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Debunking 106.1 mph (April Trains)
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<p>[quote user="Firelock76"]Did you know MY New Jersey Central was the first to break the 100 mph mark? It's true. In 1892 the brand spankin' new Baldwin Vauclain compound 4-4-0 Number 385 ran from Jersey City to Philadelphia and back in four hours and twenty five minutes. </p> <p>On the straightaway beyond Fanwood hill 385 ran two miles in 75 seconds, that's 105 miles an hour! There were a number of newsmen on board witnessing the run, there was no doubt about it.[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">105</span></span></strong></span> <span style="font-size: large;">mph?</span> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh come on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could they make the steam?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could they shovel the coal that fast?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did their clocks even turn clockwise back in that antique era?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must say that the whole thing just reeks of corporate spin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have a friend that knows all about the laws of physics, and he says this speed record had to be a hoax.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span></p>
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