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Speeder

Found this and did like a lot http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=323257&nseq=9 ... maybe you'd like niffty one like this , or maybe a mundane yellow one ?

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So ,, If you're interested a file will find you .

Hey, thats sharp. A great way to explore new routes, and get a feel on there layout.

That will be very welcome to Railworks. I always wanted a drivable one of these for on the game.




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There is a speeder in the library here by Cecil Kerr http://railworksamerica.com/FileLibrary ... ht=speeder , but this new one looks pretty spiffy.

SP had a couple that very close that one around my parts. Their's was not open in the back, and (my memory here is a bit shaky) they used some sort of canvas that slid back for the doors on the side.

I hope someone will build a shed for that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQK1RPb8M8&feature=related (minute 4:05) - Howdy!

Awsome!!!

That is a pretty nifty little speeder! All they use around here is what looks like a pickup truck with a service/ utility "box" (you know, with doors to put tools in) and maybe a small hoist on the back.

Hey, you could call that a "speedo"

We called them "motorcars" around here, originating from the previous "handcar", referring to the manual hand-pump type. Dad drove one a lot when he was a welder... usually with 2 little square "wagons" loaded with various lengths/sizes of rail, welding set, and hand tools. I placed a "motorcar shed" (authentic looking except the doors on my shed have a flaw) at their original locations (torn down during 70's) at Ronceverte and Alleghany with the little tracks into the sheds just hoping someone would eventually build one of these! There was also a longer "club car" version that had 4 seats, all facing forward.

I WANT ONE!

Tori

Toripony wrote:We called them "motorcars" around here,

small word play in thread title

Toripony wrote:... usually with 2 little square "wagons" loaded with various lengths/sizes of rail, welding set, and hand tools.

Oddly enough I have those items put aside .. hmmm , also have a potty for wagon #3

Many different styles of these little trains built in the past , looked lots of pics and found much old info on them .. cheap and fun way to ride the rails if anyones interested in joing an association in the US.

I saw a speeder with a potty... are these things still used somewhere? Mow-torcars went away here long before port-a-potties came about.

Something just crawled out from my old memory banks... am not sure but I think I remember daddy calling those flat cars "trucks"(???). "A motorcar and 5 trucks".... yea, that sounds familiar. When I was just a little thing, I called them "putt-putts"... if you've ever heard one you know why.

Yea, I like that play on words.

Tori

would also be nice to see a whole MoW train eventually, for now i guess this nice little speeder is good for transitional age and early diesel age railroading. i have seen a larger version pull a small tie crane that pulls out old ties and replaces them with new ties, also had a spike puller on that one.

Very nice.

I know the speeder at Strasburg has a flathead V8 in it, actually use it and love flying... I mean driving around in it.

RailWorker



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