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NYC & Hudson River Empire State Express 999 Print - This framed black and white print features a profile depiction of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad passenger locomotive No. 999, famously associated with the Empire State Express. The locomotive and tender are rendered in a detailed side view, with the tender bearing the inscriptions N.Y.C. & H.R.R.A. and Empire State Express. The engine number 999 is visible on the front boiler plate, the headlight, the sand dome, and the cab side. A decorative cartouche in the upper right corner provides historical details regarding the engine's record-breaking run on May 10, 1893, achieving an average speed of 112.5 mph between Batavia and Buffalo. Printed text at the bottom identifies the subject as a New York Central and Hudson River Passenger Locomotive, designed by William Buchanan and built at the company shop in West Albany, New York, in 1893. The work appears to be a 20th-century lithographic reproduction. The print is housed in a simple black-painted wooden frame under glass. No artist signature or edition numbering is visible on the piece.