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    how fast did a 1899 steam train go?

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      Well in back to the future, the steam locomotive had to push the delorean 88 mph.. :)

      Seriously though I think at by 1900 probably top speed was around 60~75 max,(depending of course on the load pull and grade) not that they couldn't go faster but keeping them on the tracks i think would have been a serious problem
      7 years ago. Rating: 1
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        Yes back then the speed wasn't the great, like Vinny said 60-75 MPH maybe, Alot because of the track conditions. But in 1941 Norfolk and Western made the J class that had a top speed of 140 MPH
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