N&W in 1903 -- Fastest Train

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N. & W. TO HAVE FASTEST TRAIN IN THE SOUTH
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    Norfolk, Va., June 21 -- It is stated that the Norfolk and Western will soon establish the fastest train in the south between Norfolk and Richmond, to be known as the "faster cannon ball," and it is declared that in some places it will run 90 miles an hour.  Six large locomotives 120 tons each equipped with electricity have been built for this service.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 24, 1903

[These six locomotives would be the Class J 4-4-2's mentioned  in my previous posting.]

Gordon Hamilton
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