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A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, jigger, Kalamazoo,^[1]velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind. It is mostly used as a maintenance of way or mining car, but it was also used for passenger service in some cases. A typical design consists of an arm, called the walking beam, that pivots, seesaw-like, on a base, which the passengers alternately push down and pull up to move the car.

History[edit]

It is not clear who invented the handcar, also written as hand car or hand-car. It is likely that machinists in individual railroad shops began to build them to their own design. Many of the earliest ones operated by turning large cranks. It is likely that the pump handcar, with a reciprocating walking beam, came later. While there are hundreds of US patents pertaining to details of handcars, probably the primary designs of mechanisms for powering handcars were in such common use that they were not patentable when companies started to manufacture handcars for sale to the railroads.

Handcars were absolutely essential to the operation of railroads during a time when railroads were the primary form of public transportation for people and goods in America, from about 1850 to 1910. There may have been handcars as early as the late 1840s but they were quite common during the American Civil War. They were a very important tool in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. There were many thousands of them built. They were commonly assigned to a 'section' of track, the section being between about 6 to 10 miles long, depending upon the traffic weight and locomotive speed experienced on the section. Each section would have a section crew that would maintain that piece of track. Each section usually had a section house which was used to store tools and the section's handcar. Roughly 130,000 miles of track had been constructed in America by 1900. Thus, considering there was a handcar assigned to at least every ten miles of that track, there would have been a minimum of 13,000 handcars operating in the United States. This number is obviously a gross underestimate because many sections were shorter than 10 miles and railroads also had spare handcars for use in unusual circumstances. Telegraph company Western Union and other rail-users had their own handcars, adding to the overall handcar population.

The first handcars, built in the railroad shops, were probably made of whatever parts the shops had around or could easily make. These cars were probably quite heavy. Heavy handcars need more people to propel them. More people will add more power but at some point the benefits are offset by the weight of the people: their own weight would not be compensated by any extra power they can produce. Many companies made handcars in the years following the American Civil War as evidenced by the number of advertisements in contemporary publications such as The Car Builder's Dictionary. By the mid 1880s The Sheffield Velocipede Car Company, The Kalamazoo Velocipede Company and the Buda Foundry and Manufacturing Company were the three large companies who were the primary builders of handcars. Sheffield was almost immediately acquired by industrial giant Fairbanks Morse. All three companies changed their names over the years but for most of the years that they produced handcars, they were still identified as Sheffield, Kalamazoo and Buda. Hand cars continued to be available through the first half of the 20th Century. Fairbanks Morse was still offering a handcar from their catalog as late as 1950 and Kalamazoo sold them until at least 1955.

While depictions on TV and in movies might suggest that being a member of a handcar crew is a joyride, in fact pumping a traditional handcar with bronze bearings rather than modern roller bearings can be very hard work. The disagreeable nature of this experience must have been heightened by the dead weight of typical section crew supplies such as railroad spikes, track nuts and bolts, shovels, pry bars of various sorts and other iron and steel equipment.

Motor section cars began to appear in the very early 1900s, or a few years earlier. They quickly replaced most of the handcars. Those handcars that were not scrapped during World War I, were probably scrapped during World War II. It is not clear how many handcars survived. They can be found in railroad museums and some are in private hands.

Modern usage[edit]

Handcars have been normally used by railway service personnel (the latter also known as Gandy dancers) for railroad inspection and maintenance. Because of their low weight and small size, they can be put on and taken off the rails at any place, allowing trains to pass. Handcars have since been replaced by self-propelled vehicles that do not require the use of manual power, instead relying on internal combustion engines or electricity to move the vehicle.

Handcars are nowadays used by handcar enthusiasts at vintage railroad events and for races between handcars driven by five person teams (one to push the car from a halt, four to pump the lever). One such race, the Handcar Regatta, was held in Santa Rosa, California from 2008 to 2011 and other races are held in Australia. See the section on racing below. Aside from handcars built for racing, new handcars are being built with modern roller bearings and milled axles and crankshafts.

International[edit]

Australia[edit]

In Australia, hand cars or pump carts are commonly referred to as Kalamazoos after the Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company, which provided many examples to the Australian railway market.^[1] Many Kalamazoos are preserved in Australia, some even being used for races.^[2]

Guatemala[edit]

There is a push car service along the railroad tracks between Anguiatú in Guatemala and rural towns across the Salvadoran border. Sometimes it is pulled by a horse.^[3]

Japan[edit]

In Japan, dozens of commercially operated handcar railway lines, called human car tramway (人車軌道, jinsha kidō) or human car railway (人車鉄道, jinsha tetsudō) existed in early 20th century.^[4] Those lines were purely built for its passenger/freight service, and 'drivers' pushed small train cars all the way. The first line, Fujieda-Yaizu Tramway, opened in 1891, and most of the others opened before 1910. Most lines were very short with less than 10 km lengths, and the rail gauges used were either 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) or 2 ft (610 mm).As the human-powered system was fairly inefficient, many handcar tramways soon changed their power resources to either horse or gasoline. The system was not strong against a competition with other modes of transport, such as trucks, horses, buses, or other railways. Taishaku Handcar Tramway ceased its operation as early as 1912, and almost all the lines were already closed before 1945.

List of handcar tramways in Japan[edit]

• Hokkaidō
  • Ebetsu Town Handcar Tramway 江別町営人車軌道
• Akita
  • Nakanishi Tokugorō Operated Tramway 中西徳五郎経営軌道
• Yamagata
  • Akayu Handcar Tramway 赤湯人車軌道
• Iwate
  • Waga Light Tramway 和賀軽便軌道
• Miyagi
  • Matsuyama Handcar Tramway 松山人車軌道
• Tochigi
  • Iwafune Handcar Tramway 岩舟人車鉄道
  • Kitsuregawa Handcar Tramway 喜連川人車鉄道
  • Nabeyama Handcar Tramway 鍋山人車軌道
  • Nasu Handcar Tramway 那須人車軌道
  • Otome Handcar Tramway 乙女人車軌道
  • Utsunomiya Stone Tramway 宇都宮石材軌道
• Ibaraki
  • Haguro Tramway 羽黒軌道
  • Inada Tramway 稲田軌道
  • Iwama Tramway 岩間軌道
  • Kabaho Kōgyō Tramway 樺穂興業軌道
  • Kasama Handcar Tramway 笠間人車軌道
• Chiba
  • Mobara-Chōnan Handcar Tramway 茂原・長南間人車軌道
  • Noda Handcar Tramway 野田人車鉄道 (linemap)
  • Ōhara-Ōtaki Handcar Tramway 大原・大多喜間人車軌道
  • Tōkatsu Handcar Tramway 東葛人車鉄道
• Tokyo
  • Taishaku Handcar Tramway 帝釈人車軌道
    • The current KeiseiKanamachi Line.
• Gunma
  • Satomi Tramway 里見軌道
  • Yabuzuka Stone Tramway 藪塚石材軌道
    • The part of the current TōbuKiryū Line.
• Kanagawa
  • Zusō Handcar Tramway 豆相人車鉄道
    • Also in Shizuoka.
• Shizuoka
  • Fujieda-Yaizu Tramway 藤枝焼津間軌道
  • Nakaizumi Tramway 中泉軌道
  • Shimada Tramway 島田軌道
• Fukui
  • Hongō Tramway 本郷軌道
• Okinawa
  • Okinawa Handcar Tramway 沖縄人車軌道

Taiwan[edit]

In Taiwan, commercially operated handcars were called either light railway line (Traditional Chinese: 輕便線; Hanyu Pinyin: qīngbiàn-xiàn), hand-pushed light railway line (手押輕便線; shǒuyā qīngbiàn-xiàn), hand-pushed tramway (手押軌道; shǒuyā guǐdào), or most commonly, hand-pushed wagon (手押臺車; shǒuyā táichē).^[4] The first line was built in the 1870s. The network developed later under Japanese rule. In 1933, its peak, there were more than 50 lines in the island with 1,292 km network, transporting local passengers, coal, factory products, sugar, salt, bananas, tea leaves, and others. Most lines, excluding those in mines and isolated islands, have disappeared after Japanese have left. However, a few lines survived well until the 1970s. Currently, only the sightseeing line in Wūlái still exists, although its line is not human-powered anymore.

In popular culture[edit]

Handcars are a recurring plot device of twentieth and twenty-first century film, such as comedy, drama and animation.

• In Stalker, the protagonists travel into the mysterious 'Zone' on a handcar.
• The opening scene of Blazing Saddles, set at a railroad construction site, features a handcar.
• In the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the culminating chase scene takes place along a railway, with one of the pursuers chasing the heroes down the tracks on a handcar.
• In the Dad's Army episode 'The Royal Train', the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon find themselves stuck on a runaway train. Warden Hodges, the vicar, the verger and the town mayor chase them using a handcar.
• In the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the three main characters encounter an old blind man on a handcar after escaping from prison and in the conclusion of the movie.
• In the movie The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery two St Trinian's schoolgirls use one to move between distant points levers.
• In the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner episode 'Rushing Roulette' (1965) Wile E. Coyote attempts to catch the Road Runner using a handcar.
• In 1998, Sega manufactured the handcar-themed arcade gameMagical Truck Adventure which the player controls by pumping a large handle.
• Buster Keaton uses a handcar during a chase scene in the film The General; he also uses a powered draisine in The Railrodder.
• In the Simpsons episode '500 Keys', Marge chases a toy handcar called the 'Pooter Toot Express'. The two figures pumping the car pass gas every time they pump.
• In Reds (1981), John Reed, played by Warren Beatty, attempts to leave Russia via a velocipede but is detained by Finnish troops at the border.
• In Thomas and Friends, Old Bailey uses a handcar in the episode 'Haunted Henry' (Series 5, Episode 11). This handcar can also be seen in Series 6, 14, 15, 16, 22 and 23. A real life handcar can also be seen in the '10 Years of Thomas and Friends' VHS on the Strasburg Railroad during a Day Out with Thomas event.
• In Postman Pat, Pat, Jess and Ted use a handcar in the Special Delivery Service episode 'A Wobbly Piano' so they could get to Greendale and deliver Lizzy's piano.
• In the TV show Petticoat Junction, a handcar is shown in many episodes, whenever the Cannonball is not available to take the Hooterville Valley residents where they need to be.
• In the Mr. Men Show episode 'Trains and Planes', Mr. Bump and Miss Helpful use a handcar to deliver sleepers for the railway. Later at the end, Mr. Grumpy jumps on board their handcar, but it gets destroyed by Miss Whoops.
• In The Good Place episode 'Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy', the characters Michael and Jason begin a journey from The Good Place to The Bad Place on a handcar. In the following episode 'Employee of the Bearimy' they complete the journey and later return to The Good Place on the handcar with Janet.

Racing[edit]

The Canadian Championship Handcar Races^[5] are held annually at the Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum (formerly the old Palmerston CNR station) in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada each June. These races began in 1992 and have been running since.

An annual handcar race, Dr. E. P. Kitty's Wunderkammer, featuring the Great Sonoma County Handcar Races (formerly known as The Hand-car Regatta), is held in the rail-yard in old downtown Santa Rosa, California.^[6]

A multi-faceted festival, it was centered in races of numerous widely varying human-powered vehicles operating on railroad tracks. These included traditional hand-powered carts and others powered by pedals or pushing.

A similar race is happening in the nearby Northern California town of Willits, California, on Sept. 8 and 9, 2012.^[7]Other races are held in Australia, some using preserved old handcars. See the reference above discussing Kalamazoos in Australia.

Additional images[edit]

• Handcar or Velocipede at the Nevada State Railroad Museum

• Rail-cycle with 4 wheels. A single bicycle may also be modified with an outrigger and locating wheels to operate upon rails

• A handcar, in original condition (at the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum). The foot brake operating mechanism may be seen between the wheels.

• Handcar riding along the Murmansk railroad, on the shore of Lake Onega. (circa 1916)

• Animation of a Handcar, based on a patent by George S. Sheffield

See also[edit]

• Some rowing cycles are inspired by early handcars

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Kalamazoo Railroad Velocipede and Car Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.' Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
2. ^'Cummins Kalamazoo'. Annual handcar race event at Cummins, South Australia. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
3. ^Push Car between Guatemala and El Salvador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inmaq5w4TU0
4. ^ ^abThese English names are just tentative translations for this article.
5. ^'Handcar Races - Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum'. Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
6. ^'Great West End Hand-Car Regatta'. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
7. ^'Hand Car Time Trials--Willits Kinetic Carnivale'. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

External links[edit]

Media related to Handcars at Wikimedia Commons

• Railriders Video produced by Oregon Field Guide
• (in Japanese)全国人車鉄道一覧 (List of Handcar Tramways all Japan)
• (in Japanese)友蚋炭坑人車軌道 (Yǒuruì Coal Mine Handcar Tramway): About the handcar railway line in Taiwan.

All the Racing Anime You'll Ever Need

Amid the flurry and popularity of sports anime, racing anime's always been there as the genre's less noticeable, yet just as passionate cousin. Be they in mecha suits, cars or bicycles , there's nothing quite as adrenaline filled as urging a favored character across the finish line. It really helps when there's good animation behind the action to properly relay the intense speeds these racers travel at, but hey, even without the eye candy, races are still intense to watch.

Below is a compilation of nearly all racing anime ever made, old and new. Race on.

Air Gear

MAL Rated 7.71, Ranked #1003 Aired: Spring 2006 Produced by: Toei Animation

A young man finds himself living a dream when he obtains a pair of Air-Techs, next-gen roller skates. His dream is to make it to the top and become the 'King', but plenty of opponents stand between him and the title.

Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka

MAL Rated 6.68, Ranked #4512 Aired: Fall 1977 Produced by: Toei Animation

With dreams of becoming a great racer, Takaya constructs his own race car. However, inexperience leads to disaster and while he escapes injury, his car is destroyed. The incident proves fortuitous when Takaya is approached by a mysterious driver offering to help Takaya with his destiny.

Bakusou Circuit Roman Twin

MAL Rated 6.00, Ranked #7632

This OVA follows the trials of a motorcycle racer.

Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go

MAL Rated 6.85, Ranked #3811 Aired: Winter 1996 Produced by: Production I.G., Xebec

Retsu and Go Seiba receive racing cars called Mini 4WD and take up the goal of winning the Japan Cup.

Bari Bari Densetsu

MAL Rated 6.81, Ranked #3986 Produced by: Studio Pierrot

Bari Bari Densetsu features four teenage motorcycle racers as they aim for the top.

Blassreiter

MAL Rated 7.10, Ranked #2953 Aired: Spring 2008 Produced by: Gonzo

Science fiction meets racing when mindless, biomechanical creatures called Demoniacs hold modern Germany under siege. A Xenogenesis Assault Team (XAT) is dispatched to address the problem. However, life takes a bizarre turn when humans begin to display Demoniac abilities.

Capeta

MAL Rated 7.91, Ranked #646 Aired: Fall 2005 Produced by: Studio Comet

An ingenuitive 4th grade boy restores an old junked racing cart and puts it to the test in actual races. He'll prove he's the best, even without the 'newest and best' model.

Dash! Yonkurou

MAL Rated 7.08, Ranked #3025 Aired: Fall 1989

A series of races for minor titles paves the path to the title of Emperor. Racers put everything on the line to compete for this ultimate position.

F

MAL Rated 6.90, Ranked #3638 Aired: Spring 1988 Produced by: Studio Deen

Akagi, a 'country' boy, moves to the city to pursue his dreams of racing a Formula One car. Good thing for him, he seems imbued with a bit of natural talent.

Free!

MAL Rated 7.70, Ranked #1029 Aired: Summer 2013 Produced by: Kyoto Animation

A group of teenagers, reeling with nostalgia, drag together a swim club in high school. After meeting an old friend and rival, their little swim club ventures into competitions.

Futari Daka

MAL Rated 6.27, Ranked #8014 Aired: Fall 1984 Produced by: Kokusai Eigasha

Two young men that share names meet on a race track, after almost killing each other in a motorcycle race they become rivals. However, the two quickly discover that a passion for racing and shared names are not their only common ground. Will one of them make it to the top, or will they take each other down in the struggle?

Future GPX Cyber Formula

MAL Rated 7.55, Ranked #1385 Aired: Spring 1991 Produced by: Sunrise

Cyber Formula is about cars equipped with AI systems to assist drivers. Hayato is the youngest racer in cyber formula driving with the most advanced system, known as Asurada.

F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu

MAL Rated 6.42, Ranked #5384 Aired: Fall 2003 Produced by: Production Reed

After dying in a high-intensity chase, a detective is placed in cryo-sleep for 150 years. He is then brought back to life by two doctors and thrown into a world of futuristic racing and dangerous criminal organizations.

Gekisou! Rubenkaiser

MAL Rated 7.65, Ranked #8075 Aired: Fall 1977 Produced by: Toei Animation

A race car driver competes around the world in a race car left to him by his father.

Goddamn

MAL Rated 6.03, Ranked #6331

Todoroki accepts a big-shot car company's offer to sponsor him as a driver. Thanks to that, he now has a shot at the Safari Rally Kenya championship.

Idaten Jump

MAL Rated 6.75, Ranked #4246 Aired: Fall 2005 Produced by: Production I.G

Yamato and his two friends practice MTB (mountain biking) in a special area known as the 'X-Zone', until one day their territory is challenged by an MTB race team named Shark Tooth. However, a race for rights to the X-Zone is derailed when the racers find themselves in another world also named X-Zone. What is going on and how will they return to their old life?

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix

MAL Rated 7.26, Ranked #2403 Aired: Fall 2005 Produced by: Production I.G.

Cars are a thing of the past in IGPX, usurped by high-tech mecha suits capable of reaching unimaginable speeds. Join competitors in a new breed of race as they pit their skills as pilot and racer against other suits.

Initial D

MAL Rated 8.18, Ranked #320 Aired: Spring 1998 Produced by: Studio Gallop

Initial D takes the viewer on a death defying trip down winding mountain roads with daredevil racers drifting toward a win. The story follows Takumi as he develops from a dreamer to top competitor in these races.

Kenkou Zenrakei Suieibu Umishou

MAL Rated 7.28, Ranked #2339 Aired: Summer 2007 Produced by: Artland

A school swim team is disrupted by a new transfer student, whose speed and endurance defy belief. On top of that, this girl has a habit of swimming nude! But could she be a mermaid-like creature or just a normal, if eccentric, girl?

Mach GOGOGO

MAL Rated 6.79, Ranked #4207 Aired: Spring 1967 Produced by: Tatsunoko Production

An engineer is refused his chance to design a 'fantasy' engine so he leaves his job, but doesn't abandon his dreams to create the fastest car. Founding a family team, his son is put behind the wheel with dreams of being the best racer.

Machine Hayabusa

MAL Rated 6.33, Ranked #8869 Aired: Spring 1976 Produced by: Toei Animation

The Saionji Racing Team is created to compete against Black Shadow, which has a reputation of ruining big races. To do this, they've created a cutting edge engine and a car to put it in, with a driver who has vendetta against Black Shadow.

Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-bu

Set to air Summer 2016

Hiromi meets the leader of the cycling club at her school while riding her bicycle to school everyday. From there, new journeys unfold.

Monkey Turn

MAL Rated 6.56, Ranked #4945 Aired: Winter 2004 Produced by: OLM, Inc.

Follow the protagonist as he guns for his dream of becoming a professional speedboat racer!

Nasu: Andalusia no Natsu

MAL Rated 7.19, Ranked #2637 Produced by: Madhouse, Telecom Animation Film

When Pepe's brother is scheduled to marry the girl Pepe loves, he throws himself fully into his career as a cyclist. It's a rocky venture, with many stops and near-losses, but he will not stop striving for victory.

Oban Star-Racers

MAL Rated 7.51, Ranked #1514 Aired: Spring 2006 Produced by: Hal Film Maker

Eva runs away from Boarding School and sneaks off under the alias 'Molly' to keep her true identity from her father Don Wei, the president of a racing company and legendary race manager. She joins the Great Race on Earth so she can win and have one wish granted.

Over Drive

MAL Rated 7.81, Ranked #821 Aired: Spring 2007 Produced by: Xebec

High school student Shinozaki Mikoto is introverted and bullied at school, but is brought out of his shell by a newly awakened love for riding bicycles. He then starts dreaming of becoming the best cyclist in the world and winnign the Tour de France. The only problem is, he doesn't know how to ride a bike.

Prince of Stride: Alternative

MAL Rated 7.07, Ranked #3071 Aired: Winter 2016 Produced by: Madhouse

A mind-boggling sport known as 'Stride' takes track and field to the next level. Combining parkour with high-speed foot racing, Stride knows no boundaries. Over buildings, through schools, across suburbs, any terrain is a possible course to test one's speed and teamwork.

Redline

MAL Rated 8.34, Ranked #192 Produced by: Madhouse

Trigger-happy military, daring criminals, funky aliens, and the most absurdly dangerous, high-intensity racing you've ever seen in anime? In this high stakes racing anime, prideful driver JP is aiming for victory in the best racing event in the galaxy, the Redline.

Rideback

MAL Rated 7.40, Ranked #1908 Aired: Winter 2009 Produced by: Madhouse

Grounded from her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer by an injury, Rin discovers a new joy after piloting a motorcycle-like robot known as Rideback. From there she becomes embroiled in competitive racing with astounding aptitude.

Scan2Go

MAL Rated 6.18, Ranked #6067 Aired: Summer 2010

Races have gone beyond the boundaries of Earth's atmosphere when life on 'alien' planets is discovered. Competitors take to the stars to determine who is the fastest in the universe.

Yoroshiku Mechadock

MAL Rated 6.76, Ranked #4230 Aired: Fall 1984 Produced by: Tatsunoko Production

Mechadock is a powerful race car obtained from a simple economy car, which is able to race on any ground.

Yowamushi Pedal

MAL Rated 8.19, Ranked #315 Aired: Fall 2013 Produced by: TMS Entertainment

When he discovers his new schools anime club has disbanded, Sakamichi Onoda takes it upon himself to revive it. While completing his weekly 90 kilometer bicycle ride to Akihabara, his riding ability is noticed. After taking up a fellow students' challenge for a race, Onoda begins his bicycle racing journey.

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Disclaimer: While efforts were made to ensure this collection is as comprehensive as possible, it should be noted that anime shorts/specials, some OVAs, and obscure titles were not included. It should also be noted that series with multiple parts are not all referenced separately, but under the main or original title (such as Yowamushi Pedal.) This list also does not include anime which merely reference racing, if no races occur in the show (such as Classroom Crisis which only makes allusions to racing rockets.)