Railroad speeder

[1] 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.

[2] 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".

Speeders are collected by hobbyists, who refurbish them for excursions organized by the North American Railcar Operators Association[3] in the U.S. and Canada and the Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc. in Australia.

Due to the variety of base models and customization these are not fixed numbers.

These values are from a Fairmont A4-D.[5] Sandy from Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go is an anthropomorphic rail speeder.

Speeder in use in Santa Cruz, California
A privately owned Fairmont MT-14 speeder on display at a model railroad show in February 2004
A former Chessie System speeder at the Linden Railroad Museum, Linden, Indiana