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Prize locomotive 999 and the prize Wagner Palace car train – Historic Print

Prize locomotive 999 and the prize Wagner Palace car train, c1894. — historic photograph
Prize locomotive 999 and the prize Wagner Palace car train, c1894.. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Prize locomotive 999 and the prize Wagner Palace car train, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This photoprint shows locomotive No. 999 posed in front of a Wagner Palace car, a pairing that reflects how railroads of the 1890s promoted their best equipment. No. 999 was a New York Central express engine, built in 1893 and famous as the lead locomotive of the Empire State Express, which was widely reported to have reached record speeds that year. Wagner Palace Car Company sleeping and parlor cars were the luxury stock of long-distance travel at the time, so the train was meant to advertise both speed and comfort. The record notes that the date and copyright attribution come from an old caption card and are unverified, so the exact year and photographer should be treated with some caution.

Created / publishedc1894.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by A.P. Tates. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 2,092 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-145256

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