Parry People Mover , a viable option ?

[martinsh]

A viable alternative to a Skateboard, yes, perhaps. As long as you don't want to go uphill.

the Stourbridge Town branch is on a pretty steep gradient, and they don't seem to have much trouble with that ?

 

[TheWalrus]

Probably well under-powered for Cornish Branch lines!!!!
2 litre lpg engine? Probably 10 litre+ per car be more like it!!

What for hills? So what's a 153 like then?

 

[starrymarkb]

What for hills? So what's a 153 like then?

A 153 has a 14l Cummins engine with 285hp (IIRC it's a straight 6)

Smaller engines can generate higher horsepower but at a much higher RPM (and they can't sustain it). Be interested to see how long a PPM takes to go Coombe to Liskeard

 

[Schnellzug]

A 153 has a 14l Cummins engine with 285hp (IIRC it's a straight 6)

Smaller engines can generate higher horsepower but at a much higher RPM (and they can't sustain it). Be interested to see how long a PPM takes to go Coombe to Liskeard

And the longevity of the 14l Cummins engines speaks for itself, I think.

 

[Cliveblackpool]

And the longevity of the 14l Cummins engines speaks for itself, I think.

Good engines, but the 153 I travelled on between Derby & Crewe felt under powered!
The link railway built to link the Moorswater to Looe line to the main line at Liskeard station is a curving long climb! A switchback at Coombe Junction!

http://www.djipix.com/images/photos/Railways/Cornish_Railways/16_05_87.jpg?imgId=1220
http://www.djipix.com/images/photos/Railways/Cornish_Railways/16_06_87.jpg?imgId=1221

Newquay branch has a gradient in Luxuyan Valley where you go under the Trefry Aqua/viaduct of 1 in 37, with a speed restriction on a wooden bridge just before the climb!