What is a Velocipede

What is a Velocipede? | Here's a bicycle that you use on a railroad track. Thanks, George!
What is a Velocipede? - It's a Railroad Bicycle!
George Sheffield, a Michigan farmer, is credited with inventing a wonderful human-powered machine to inspect railroad tracks.
Here's are a few short videos showing how you pump one to make it go.
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