Ye Old Ruben Wells Locomotive

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Ye Old Ruben Wells Locomotive

Postby HONDO74 » Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:41 am

The Ruben Wells Locomotive ran on the steepest grade in the US. Beginning in 1868, it operated for 30 years in Madison, Indiana, pushing train cars up the steepest "standard-gauge main-track grade" in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Wells_(locomotive)

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Steepest Railroad Grade in North America - The Madison Incline
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Re: Ye Old Ruben Wells Locomotive

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:34 pm

Lost your closing parenthesis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Wells_(locomotive)

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