Spencer, Aug. 20—A new record was hung up this week by Engineer J. M. Stedman, one of the best known men at the throttle between Spencer and Washington, when he covered 159 miles from Monroe, Va., to this place without taking on water. He was on 1396, one of the special new green locomotives pulling the fast train No. 37, the finest on the road.
It was a fine day and a great run, the first ever made by any engineer without taking on water.
When he raced here Engineer Stedman measured his tank and declared he had enough water to go on to Charlotte. Mr. Stedman is proud of his engine and also of the record run.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 21, 1926
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