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Description
In 1911 Fairmont Railway Motors Inc. of Fairmont, Minnesota started building many different transports for workers and equipment to inspect and maintain rail lines. These gasoline powered vehicles replaced hand cars and were widely used on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and nearly all other North Americaqn railroads in the 1950s and '60's. The Speeders were later replaced in the 1980s with the more flexible Hi-Rail trucks that could transport more men and equipment and ran on both roads and rails.
About This Item
- Title: M-19 Fairmont Speeder, ca. 1950
- Creation Date: circa 1950
- Subject Date: circa 1950
- Location: Acadian Village, Van Buren, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Metal
- Dimensions: 145 cm x 160 cm x 165 cm
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Railroad cars--United States--Maine
- Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motorcar Company (Fairmont, Minn.)
- Railroads--Maine--Equipment and supplies
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad--Equipment and supplies
Other Keywords
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad--Equipment and supplies
- Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc.
- M-19 Fairmont Speeder
- Motor cars
- Speeders
- Track cars
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