Its velocity was so exceptional that there was an anecdote that a rapid reaching train of Hankyu Railway Type 100 was capable of getting ahead of the limited express 'Tsubame,' the fastest train the Japanese Government Railways had at that time (please refer to the section on the development of Hankyu Type 100).
その速さは、同社の保有する阪急100形電車による速達列車が、当時の鉄道省線で最速の特急列車「つばめ(列車)」を抜いたと言う逸話が残るほどであった（阪急100形電車変遷も参照のこと）。