| Wiki: | A speeder (also known as railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley or inspection car, and also known as a draisine in many other parts of the world) is a maintenance of way motorized vehicle formerly used on railroads around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites. In the 1990s, speeders were replaced with trucks using flanged wheels that could be lowered for on-rail, called road-rail vehicles. Now speeders are collected by hobbyists, who refurbish them and take them on outings organized by the North American Railcar Operators Association in the USA and Canada and the Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc. in Australia. |
