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In the 1930s and 40s, the United States presented a possible contender for the world's fastest steam locomotive in the form of the Class A and F7, as while the Class A had previously been the record holder, the advent of the German Class 05 and LNER A4 Pacific rapidly displaced these machines from their throne.

However, while the Milwaukee Road never undertook an official speed record test of the Class A's successors, the F7s, these trains were still able to obtain records for the fastest average speed of routine passenger trains in the world, providing high speed operations across the Midwest between Chicago and the Twin Cities.

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References:
- American Rails (and their respective references)
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