The Reuben Wells
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The Reuben Wells was specially designed to work the Madison incline. It pushed cars up the grade to North Madison where they were assembled into longer trains. It also acted as a brake, lowering cars down the incline to both passenger and freight depots near the river.
This file appears in: The Railroad Incline--The "Cut"
The Railroad Incline--The "Cut"
The Madison, Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad (MI&L) was first conceived in 1836 when Indiana state legislators included it as part of the Internal Improvement Act. Indianapolis, the new state capitol, was in the early stages of becoming a…