Did you know there’s a whole race series for railroad handcars? It certainly can’t be that surprising—in a world where people drag race their belt sanders and try to top 100mph on their lawn mowers, handcar racing doesn’t seem so much a sport as it is a highly competitive form of upper-body exercise. Stuffing an Indian motorcycle onto your handcar may seem like an unfair advantage in said race series, but hey: you can brag about how it handles like it’s, well… [From: Flickr, Texas & Pacific Railway]
Last Call – Like it's on Rails Edition
By Hooniverse
May 28, 2010