So Anderson has seen all kinds of trains in his life, from very old ones, to new ones, electric, gas-powered, diesel-powered engines, passenger trains and freight trains. All kinds. Today, however, he's seen something new. A human-powered engine, a handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, jigger, Kalamazoo, or draisine, according to
Wikipedia. We had the opportunity to ride it at a train event at a nearby park, where we first rode an 1889-built, fully restored steam engine named Ann Marie, then embarked on a few hundred feed powering ourselves forward. What a blast we had!
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