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Embossed image of the famed passenger train the 'Empire State Express', showing the steam locomotive and railway cars.
Scarce!
Embossed title UR 'NEW YORK CENTRAL’S “EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS” The Fastest Long Distance Train in the World'
Written UR “Dec 16, 1904”. Written LR “Best regards to all Francis MacLaughlin”.
Mailed to Calvados France.
On back. Postmarked ‘NEW YORK N.Y. STATE DEC 16 1904’. Missing stamp. Receiving postmark ‘VILLERVILLE CALVADOS – 26 DEC’.
Couple of stain on front, postmark ink mid-top. Corner scuffs.
The Empire State Express was one of the named passenger trains and onetime flagship of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (a predecessor of the later New York Central Railroad). On September 14, 1891 it covered the 436 miles between New York City and Buffalo in 7 hours and 6 minutes (including stops), averaging 61.4 miles-per-hour with a top speed of 82 mph.
The train soon gained worldwide acclaim, and its route would later stretch to 620 miles, to Cleveland, Ohio. The Empire State was the first passenger train with a schedule speed of over 52 mph and the first to make runs of 142.88 miles between stops (between New York City and Albany: the longest scheduled nonstop run until then).
