(Source: www.gvwire.com, January 30, 2022)
FRESNO, Calif. — More than 80 years ago, California got a glimpse of high-speed rail with Santa Fe steam engine No. 3751. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the locomotive cost $99,712.77. Incredibly, it was clocked at a speed of 103 mph in 1941.
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