Dating US Patent Numbers from Rich Harner Hi Jacqui, Hope everyone had a great rally, sorry I had to miss it this time. But still managed to promote the velocipede cause. We went to the vintage vehicle rally at the Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum on Sunday and displayed the trackbike on the old demonstration line by the field, on the site of the 1825 S&D R coal sidings. We gave out some of your website flyer's and the trackbike created some interest among the old car enthusiasts. The trackwork is unfit for passenger carrying so we were fenced off from the public like the display lines at York. The building in the background of the photo is the old Stockton and Darlington Railway carriage works. This is where A Tornado was built. The frames for the new P2 are now inside. Best Regards,Trevor The US Patent Office burnt down in 1834, patents before this date are suffixed X.

On A Bicycle made for Two This is the most charming hand power photo I have ever seen. Editor. Miss Alie Stuart shares a speeder with Edward Benjamin Denechaud, station agent at Mission.

14 On A Bicycle made for Two This is the most charming hand power photo I have ever seen. Editor. Miss Alie Stuart shares a speeder with Edward Benjamin Denechaud, station agent at Mission. ND [1890] Spotted by Catharch O Maonaigh in the Maple Ridge Community Archives Try These archive photos are wonderful, I wish I was at the river that day in 1900, what wonderful photos, what a wonderful community for sharing them. Editor.

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free newsletter of the not for profit Velocipede Group download from: free email newsletter of the not for profit Velocipede Group download from: www.velocipedes.co.uk No 107 To go on the mailing list contact: jackiethomas002@hotmail.co.uk Next Event Narrow Gauge Statfold