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| On May 10th, 1893 this locomotive set a land speed record of 112.5mph near Buffalo, NY while pulling the Empire State Express. This has to be one of the earliest examples of High Speed Rail in America! |
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| Close-up view of #999's cab. | ||
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| #999's tender. N.Y.C.&H.R.R.R. stands for New York Central & Hudson River Railroad which is the Central's full name. |
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| The Queen of Speed, this sign says it all! | ||
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| Another view of #999 with oh, just a Boeing 727-100 hanging from the balcony in the background! You'll see that airliner a bit later in the travelogue. |
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| This sign explains what made this steamer run so fast! | ||
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| LEFT: #999's cab. The inside of that firebox "looks like hell" literally! RIGHT: The engineer (model) operating the locomotive! | ||
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| Coal in the tender from #999! | ||
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| Located inside the Buffalo-Depew Amtrak Station is this commemorative plaque dedicating the 100th Anniversary of the day the #999 set it's land speed record near Buffalo. The plaque was erected in 1993 by the Western New York Railway Historical Society. |
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