Throughout life we are constantly learning, and we have learned a lot in the last three years while building our hobby railroad.
The locomotive is a restored 1969 Hunslet from the Vale nickel mines of Manitoba. The flat cars come from the Baraboo Armory in Baraboo Wisconsin. Their trucks appear to be from the 40's or 50's while the steel deck frames appear to be much older, based on the construction style and the steel logos, probably from the 1910s or 1920s.
Our little Western Wisconsin railroad is a 36" gauge private project dedicated to the preservation and restoration of old industrial narrow gauge railroading.
Music selections provided by Artlist include: Appalachian Theme by Tony Petersen, Who Goes There? by Falconer, We Are One by Elad Perez and Marbles - Short Version by Itay Kashti.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:19 Finding and Restoring Locomotives and Cars Takes Time and Talent
02:05 3 Ft Narrow Gauge Equipment is Very Hard to Locate
04:06 Wider and More Stable Access Roads are Better
06:06 It's Not Impossible to Build a Railroad over Hilly Wet Clay
08:06 Don't Rush Building the Roadbed
10:06 Finding Rail is Challenging Laying Rail is Not so Bad
12:05 Trackside Service Roads Make Things Much Easier
14:06 Our Volunteers Make It Possible to Turn Our Vision into Reality
16:06 Building a Narrow Gauge Railroad Costs More Than You Think
18:06 The Results Are Worth the Effort
19:22 Outro