+MultiMusicianman Thanks! They are interesting little things. They come around every year or so. Just keep an eye on the NEREX website next year to see when they're coming
Being a "rail productions," you should know better than that. Weight has nothing to do with it. It's shorting the two rails together that triggers the crossing signals. The speeder wheels aren't electrically connected from one side to the other - they are insulated from one another - so the crossings aren't triggered. This was by design, since the railroad companies used these cars to inspect track, often at grade crossings. They wouldn't want the signals to operate every time a speeder was on the track.
@@TheViRoCo The Wheel hubs and brake shoes are insulated so they will not activate gates. Otherwise they would. These cars were built originally for railroad maintenance, and are designed that way on purpose so workers could work around signals without setting them off. BTW: I am the operator of the Fairmont M9 open car Maine Central M-75 in your video! Thanks for the memories!
Great video! Awesome to watch them!
What an awesome hobby. atb from NZ
what time did this come by I would like to catch it one of these days
Nice video Vincent! That was a fun time yesterday! I see you also got a train in there!
Thanks! It was fun! I wish the speeders were still there when the train went by
Yeah
Bast de fettocarriles
Are those vehicles designed to run on rails only? Or they are just rebuilt autos?
Where do these speeders come from, are they old?
when I was a child, (62 now), we called them put put cars, I grew up by the Burlington Route and C&NW, and Milwaukee Road
im 40 and havent seen one of these since i was 19.. here in australia
What do they do
The yellow train with the Orange flag in the third is on roblox terminal railway
nice train video.
+Mike Troina Thanks
TheViRoCo your welcome buddy.
Could you direct me to where I could find a variety of "Speeders" for sale?
www.narcoa.org
@@RailVentures ,dx
Did you check ebay
Wow! That is pretty wild I have never seen this before. How often are they out there?
+MultiMusicianman Thanks! They are interesting little things. They come around every year or so. Just keep an eye on the NEREX website next year to see when they're coming
I will have to do that and try and catch them next year. This was a treat for sure.
You spelled myricks wrong in the description
Of course I did
lol
Now I know why my mother called the speeders “putt putts.”
just curious why didnt the railroad crossing gates go down when they passed by?
+yoursweetheart85 I think because they don't weigh as much as a locomotive, so it doesn't trigger the crossing.
yeah just like the pickup trucks they use on the tracks too.
yoursweetheart85 it's because the wheels are insulated and train wheels are not there fore the current can't pass through the axle
Being a "rail productions," you should know better than that. Weight has nothing to do with it. It's shorting the two rails together that triggers the crossing signals. The speeder wheels aren't electrically connected from one side to the other - they are insulated from one another - so the crossings aren't triggered. This was by design, since the railroad companies used these cars to inspect track, often at grade crossings. They wouldn't want the signals to operate every time a speeder was on the track.
@@TheViRoCo The Wheel hubs and brake shoes are insulated so they will not activate gates. Otherwise they would. These cars were built originally for railroad maintenance, and are designed that way on purpose so workers could work around signals without setting them off. BTW: I am the operator of the Fairmont M9 open car Maine Central M-75 in your video! Thanks for the memories!
Nice video. Also why didn't you tell me about this or anyone!?
+New England Trains Thanks! I thought the whole Cape crew knew, it was on the NEREX website.
Is ole red breaking down? lol