Handcar - Wikipedia
A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, [1] velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by …
Monterey Bay Rail Bikes – Railbike and handcar tours across the ...
Monterey Bay Rail Bikes – Railbike and handcar tours across the Monterey Rail Line. We host tours aboard our fleet of people powered handcars and our effortless electric assist railbikes …
What is a handcar and what were they used for?
A handcar, also known as a pump trolley or a pump car, is a small manually-powered railroad vehicle. It consists of a platform mounted on two, three or four wheels, with a handle or lever …
Railroad Handcar History
Handcars came onto the railroad scene in the 1860's built by individual railroads in their shops. Early models used a hand crank that was spun to propel the car. These cars were dangerous …
A handcar (also known as a velocipede, pump car, pump trolley, jigger, Sheffield, Kalamazoo, Buda, or draisine (a light auxil-iary rail vehicle) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or …
Handcar -- How it works. - YouTube
2011年5月21日 · Handcar. How it works. Video made on the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad.
Railroad Handcar Information Site
The most complete railroad handcar resource guide on the Internet. Dozens of photographs of handcars in action. Handcar rental available for motion picture production.
Handcars - Whippany Railway Museum
Rods, gears and cranks are utilized to enable the car to travel along the rails. These unique vehicles were developed in the late 1850’s and early 1860’s.
Railroad Hand Cars - Ephemera Society of America
Three-wheel and four-wheel handcars were—and are—work vehicles which have long had great appeal to popular imagination (remember that escape in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? ?). …
Kalamazoo Manufacturing - Handcars for sale
We sell handcar kits and fully assembled handcars. For prices and options see the store page for more information. Our Kalamazoo handcar is a continuation of the Kalamazoo handcar line …