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echo: railroad
to: DON DELLMANN
from: WES LEATHEROCK
date: 1997-05-22 18:06:00
subject: Re: Rail-Fans????

 -=> Quoting Don Dellmann to Wes Leatherock <=-
 DD> Checking my sources, the fastest "regular" speeds I can document for 
 DD> the Hi's were;
 DD> Class A 4-4-2 (1935) with 6 streamlined cars.  112.5 MPH (on the
 DD> "Inaugural" trip, in regular service they seldom exceeded 105)
 DD> (Incidentally, there are published reports of Class A's pulling
 DD> trains of up to TWENTY cars {remember, these were 4-4-2's!})
         They were most remarkable 4-4-2s, and so recognized at
the time.  I always wanted the one pictured in the Lionel catalog.
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