Hunting on train tracks?

hawk-i said:
LOL, didn't say I'd do it....just saying I think they are to wide to do it. :)
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Yes, they are too wide, however 1 ton front rims used on 3/4 ton or half ton axles fit the rails. Problem is staying on without a high rail kit!! Lol

don't ask how I know this......
 
Gatehouse said:
It's tressessing and CN police will charge you. Especially with a gun. It's not the good ol days.....apparently 97 deaths from trespassing on railways this year.
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Railway cops, the only private police force in Canada allowed to carry guns. :) 200. fine I think. Tracks are private property, not to mention really stupid to go on them.

Grizz
 
two-dogs said:
not sure about the legalities, but I can let you in on a tip that you very likely did not know. Back in the day us punks used to ride the rails with our cars. I haven't done it for decades and can't say what vehicles of nowadays will fit and work, but I put many a mile on the rails with my '55 Chevy and '67 Chevelle and '68 Camaro. Another dude done the same with his '66 Charger and there were plenty more. You get on and off the rails at a cross road where the ties are on the road. The tires wrap around the rails and bite like a snake. You DO NOT touch the steering wheel, I repeat DO NOT TOUCH THE STEERING WHEEL, you just use the gas pedal and enjoy the ride and scenery. You can get going as fast as you dare, it ain't gonna jump off. We did 50 mph like nothing. Some guys went faster, but 50 or less was good enough for me. We never met a train, thank goodness! Oh, I guess I should mention "don't do this at home" kids;)!
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IIRC, those ole bias ply tires had to be deflated a touch to keep them following the rails. '65 Pontiac. :cool:

The past is another country, they do things differently there.
 
Too bad the track police don't find the railways for all the chit and feathers they leave
along the tracks.
Fishing Kamloops Lake and the big garbage left on the sides of the banks overflowing
into the lake is an utter disgrace.
How do they get away with this nonsense?
They don't own that right.
 
Boomer said:
IIRC, those ole bias ply tires had to be deflated a touch to keep them following the rails. '65 Pontiac. :cool:

The past is another country, they do things differently there.
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no Boomer, those bias ply tires hung in there real good with the normal air pressure. I had the factory F70x14 red walls on my '68 Camaro and J70x14 (or maybe they were 15's) Mickey Thompson's on the rear of my '55 Chuvy. They all bit like a snake to the rails.:d
 
Do any of you remember that place in easterly-central SK, where two railways cross in the town, when young guys in cars on the rails played chicken, resulting in some fatalities?
 
kamlooky said:
Too bad the track police don't find the railways for all the chit and feathers they leave
along the tracks.
Fishing Kamloops Lake and the big garbage left on the sides of the banks overflowing
into the lake is an utter disgrace.
How do they get away with this nonsense?
They don't own that right.
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you can't touch the railways in Canada, above the law on pretty much all counts
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Railway cops, the only private police force in Canada allowed to carry guns. :) 200. fine I think. Tracks are private property, not to mention really stupid to go on them.

Grizz
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In Niagara Falls the Parks Commission has their own police force. I've been in the station making deliveries many times. Pretty sure they carry guns.
 
H4831 said:
Do any of you remember that place in easterly-central SK, where two railways cross in the town, when young guys in cars on the rails played chicken, resulting in some fatalities?
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no, I don't remember that, but when trains are mentioned, I do very clearly remember 2 freight trains hit head on right smack dab in the centre of town during the night, I believe. Yellowhead route, I think it was Wadena SK if memory serves. My girlfriend (later my wife) and I were heading home back to MB after visiting my folks and saw this unbelievable massive mess. Locomotives up side down, train cars piled up in heaps, rails and ties curled up and hanging in mid air! Oh man, I'll never forget that and it was about a tad less than 50 years ago!
 
Fourtonnemantis said:
In Niagara Falls the Parks Commission has their own police force. I've been in the station making deliveries many times. Pretty sure they carry guns.
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Don't think you can buy shares in the Parks Commission. :) Railways have a very privileged status in this country, goes back to John A and his determination to get the transcontinental line built.

Grizz
 
two-dogs said:
no, I don't remember that, but when trains are mentioned, I do very clearly remember 2 freight trains hit head on right smack dab in the centre of town during the night, I believe. Yellowhead route, I think it was Wadena SK if memory serves. My girlfriend (later my wife) and I were heading home back to MB after visiting my folks and saw this unbelievable massive mess. Locomotives up side down, train cars piled up in heaps, rails and ties curled up and hanging in mid air! Oh man, I'll never forget that and it was about a tad less than 50 years ago!
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About that time ago two trains hit head on on the Yellow Head route in BC.
The fatalities of some young guys I mentioned was in Wadena, maybe 35 years ago. Two cars got on the rails some miles apart, going toward each other at nigh without lights and hit head on.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Don't think you can buy shares in the Parks Commission. :) Railways have a very privileged status in this country, goes back to John A and his determination to get the transcontinental line built.

Grizz
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The Railway Act is a very powerful piece of legislation, John A did set it up that way. Chretien pulled many teeth on this legislation. When I started we were not allowed to speak to any kind of police including the RCMP without permission from the super level. This included fatalities. They decided what was released and when. Early 80's we removed a body from the caboose and proceeded under direction of our train master while the RCMP went nuts. Long story. Needless to say upon arrival at home terminal we were greeted and detained at the nearest detachment. The super went into the room and I waited outside, never did give a statement to the police on that one. The police were not allowed to enter the property without permission from the CN Police ( this as much for safety of all concerned). These restrictions are no longer in place but were well into the 90's. CN was not restricted by local building codes or required to pay municipal tax, not sure what the current status is on that.

The hi-rails used for maintenance work are customised and narrow wheel base. The steering wheels are locked while on rail and they do not stop well. They get on and off at crossings. They also do not activate crossing signals most times.

Looky..... it is against the rules to dump garbage on the right of way. Turn it into provincial environment office, were there work gangs staying there? Subcontractors, no doubt, but railway is still responsible.
 
Not so much garbage as in garbage garbage, but track crap.
Old ties, old pieces of track, poles, dunnage, shoring, poles and such.
Old creosote ties don't belong in or near water regardless.
 
kamlooky said:
I've walked miles and miles on them tracks with me ole pah hunting chukars.
Never give it a second thought.
Now crossing the river use to git me pulse going.
Them railway police, they eat donuts too?
Meeeander up the hills.
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You see many Timmies' near the tracks? I think they just drink Diesel fuel. Best to steer clear.
 
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