Bring a Railroad: Fairmont M18/19 Speeder | Bring a Trailer
May 22, 2019 · This Fairmont M18/19 Master-series Speeder is from a line of vehicles developed to allow railroad workers to inspect track and move to maintenance locations without resorting to an old-fashioned handcar. Originally open to the elements, later models incorporated all-weather cabs, but creature comforts were still limited.
Fairmont Railway Motors - Wikipedia
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 …
Railroad Speeders: The Classic Motor Car - American-Rails.com
Sep 4, 2024 · For 80 years between 1911 and 1991 Fairmont built speeders, around 73,000 of them and even today these they can be seen in use, particularly by hobbyists which prefer them over other models. Fairmont's early railroad speeders were similar to FM's in that they offered little in the way of amenities.
Fairmont Speeders - WEHS
When internal combustion engines came along, Fairmont began using them to propel their railway crew cars. At first they used the single cylinder, putt-putt, engines. The motor-powered crew cars were much faster (40 MPH max) than the “Pumpers” (15 MPH max) --- …
Not only cars: Fairmont M18/19 Speeder | Small Cars Club
This Fairmont M18/19 Master-series Speeder was designed to allow railway workers to inspect ways and move to maintenance locations without resorting to old-fashioned handcars. Earlier versions did not have a body, but later models received all-weather cabins, though there was no comfort in speech.
Fairmont MT14-M Speeder – UP 2644 - Pacific Southwest …
The Fairmont Motorcar Company of Fairmont, Minnesota, produced 2,768 MT-14 speeders between 1967 and 1986. Most of those were open cars or cars with just a windshield and roof. Only 91, produced in 1985 and 1986, were MT14-M enclosed cars, such as the UP 2644.
Fairmont Speeders - National Museum of Transportation
A speeder (also known as railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley, inspection car) is a maintenance of way motorized vehicle formerly used on railroads by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites.
M-19 Fairmont Speeder, ca. 1950 - Maine Memory Network
These gasoline powered vehicles replaced hand cars and were widely used on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and nearly all other North Americaqn railroads in the 1950's and '60's. The Speeders were later replaced in the 1980's with the more flexible Hi-Rail trucks that could transport more men and equipment and ran on both roads and rails.
Fairmont MT14-M Speeder - UP 2644 - sdrm.info
The Fairmont Motorcar Company of Fairmont, Minnesota, produced 2,768 MT-14 speeders between 1967 and 1986. Most of those were open cars or cars with just a windshield and roof. Only 91, produced in 1985 and 1986, were MT14-M enclosed cars, such as the UP 2644.
Fairmont Speeder Details - railridersupply.com
The speeder started right up and work like a charm. I hooked up the couplers with absolutely no problems and pull a flat car, loaded with the crate that the speeder came in. Listen, this little speeder is just perfect.