[Rusty60]

Hello, out there. Back in the spring of 2005, I was tooling around Stafford on a little Sunday drive and stopped at the ice cream shop downtown that's right next to the train tracks. I believe it's called the Ice Cream Depot. While I was there, a group of travelers were there and for years I have not been able to figure out who they were or what they were doing. They seemed to be mostly families and couples and a friendly crowd, and they all were driving differently sized, shaped, and colored train cars along the tracks on up into Monson, Mass. These train cars were like go-karts for railroad tracks and I overheard one man mention something about "one of these" [rallies?] in New London this summer. Has anyone heard of such a hobby? It looked like fun and it's been puzzling me off and on since then. Thanks!

[Trumbulltrainman]

They are called "speeders". The railroad track workers used them to patrol the tracks and do repair work.
In Connecticut their is a good size club that travels around to different areas to run the "speeders"
I know that their is a member in Shelton, CT. I'll do some research and post what I can.