These cars were used by the railroad to transport workmen and supplies for maintenance They were also used by mofw dept Formen and supervisors to inspect the right of way. They were designed so that two or more crewmembers could do the pumping as required. Wade founded fairmont railway motors of fairmont, minnesota (renamed the fairmont gas engine and railway motor car company in 1915), was a manufacturer of rail vehicles formed from the fairmont machine company Early cars were very basic but as the decades passed, speeders developed stronger engines and more creature comforts
Fairmont railway motors of fairmont minnesota was one of the major players in the game and built the prototype of the model developed for reading car company. The car was built for the new york central railroad in august of 1945 and was used in track and signal maintenance service around chatham, new york.
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