The Lumbering Contraption

Tom Sepe — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:52:15 +0000

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We’ve been making some great progress on the Lumbering Contraption. We’ve only got a few more days to finish before bringing her out to Santa Rosa for the Handcar Regatta.
You can see Pictures of her in progress on my Flickr page,
http://flickr.com/photos/tomsepe/sets/72157607076970947/
\as well as some wonderfull photos and a bit of video by Nick Winterhalter on his Flickr page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/winterhalter/sets/72157607016106105/
I also posted a dark and mysterious video on YouTube of last night’s test run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQ8I4818-w
Come on out this Sunday Sept 28th to us pit our invention against the other fabulous railcars at the Santa Rosa Handcar Regatta: http://handcar-regatta.com/

Railwheel Hijinks 2

Tom Sepe — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:52:07 +0000

Yes we’re building a railcar – hand powered rail car. Actually ts more of a rail wheel – You can see pictures of in progress here