UNIQUE! Big Chute Marine Railway, Ontario

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The Big Chute Marine Railway is the ONLY one of its kind in North America still in use.
Officially known as Lock 44 of the Trent-Severn Waterway, it works on an inclined plane to carry up to 100 foot boats up (or down) the 60 foot change in elevation.
www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/tr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Chut...
Hepburn Engineering Inc. in Etobicoke designed and built the railway. www.hepeng.com/
(12JUL2014)

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@MrGrumbles69 6 лет назад

That is wonderful. Just goes to show that there are still things to learn about man made things on this planet of ours.

@MrWombatty 6 лет назад

Thanks, I've seen pics of this before but never in action! That larger boat that's last off at 11:00 is a long way from home!

@AlexKhvedor 10 лет назад

An interesting incarnation a shiny engineering idea!! Really UNIQUE! Thanks for the video!

@josephenathomas6530 7 лет назад

Fantastic Tourist Destination on Big Chute!!!

@ModelingSteelinHO 10 лет назад

Jay, now that is neat.Thank you for sharing. I had no idea we had one in the Northern Hemisphere . This is what makes You-Tube so neat. Very clever solution. Going into favorites. Have you heard of the beast of Siberia ? The Krasnoyarsk Dam boat lift.

@JayJr2007 10 лет назад

I had never heard of it .. but yeah it is crazy awesome.

@McRocket 6 лет назад

That is so NEAT.

@neilballantyne7077 6 лет назад

I always see the signs for Big Chute on the way back home to my parents house on Manitoulin Island but never bothered to google it until I saw this video..... Next trip up in the summer I am thinking detour to see this in action

@JayJr2007 6 лет назад

Its a nice drive if you loop through Coldwater & back to the 400: www.google.ca/maps/dir/Coldwater/Big+Chute/@44.8339521,-79.6815461,11.88z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x4d2ab85b87d6cc87:0x80f00f94086c5ee!2m2!1d-79.643778!2d44.7099419!1m5!1m1!1s0x4d2aebbdb1741f61:0x7a4796d35eb9ec69!2m2!1d-79.6757219!2d44.886118?hl=en Thanks for watching, Jason

@RailfanMax 10 лет назад

Nice catch Jason!

@apples2095 10 лет назад

Nice catch Jay!

@zianian 6 лет назад

This is an awesome video. Thanks.

@JayJr2007 6 лет назад

It sure is quite the contraption. Thanks for watching! Jason

@LDEGM 10 лет назад

Great video! Nice machine! Good work! Thumbs Up

@pilierofq 6 лет назад

Unreal !!!

@Thomas1980 6 лет назад

wow...amazing!

@RoadartamFluss 6 лет назад

another nice video for the shipspotting community

@bkriegel95 10 лет назад

That's cool!

@BiddieTube 6 лет назад

"Still In Use",.. This sure beats locks, and is faster, don't know if is cheaper though. If there were others like this, why would they be allowed to go out of service? Definitely seems like a great way to do it though.

@riverman33 6 лет назад

Awesome !!!

@JayJr2007 6 лет назад

Thanks for watching! Jason

@arejay54 10 лет назад

Way cool! I think they should give the boaters a discount if they're willing to speed things up by unhooking the cable to just coast down to the lower level. But fasten your seat belts!

@JayJr2007 10 лет назад

That would be a great splash zone ride! lol

@lipadier 6 лет назад

13:16 small but tippy. Hehe. Anyway great stuff.

@trainzguy2472 6 лет назад

It's kind of like how cars and people use ferries to get across bodies of water but boats use a giant train to get across land. :P

@beverley8987 6 лет назад

now thats cool

@GWAYGWAY1 6 лет назад

It took me bit of time to realise how it keeps level Inner an outer tracks are unequal Clever idea save all manner of moving parts. An hydraulics.

@JayJr2007 6 лет назад

Yeah its pretty cool stuff to see in action. Once in a while a real large boat will use it & make the lift look small. lol

@sydneyshinshi 6 лет назад

Such an eloquent design. Engineers are sure smart.

@TheGryxter 6 лет назад

That makes sense, but how does it work going the other way? The outer tracks would have to be higher on one end. Then the rails would be in the way of the lower legs. I'm confused as to how it works in 2 directions.

@Vincent-Vega24 6 лет назад

I didn't even realize that until I read your comment!!!!! Nice!!

@bigredc222 6 лет назад

thegrxter On one side the outer track is the high one, and the inner is the lower one, on the other end, the outer track is the lower, and the inner track is the upper one, all four legs on the carrier thing, are the same length.

@heartland96a 6 лет назад

any one know what the fee's are for using this service?

@peggyt1243 6 лет назад

There is no specific fee for using the marine railway. You pay by the day not by the lock. You buy a pass for the Trent Canal system a specific number of days or for the whole season if you want.

@bradolsen9981 6 лет назад

What is the maximum weight lift capability of that

@JayJr2007 6 лет назад

91t

@5H5H5H10 3 года назад

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@LynnJepson 6 лет назад

Way cheaper than digging a lock.

@BCtrainfan 6 лет назад

Great catch, love the Jet-ski getting a ride all by it self! The Trent-Severn Waterway is fascinating but not that well known, and is definitely on my bucket list of boating destinations! Check out the Wki page for more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent%E2%80%93Severn_Waterway