Railroad speeder

A speeder is a small railcar formerly used around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites.
Motorized inspection cars date back to at least 1896, when it was reported that the U.S. Daimler Motor Company created a gasoline-powered rail inspection car capable of 15 mph (24 km/h).
In the 1990s, many speeders were replaced by pickup trucks or sport utility vehicles with additional flanged wheels that could be lowered for travelling on rails, called "road–rail vehicles" or hi-rails for "highway-railroad".
Today the speeders are still in use some at railroad yards, and museums. Some of them are also preserved on public displays.
== Trivia ==
* Speeders are collected by hobbyists, who refurbish them for excursions organized by the North American Railcar Operators Association in the U.S. and Canada and the Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc. in Australia.
* A speeder was also known as a section car, railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley, inspection car, or a draisine.
* Although slow compared to a train or car, it is called speeder because it is faster than a human-powered vehicle such as a handcar.
* Various railways and their workshops also manufactured speeders. Often these were a copy of commercially available cars, such as Wickham and Fairmont.
* There are some speeders in a shape of cars which are sometimes called Sedan inspection car.
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