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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]
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The first production vehicles, designated as British Rail Class 139, have a small onboard LPG motor to bring the flywheel up to speed. In practice, this could be an electric motor that need only connect to the power supply at stopping points. Alternatively, a motor at the stopping points could wind up the flywheel of each car as it stops.
McKeen car Roslyn of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The McKeen Motor Car Company of Omaha, Nebraska, was a builder of internal combustion-engined railroad motor cars , constructing 152 between 1905 and 1917. [1]
A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), [a] railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).
Doodlebug Country: The Rail Motorcar on the Class 1 Railroads of the United States. Interurban Press. ISBN 978-0-916374-50-1. Keilty, Edmund (December 1988). The Short Line Doodlebug: Galloping Geese and Other Rail Critters. Interurban Press. ISBN 978-0-916374-77-8. John B. McCall (December 1977). The Doodlebugs. Kachina Press. ISBN 978-0 ...
The Nevada State Railroad Museum completed the restoration of McKeen car, #22 of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, a 70-foot (21.34 m) car by 05/09/2010. The original powerplant did not survive, but it was replaced with a modern engine and drive system to allow the car to transport visitors to the museum around its short track.
A 1960 catalog showed two models of lightweight utility railroad motor cars, used for patrol cars, inspection and section use. The 56W used an air-cooled Wisconsin 4 cycle 2-cylinder motor, rated at 16.4 horsepower (12.2 kW). Transmission was a synchromesh gearbox with two forward speeds and two reverse. A roller chain connected the ...