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How fast could trains go in 1880?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 9/16/2023

The average sped was about 30 mph,

but some trains exceeded 60 mph (for advertising purposes)

and there were some pushing 100 - a totally unsafe speed.

Everything above 30 was totally unsafe - bad breaks, poor track, no signals (except manual ones).

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∙ 11y ago

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