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Fairmont MT-14 speeder in February 2004. In 1909 Frank E. Wade founded Fairmont Railway Motors of Fairmont, Minnesota (renamed the Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motor Car Company in 1915), was a manufacturer of rail vehicles formed from the Fairmont Machine Company. [1]
Speeder in use in Santa Cruz, California. A speeder (also known as a section car, railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley, inspection car, or draisine) is a small railcar used around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites. [1]
The Western Union Junction Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, run by the Western Union Junction Railroad Museum, Inc. . It is located across the street from the original location of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) depot, and near trackage of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Motorcar operators, at their option, sometimes let others ride along. Participation fees vary, with areas such as Mexico's Copper Canyon attracting interest as "the ultimate speeder trip." [6] To participate in an excursion, participants are given training. A NARCOA coordinator plans the event. [2] The speeders average 20 to 25 miles per hour. [9]
Speeder may refer to: Railroad speeder, a small railcar; Speeder (motor vessel), a 1908 launch; Speeders, US, 2007–2009; A speed limit breaking driver;
In 1933 Gibson recognized that there was a need for larger railroad speeders than those available on the market at the time. Gibson's larger speeder was an immediate success, and several found their way to logging railroads, where people needed to be moved from logging site to logging site separate of the log trains.
3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association. A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, [1] velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind.
The Speedster's list price started at $3,346, [1] ($38,057 in 2023 dollars [7]) or about $800 more than a base 1955 President State hardtop.The reason was the 1955 President Speedster was loaded with standard equipment including: choice of Studebaker Automatic Drive or overdrive transmissions, power steering, power brakes, four-barrel carburetor, dual exhaust, "Shoemaker-stitched" diamond ...