This is the "M.G. Bright", the original no. "634". She was companion to the "Reuben Wells" and worked the incline until 1895 when she was replaced by the new coal burner. The "M.G. Bright" was equipped with two sets of cylinders. The first set was...
The locomotive "M.G. Bright" is shown here on the Madison incline. In the lower right hand corner you can see a boy. He is standing at the stone mile marker.
The 'hill engine' was built in 1895 at the PCC & StL. Railway at Columbus, Ohio. One advantage of the "8434" was its use of coal instead of wood. Coal burned longer and hotter. In 1896 this locomotive replaced the "M. G. Bright". It was given...
This is the "M. G. Bright", the original No. 634. She was companion to the "Reuben Wells" and worked the incline until 1895 when she was replaced by the new coal burner. The Bright was of the rack and pinion style locomotive and was built by...
The photo is of the old freight depot along the river in Madison. It covered almost an entire block. The hill locomotive "M.G. Bright" is visible on the far left.
