Full Steam Ahead

January 1 always brings a new energy to my life and to the year ahead. You feel that break from the prior year and "overnight", I wake with an optimism and drive to shed the old and forge into the new year, full steam ahead!
This is engine 999. The 999 Steam Locomotive was a new concept in speed locomotives. Engine 999 was assigned to haul the New York Central Railroad's brilliant new passenger train, the Empire State Express. On May 10, 1893, the 999 became the fastest land vehicle when it reached a record speed of 112.5 mph. The 999 maintained the record for a decade. Now you can see it in Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Happy New Year and here is to all of you finding your steam in the days ahead.