Hand Car Photos
Wondering what a handcar looks like? What the heck is a Velocipede? Or an Autorack? A Draisine / Jigger??? This will help. (I don’t own the rights to this photos – found using Wikipedia)
Here are a few hand car samples I found in my travels:
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Stained-Wood-Handcar-2-300x225.jpg)
Stained wood! They usually don’t look this nice!
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Close-Up-of-Brake-Assembly-300x200.png)
This is a closeup of the brake assembly
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Multi-Rider-1-300x225.jpg)
This is a multi-rider version
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Multi-Rider-2-300x175.jpg)
And another multi-rider design
These next few are called Velocipedes – single rider track vehicles.
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Velocipede-1-225x300.jpg)
Traditional style Velocipede
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Velocipede-4-300x192.jpg)
A old-school pump-powered Velocipede
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Velocipede-Bicycle-300x294.jpg)
Bicycle style!
If you’ve read Trac Brothers and can’t picture what an autorack looks like? Here ya go!
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Autorack-Outside-300x166.jpg)
From the outside
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Autorack-Inside-225x300.jpg)
From the inside – they hold 8 cars in total – 4 on top and 4 on bottom
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Draisine-2-300x170.jpg)
Here is a Draisine (or Jigger). They are used for inspecting the track, as well as moving the occasional boxcar around
![](http://randypearson.org/wp-content/uploads/Pickup-1-300x198.jpg)
Here is what a pickup truck looks like that’s been modified to drive on the rail