Virginian PA locomotive speed

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I may be wrong but the 999 ran on the NYC&HR and not the New Haven.
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works 

    On Saturday, February 8, 2020, 06:20:23 PM CST, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
    While we are on the subject of engines making top speeds, I would like to offer up two documents.    
   The first document is a mechanical engineer's assessment of the claims made for NYNH&H Eng 999 in 1892.   
   The second document addresses the question,  What was the first engine to run over SIXTY miles an hour?  It is a charming little article, quite tolerant of the patina which frequent repetition lends to well-told tales.  The Mr. Minot named is none other than Charles Minot, renowned for his association with the **first train order** about three years after Eng ANTELOPE skedaddled across Massachusetts in 1848.   
   The text in the files contains some strange looking two-letter combinations.  Those are there because this text has been prepared to run auto-text-transmit on our Internet Telegraph Wire, and we make our punctuations in Morse by use of these two-letter combinations.  Really, they should not give you any trouble at all.   
        -- abram burnett   Deplorable Turnips, LLC   
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