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
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now that there is pritty sweet, slap a JATO on the back of it and go out in a blaze of glory.
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Excuse me sir, can I interest you in one of these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rocket_sled_tra… -
Excuse me sir, can I interest you in one of these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rocket_sled_tra…
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