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From what I gather, exceeding 100 mph was no big deal for many of the 4-4-0, 4-6-0, and 4-4-2 types in the 1880-1900 era.  I am guessing that this happened routinely for a variety of reasons.  It is left to conjecture, however, since these little speed records could not be proclaimed because they were against the rules.  When the M&StL took delivery of their new high-wheeled moguls in the late 1890s, they did publicly proclaim in the newspapers that the engines were capable of hauling their passenger trains at 80 mph.  Yet nowhere did their speed limit allow anything close to that speed.  So if they were willing to admit by implication, speeding to that extent, I have to wonder how fast they might have occasionally gone without admitting it. 
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