RAILROAD SPEEDERS! Wild, Colorful, Fun RAIL CARS!

[@chefwin]

I’m part of this group. Thank you for doing such a great job of describing who we are and what we do.

[@djstrains]

YEAY!!! AWESOME!!

[@TheTrainFreak]

Those are all cool. I would love to own one, maybe one day. Since I didn't see my favorite RR in the video, I would pick the Gingerbread House one....lol. - Jason

[@kaedinschorzman8858]

My grandpa and I restored the orange northern pacific speeder probably 15 years ago. It used to be owned by a guy out here in Washington state where we are from. It’s always good to see familiar speeders on the rails!

[@4everdc302]

I do like speeders. Grew up watching Buster Keaton"the Railrodder" crossing Canada with his stolen speeder.🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋

[@BurlingtonNorthernModeler]

The gates don’t activate due to the wheels being insulated on the cars. Weight doesn’t have much to do with it on clean rail. This was done so the cars wouldn’t activate the circuit when parked or working near crossings. Some hy-rails have a switch that can be thrown to shunt the crossings if needed. Great video thank you for coming out and showing support for a great cause

[@djstrains]

I just learned that, very cool!

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Sorry I missed you. I was with my wife and wilmer and his family. We really loved the gingerbread decorated one. They were all done up so well. What a great cause and lots of fun too.

[@djstrains]

I parked on the side street, flew drone and left because I didn’t want the rain ruining my stuff. Wish the weather was better

[@TRAINFREAK120]

The Chessie is my favorite also. Always loved the paint scheme and the cat.

[@TriGogglin]

Great video DJ, who can't love a speeder, and these were for a good cause.

[@tommynorwood5184]

Hi D J ! Thanks for sharing. Have a good day.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Neat video documentation of the speeders. Thanks for sharing. We enjoyed watching and have a nice rest of your day.(Steve)

[@nitrorrat8190]

Awesome video would love to have one of those speeders

[@rgood7788]

Those are indeed some cool kids right there 😀

[@doubleutubefan5]

I'm partial to Rio Grande the one in front of the Chessie. I love that there are still DGRW locomotives pulling coal in western PA

[@Kermondale]

Track look very Clean!

[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Video

[@Eddy63]

I liked them all ... Thx ...

[@SD45-ET44AC]

My two favorites were the green car and the one representing the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

[@thomasboese3793]

Having grown up in Milwaukee, and working for the MILW, I'm biased and my favorite is The Milwaukee Road.

[@scottschamehorn2152]

Northern Ontario they were referred to as a Railroad Jigger. Remember as a child riding them with my Grandfather who worked for CNR. Would love to have one someday in that classic CN Orange

[@shawnpowell5876]

Great video and tutorial of the NARCOA Speeders club! That would be awesome to own one of those travel around with and ride the rails! I personally like the B&O CHESSIE SYSTEM speeder! Having that drone really puts the icing on the cake gathering great footage! Thanks again DJ for sharing this video along with your PRICELESS time and effort! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware.

[@jasonminier6782]

I love the black Pennsy(what I model in N scale). And that Chessie System one is stunning!

[@bobainsworth5057]

My favorite is the green one., Oh wait the orange nothe Cheese ok I like them all.

[@djstrains]

haha

[@CoopsTrains]

those are some cool kids i would have to say myself :)

[@richardgivens2422]

That was COOL!

[@FBMRR]

Great video man. Love those Lil speeders. We need a club for them down here. Lol

[@scottkapel8690]

For 3/4 of the video, I kept saying “please let there be a Chessie System”. And there was! As a native son of SW PA, I got double pleasure from watching this (over and over, as you predicted).

[@djstrains]

HAHAHAHA

[@seanthornton1659]

@djtrains awesome video of tracks speeders I caught the tracks speeders 2 times last year in spencer ny on the ithaca central railroad line from ithaca ny to sayre pa keep up the good work my friend and I enjoyed watching your videos even though if my arms are hurting me too much

[@josephbrandtner7713]

Most, if not all speeders have insulated axle hubs so as to not engage track circuits. At the PA Trolley Museum motor cars have been instumental in the maintenance and development of our railway. At first we had Monongehela Railway #39, then #44 and now Union Railroad #396 Section gang car, alll products of Fairmont.

[@bobmcl2008]

My Grandpap worked on those and other MOW equipment at the Youngwood yard. Ywd in the steam days was the biggest east of Pgh and west of Altoona. The whole Buncher park was Pennsy complete with a roundhouse.. And the line connects CSX and NSX!

[@johnrompala2555]

I saw the Speeders earlier this year, near Franklin/Oil City PA. Those things look like they’d be a fun hobby.

[@djstrains]

They are!

[@olddogg60]

I agree, the Chessie System. 😊

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

Colorful speeders across the states. Many of these speeders retain logos from fallen flags. They're doing this for TFT. I like the Chessie System and New York Central speeders. Those two are my favorites.

[@mikesiers5335]

WM67 (has a 67 and 2 red bows on the front) is in there and it was one of the early cars in the hobby. Except for some of the stencils being redone it is still very original and not restored

[@Death_From_Below]

The old Simpson Logging Railroad had a big speeder. It gets trucked to model railroad train shows on the Olympic Penninsula here in Washington.

[@rickjeff63]

I use to live in Blythe CA . We had a spur rr of the CA/AZ line run through our town north to south. Almost every spring and fall a group of about 20 speeders traveled through town. The tracks end about 20 miles south so I could see them coming and going. Our city park was along the tracks so they often stopped for lunch and bathrooms. It end when the tracks were pulled up. Rick

[@kinnywolf2862]

Great video

[@djstrains]

Thanks for the visit

[@fernandomarques5166]

I've always liked MoW equipment like the rescue trains, cranes, ballast hoppers, tie flats and of course speeders. The 3rd one from the begining is quite similar to ones I've seen in my country. Our speeders here are normally quite large, with the smallest I've seen being a 4 seater and the largest a 12 seater, the most common baing 4 to 6 seats. I've always wanted to model some but they're quite problematic to do so due to their small size with small wheels and often large windows making finding motor that fits them quite the trouble.

[@mikehowey4869]

My favorite was the chessie system,always did like chessie.I can remember when the Illinois central/ I.C.G. ran speeders right by our house on the mainline from Paducah to Louisville.

[@joshelder562]

One of my good friends was there. Him and I are part of the same model railroad club called SACOM. I think his is the 4 seater yellow C&O railcar.

[@ivovanzon164]

I'd nominate the B&O one for lack of the really weird stuff which drove around in Europe. Like the fleet of Volkswagen T1 based speeders from Germany

[@dkmoon7543]

Chessie System, there was no other that came close for me.

[@ruffian2952]

The" motor handcar " (New Haven term) numbered 211 Western Maryland was close to favorite. In January or February of 1970 (first winter in train service) I recall the cold. Was called off the spare board to flag one from Boston (Dover Street Yard) to Cedar Hill in New Haven the coldest 157 miles I ever endured. There was only one spot on my body that hadn't turned blue...use your imagination. No side curtains forget a heater.

[@Jim-jh79fb]

Pretty cool wished I knew about it would have took a road trip

[@mpetersen6]

Imagine you're driving an 18wheeler and a crossing signal starts to go active and the swing arms (1) come down. And an itsy bitty little speeder comes cruising by. 1) whatever they're called

[@whynotride327]

"Kind of a yucky day'? It was awful!!

[@djstrains]

lol, we had such great weather in October and up to the weekend.

[@johnrompala2555]

I’d be speculating to be sure, but since we test crossings with a .06 ohm shunt, the Speeders should activate a crossing. Since the Movement was Escorted by RR personal, the crossings were probably “Keyed Up” to facilitate a fast move of the Speeder Convoy.

[@djstrains]

I just learned insulated axle hubs

[@modelcsx]

I think the same the Chessie System

[@williamcoulston7788]

Miserable weather down here too cloudy and windy and cold

[@sonnicman]

Happy Thanksgiving DJ. You should check out @Train Mountain Railroad in Oregon the place is amazing.

[@mpetersen6]

Those SWP locos almost look like they could be former Wisconsin Central

[@CoopsTrains]

most are former UP

[@652barry]

We called these putt putts.

[@michaelmace9257]

What kind of motor is in that tiny little thing?!

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

Each car has a different motor. Smaller cars have a two stroke engine, the larger ones have a 4 stroke. some even have diesel engines. I have 3 Fairmont cars, each with a different engine. My oldest car, a 1942 or 43 Fairmont M19E built for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) has a two stroke Fairmont ROC engine (Huge Single cylinder) and a belt drive. My next oldest car is a Fairmont MT19 Built in the Late 60s to early 70s (Last Shopped in 1976), This car was build for the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) and has a Onan CCKB (Onan is now owned by Cummins). It has a two speed (Low/Hi) (Forward/reverse) transmission and chain drive to the rear wheel. My largest and most powerful car is my Fairmont A6 "Gang car". "A" cars aka "Gang cars" were used for track gangs to do heavy maintance whereas the smaller cars were more for track inspection and light maintane. The A6 can haul many trailer cars loaded with ties and or people depending on the job. The A6 I own has a Ford straight 6 as the power with a typical 4 speed transmission like you would see in a truck. It also has a reversing gear which allows the car to be run in reverse in all 4 gears. It is a chain drive to both axles and even has vaccum brakes, something that only the largest cars have. Not all A6 cars have those type of brakes. my plan for that car is to strip it to the frame, extend the frame by 6 feet and build a custom Plymouth Switcher off that. I will be painting it as a Rutland Railroad engine to as close to scale as possible. The Rutland's Island Line used to run about 500 feet from my house so thats is the insperation for the paint scheme

[@Papa_Shurika]

Hello! Super!👍

[@djstrains]

Hello 😊

[@JohnTarbox]

djstrains, would you do a video about the history od speeders and before them hand cars on the RR?

[@djstrains]

It’s no field of expertise so I’ll pass

[@yourfriend5886]

WM and chessie

[@yaquaman1]

There's actually two Western Maryland cars there's 211 which is the larger one than two cars behind it is Western Maryland 67 which is an M9

[@shawnpowell5876]

Hi DJ I know this isn't railroad related but do you live or work near Kennedy Township?

[@djstrains]

I occasionally work in the area, whats up?

[@shawnpowell5876]

@@djstrains I was just watching a show on the ID channel that showed of a crime incident that happened there. I noticed a railroad yard that looked similar to one you showed with your drone. Just made me curious and thought to ask you. Hope you're doing well and Cheers from Delmar, Delaware

[@jamescraft672]

So, I assume these guys have to get permission from the railroad.

[@djstrains]

The truck leading is the railroad company's truck. I found about this from the railroads Facebook page.

[@keithmoore5306]

i thought the gates got tripped by current through the axle not weight, calling those speeders is an oxymoron!! they had those come here a couple years back never saw the appeal over a high railer myself! if you're looking for something to watch you might give thunderbolt 1000 productions last post a look, he's got the actual video where the Straberg 475 hit a MOW backhoe head on because a moron didn't throw a switch when they parked the backhoe!

[@16grrr]

We were in the O&H car 3rd from the end of the line up my channel is 16grrr Whipple I have a video of that ride and more

[@djstrains]

I wish you had better weather. Looks like fun though