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Museum Exhibits • 11m

Discover the story behind the Ruben Wells, a steam locomotive engineered to push train up a steep hills outside Madison, Indiana.

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    Imagine the adventures that the impressive Reuben Wells, a 35-foot-long, 55-ton steam engine, had in its day. Travel back to 1890s Madison, Indiana, where this very engine conquered the steepest railroad grade in the United States. The most powerful locomotive in the world back then, the Reuben ...

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