Item 10028 - Fairmont Speeder, ca. 1950
- Item 10028 - Fairmont Speeder, ca. 1950
- Contributed by Fort Kent Historical Society
- Item 10028
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Image Info This gasoline powered vehicle, the Fairmont Speeder, was used by the Bangor and Aroostook Railraod in the 1950s and 1960s.
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It was built by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc. of Fairmont, Minnesota.
The Speeders were 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.
