NYS&W Speeder sighting. (not a golf cart)

[cjvrr]

Yes, that is the one I thought it was.

You can see the front left corner is the back of coach seat.

Powered by a Honda motor. It isn't one of the pretty speeders but it works.

Most are NOT homebuilt like this one.

[RussNelson]

I flagged from Cortland to Syracuse on Saturday, and on Sunday Craig and Shirley had room in their speeder for me, so I rode from Cortland down into Binghamton. We WENT INTO THE YARD (legally) which given the number of times I peered down into it from I-81 at 50MPH, was WICKED COOL. Ate lunch at the D&H Freight & Passenger station. The VRA are a great bunch of people, were very appreciative of my flagging (I got a round of applause), and I had a wonderful time.

(Craig: no, I don't plan to buy a speeder any time soon.)

[cjvrr]

Russ,

Glad you enjoyed the trip! I am one of the speeder trip event coordinators for the Volunteer Railroaders Association but was not on this trip due to a conflicting family function.

Our next trip (and last for the year) is coming up the weekend of October 18th and 19th. We will be running roundtrip from Riverdale to Warwick on Saturday and roundtrip from Riverdale to Little Ferry or Ridgefield Park on Sunday. We plan to turn the cars on the NYS&W turntable this year.

The ride offer still holds true, if you can flag crossings one day; you get to ride the speeders the other day. You must be over 18 and sign a release, but this is the only way for fans to legally ride the NYS&W!

If interested please email me with your contact information.

Chris Vitz

[lvrr325]

I understand some people in Norwich may have a homemade speeder for sale cheap... just pay the impound fees!

[PM1156]

? Did i miss something

[PM1156]

Any way i will be attending the meet this weekend and looking foward to it,should be a nice weekend.
Mark

[cjvrr]

Yes,

The NYS&W Southern Division speeder trip is this weekend. On Saturday we will be running roundtrip from Riverdale to Warwick. On Sunday we will run roundtrip from Riverdale to North Bergen, and spin the cars on the NYS&W turntable which should be available. We will leave Riverdale between 8:30am and 9:00am each day with an anticopated return time around 5-6pm.

25 cars are signed up for Saturday and 24 for Sunday. Weather looks to be sunny and brisk. Good weather for keeping cool.


Chris Vitz
Volunteer Railroaders Association and NARCOA Excursion Coordinator

[QQMoose]

Every year there is a gathering of track cars at the Hobo Railroad in Lincoln, NH. Last year there was a Susquehanna rail car. It surprised me, as a former NYS&W employee, I had never seen one like it. It looked like the real thing. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me. Bob Miller (NYS&W 1971-1980)

[cjvrr]

Bob,

There may have been two or three there with an "S-ball". The open car noted in this thread is owned by a NYS&W employee and is home built.

The other two cars are owned by two gentleman in the Butler, NJ area. There last name starts with an "S" so they decided to use the "S-ball" logo on their cars. Both are Woodings cars. The larger of the two has had it drivetrain heavily modified. Neither were originally NYS&W cars. I believe one came from Canadian Pacific and the other was from the Department of Defense or some other US agency.

Chris