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The locomotive was the first power-driven vehicle to travel faster than 100 mph and was described as the "railed rocket" by Daniels.{{sfn|LSJ4_2|1959|page=48}} He informed the major city newspapers of the 112.5 speed record and it was published nationwide by hundreds of other newspapers.{{sfn|Holbrook |2016|page=95}}{{sfn|LB11_14|1939|page=4}}{{sfn|TEN6_23|1933|page=4}} Daniels informed the [[United States Postmaster General]] of this feat and a two cent stamp came out picturing the Empire State Express displaying the event with horizontal smoke from the locomotive.{{sfn|Holbrook|2016|page=95}} The locomotive engine and the train of railroad cars it pulled was known as the "world's most glamorous train"{{sfn|TIJ5_10|1943|page=11}} and the "world's most beautiful locomotive ever built."{{sfn|Eula|2022|page=Historian's Note}}
 
Daniels arranged to have the 999 locomotive and the Empire State Express train at the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition|Chicago World's Fair]].{{sfn|Holbrook |2016|page=95}} Engineer Hogan and the No. 999 locomotive were the "star attractions".{{sfn|Eula|2022|page=Historian's Note}} After the fair the engine continued to pull the ''Empire State Express'' between Buffalo and Syracuse until 1899. When the engine was sent to other parts of the railroad system it was found to be slippery and hard to handle when pulling more than five cars. It was rebuilt with the same 70 inch drivers as the other engines of the class. In the 1920s it was given a new boiler and tender, operating local and branch line trains until 1924, when it was restored for exhibition at the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s "[[Fair of the Iron Horse]]" the following year.{{sfn|Moses|2005|page=920}}{{sfn|Eula|2022|page=Historian's Note}}
 
Over 3,000 [[Ridable miniature railway|ridable miniature replicas]] (most of which were made by the Cagney Brothers and thus were referred to as "Cagneys") were made for [[amusement park]] rides. They were used in the United States and as far away as [[South Africa]] and [[Thailand]]. One such unit, nicknamed the "Little Puffer" was in service at the [[San Francisco Zoo|Fleischaker Zoo in San Francisco, California]]. Manufacturers of electric toy train sets began designating No. 999 on their locomotive engines. The original 999 locomotive train engine was exhibited at events that included the 1927 Baltimore Fair of Iron, the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress, the 1934 Chicago Century of Progress, the 1938 Cleveland Exposition, the [[1939 New York World's Fair]], the 1940 New York World's Fair, the 1948 Chicago's Railroad Fair, the 1949 Chicago's Railroad Fair, and the 1952 Genesee County Sesquicentennial.{{sfn|Eula|2022|page=Historian's Note}}
 
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