Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie H. Hogan
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:57, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
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Charlie H. Hogan
NYC train 999
- ... that a newspaper called Charlie H. Hogan king of engineers for the accomplishment of being the first to drive a train (pictured) over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)? Source:
- Source 1 - The mile was made in exactly 35 seconds, which means a speed of 102 6/7 miles an hour. And Charley Hogan is king of engineers.
- Source 2 - There was just the slightest kind of a jerking sensation for the briefest part of a second, and then the train settled down, and when the mile posts flashed by in a cloud of dust and cinders the stop watch showed that all the railroad records the world ever saw had been smashed out of shape," the News reporter wrote. "And Charley Hogan is king of engineers."
- Source 3 - Charlie pushed the throttle wide open just west of Rochester. The long stretch there was five miles of clear, straight track. He tore past the hundred per hour mark and pushed his thundering engine up to an incredible hundred two miles per hour. with A Rochester Ramble By Donovan A. Shilling · 2012 (page48)
Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 11:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC).
Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is interesting and within prescribed limits. Hook and article are well sourced. Images are in the public domain. Except for names and titles, Earwig shows no close-paraphrasing issues. Article is good to go. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 19:59, 15 June 2022 (UTC)- Comment to Promoter - Can this be put into the #1 slot with picture. I believe it could get over 10,000 views. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:28, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
