These Railroad Speeders Got A Unique View Of The Oregon Coast While Spreading Christmas Cheer!

A railroad speeder is one of those little tiny cars that ran on the train track back in the day to do repairs, check on track conditions, etc. Remember the ones in cartoons where two guys were hand cranking one to get it to cruise down the tracks? That’s a speeder, except later models actually had engines and could cruise down the tracks at speed. In the 1980 and 1990s speeders went away as the railroads changed over to road rail vehicles, which are those pickup trucks with the narrow wheels and little steel wheels that sit down on the tracks. The advantage of the road rail trucks is that they can drive on the street and get onto the tracks anywhere where there is a crossing, but they certainly aren’t as cool as speeders!

Check out this great group who gets together in Oregon every year to spread some Christmas cheer while driving their speeders on tracks that are only used by freight trains. It sure looks like fun to me.

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Once a year, enthusiasts drive vintage railroad speeder cars across the Oregon Coast Range and down the coast, getting to see gorgeous places few people see — all while delivering gifts to kids in need.

There are speeder runs across the Northwest, but this annual run is often cited as the most scenic. It goes across trestles and through tunnels, over bridges and sloughs, and past the Oregon Dunes.

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