NYC's 999 broke the land speed record of over 100 MPH for the first time on May 10 1893. It reached a speed of 112 & 1/2 miles per hour. It had 86" drivers. Photo http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/results/detail.do?pnum=P04119 John
At 16:05 12/3/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >"Casey" Jones was known as a fast runner (and paid a price for it in >the long run). Ed was probably thinking of NYC engine 999 which >reportedly was the first engine to run over 100 miles per hour. > >Pieter [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
