Empire State Express
...that a steam-powered locomotive built specifically by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1893 for its Empire State Express passenger train was the first manmade object on wheels to exceed 100 miles-per-hour?
...that a steam-powered locomotive built specifically by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./New_York_Central_and_Hudson_River_Railroad" id="mwBaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York Central and Hudson River Railroad">New York Central and Hudson River Railroad</a> in 1893 for its <i id="mwBaE"><b id="mwBaI"><a href="./Empire_State_Express" id="mwBaM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire State Express">Empire State Express</a></b></i> passenger train was the first manmade object on wheels to exceed 100 miles-per-hour?