Making Trolleys For The Narrow Gauge Workshop Railway. (Or Are They Dollies?)

WAY OUT WEST with Sandra and Tim
WAY OUT WEST with Sandra and Tim
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Published 2017-02-27
The railway is still only half the length of the barn, but that’s still long enough for some fun with a little flat-bed trolley (bogey?).

Thanks to Finn, Rosie and Mike for testing, and the donkeys for their appreciation.

The wheels came from 17d-miniatures.co.uk/ (tell them who sent you - I may need a good deal next time I go shopping..)

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All Comments (21)
  • @silverghosthunter
    Hello from Floyd County Kentucky. I absolutely loving watching this channel. I enjoy your hard working ethics & way of life. I would love to visit, help out, & bring my 11 year old daughter for a wonderful experience. If you ever want to visit the beautiful appalachian mountains of Eastern KY, you can stay here for free in our cabin.
  • @wmo1234
    Awesome work Tim! I respect your enginuity, thoughtfulness and re-use of things - to make things that are practical and so useful in your operation there. Inspiring for sure! Now, I'm off to the metal shop full of more ideas!!!
  • @jimdandy9671
    You are so clever, I love watching you work... very inspirational. Then you fill the base of your concrete slab with scrap metal! What! Aw jeez...
  • @springwoodcottage4248
    Kind of brings up the feeling of amazing that must have come with the first passenger railways in the 1830's. Almost feel you could sell tickets, not quite Space-X around the moon, but there is a delight & inherent pleasure in something so elegantly simple & useful.
  • @SMTMainline
    This video was major inspiration in building my railway speeder. Although I used crane wheels instead of large scale locomotive wheels.
  • @jaybarber68
    Greasable pillow block bearings! Very good, Sir!
  • @russdavis1960
    Wonderful job! Wish I had a large building like that.
  • @dronfly4406
    choo choo~~ ^^ What a lovely family ! Well done !!
  • @gregwarner3753
    You have the absolute essesence of railroading and why they were invented. Put two trolleys with pivots under each end of a platform and you have a flat car. Make a bunch hook them together and tow them with a donkey and you have a railroad. All the rest is detail. My step father built a miniature amusement park railroad in the 1950s. It used small gasoline engines to haul up to 30 kids in several cars. As soon as I was big enough I did the maintainence and, as the things were simple, there was a lot, when I was about 8yo. By 14 i was doing all the work while himself drank himself into a stupor. It was amazing that a kid could push a thousand pound engine by myself. Railroads still fascinate me. Amusement parks not so much.
  • @64dexta
    They look good Tim, I'm sure they will be plenty strong enough for a big log.
  • @Kayla-yq1tk
    Very cool idea! I think I'll talk to my folks about doing something like this :)
  • @santiagocondemorales5567
    haha Honestly since i watched the mono-rail video i been thinking of uses and planning some proyects around that simplicity. great 3rd video