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A speeder (also known as railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car or inspection car) is a motorized vehicle formerly used on the railroad to let track inspectors and work crews move quickly to and from work sites. Speeders were replaced with trucks using descending flanged wheels, called Hy Rail systems, in the 1990s. Now they're collected by hobbyists, who refurbish them and take them on outings organized by the North American Railcar Operators Association (NARCOA -- see http://www.narcoa.org).
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