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Yesterday, Sunday, I actually saw three snowmobiles traveling slowly down the railroad track trail in Plymouth NH, where it crosses Rt 175 between Main St and the bridge over the Pemi River, close to the roundabout, there.

As you know, the inside width between the railroad rails is 48.5-inches, and the outside width between the snowmobile front runners is typically 44-inches, leaving the snowmobile driver just 4.5" of space divided by two or 2 1/4" space between the runners and the steel rails on both sides.

The overnight snow fall of about 4" heavy, wet, icy, crusty snow was, no doubt, why these three snowmobiles were out there, riding their machines down between the railroad rails.

These front runner wheels are somewhat similar to railroad train wheels, so making snowmobile wheels that work good on a railroad track seems like a no-brainer, and would make the machine good to go on the tracks with or without enough snow on the ground.

This seems like an easy fix for riding the railroad/snowmobile trail when there's not enough snow ...... just enough snow to cover the wood ties and gravel between the steel rails ....... but not enough snow to cover the steel rails, which is basically how it is, most of the time ......... don't you think!

These three snowmobiles were all in a straight line, riding between the steel railroad rails on the fresh, thick snow and moving along at under 10-mph, taking care not to side hit the steel rails with their front runner/skis and if the two runner/skis had wheels that fit the rails, like a train, it seems like it could be a good fit ...... a snowmobile version similar to training wheels adapted to the railroad track rails, when there's not enough snow ..... boo-hoo ........ don't you think!