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Casper Daily Tribune
Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming
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Historic New York Central engine No. 999, which set a 112.5 mph speed record in 1893, is overhauled in Avis, Pa., and will haul the pioneer DeWitt-Clinton train to Chicago for exhibition at the Pageant of Progress starting July 30, operated by its original driver Charles Hogan.
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NEW YORK, July 22.—Traveling swiftly and alone, the old New York Central engine No. 999, proud holder of a record of 112.5 miles an hour which has not been equalled in 28 years, reached New York from the railroad shops at Avis, Pa., where she has been refurnished in her original colors for a run to Chicago with the famous old DeWitt-Clinton train.
The DeWitt-Clinton train, which is to make the trip in state on a flat-car, will be exhibited at the Pageant of Progress in Chicago, beginning July 30, as the pioneer American steam passenger train.
The once famous 999 will take up her post near by as an exhibit of the original high-speed American locomotive.
Old 999, erstwhile pride of the Central, was called in from a prosaic daily run through the Beech Creek coal mining district of Pennsylvania to be refitted for the cross-country run.
After the exhibition is over, she will return to her humble tasks.
But during her trip to Chicago she will be her old self. Charles Hogan of Buffalo, who drove the high-wheeled, hand-built marvel in her record-breaking trip on May 10, 1893, will be at the throttle.
The engine will look just as she did back in the nineties, even to the legend "Empire State Express," in gold script on her tender.
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New York, Avis Pa., Chicago
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July 22, Exhibit Beginning July 30, Record May 10 1893
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Old New York Central engine No. 999, holder of 112.5 mph record from 1893, is refurnished in original colors from shops in Avis Pa. and will travel to Chicago pulling the DeWitt-Clinton train for exhibit at Pageant of Progress starting July 30, driven by original engineer Charles Hogan who will operate it as in the nineties.