Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1899 — Big 111 Again On Deck. [ARTICLE]

Big 111 Again On Deck.

The mammoth passenger engine of the Monon, No. 111, is again in service after b«-ing overhauled Seventy four inch driving wheels have been placed under it. This engine made its first rnn through Rensselaer with the Monon fast express. June 28, 1897, up to September 1, 1899, it had made a trip over the road every day and. about two thirds of the time has doubled the road, running 366 miles in the twenty-four hours. This, General Superintendent Lowell says, in a record it will be difficult to excell. The engine passed through the city on Wednesday morning, hau’ing the north bound 9:55 train.