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Debunking 106.1 mph (April Trains)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I get the impression that some people believe that because earlier locomotives were relatively smaller, pulled less, and were less modern, it had to also follow that they were slower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From what I have read, the opposite is closer to the truth because the smaller locomotives were easier to balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I have no problem believing that, for the best 1905 passenger locomotives, 100 mph with two or three cars was a piece of cake. So, was 106 possible? How about 120? I don't know, but those speeds do not strike me as being far fetched. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><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;">1905 was not the beginning of railroading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was well developed and had acquired quite the swagger by that period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wild and bold era where risk-taking was fashionable, and delivering the big promise was part of that fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If one does not understand the railroad culture of that era, it might sound like too much to believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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