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speeder
A speeder (also known as railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley or inspection car, and also known as a draisine (although that can also be unpowered) is a maintenance of way motorized vehicle formerly used on railroads around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=FAQ's & Answers )〕 Although it is slow compared to a train or car, it is called ''speeder'' because it is faster than a human-powered vehicle such as a handcar. Motorised 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.〔Notes of the Month, The Automotor and Horesless Carriage Journal, December 1896, p103〕
In the 1990s, speeders were replaced with trucks (usually pickup trucks or sport utility vehicles) using flanged wheels that could be lowered for on-rail (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〔(NARCOA website )〕 in the U.S. and Canada and the Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc. in Australia.
== In popular culture==
Buster Keaton utilized a Fairmont M19/M19AA that speeder that transversed Canada in the 1965 film, ''The Railrodder''. One also makes an appearance in ''Wristcutters: A Love Story''.
A speeder also features in the Russian film ''Stalker'', where it is used to transport the protagonists into the heart of a forbidden area called The Zone, created in the aftermath of an alien landing.
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