Title	Hill Engine
Subject	Railroad locomotives; Inclined railroads; Engines; Railroad cuts; Hills; Railroads
Description	This is a drawing of an engine similar to the one used on the Madison Railroad in its early years. Built by the Baldwin Company of Pennsylvania, the inscription for the picture reads: "The hill-climbing locomotive built by Andrew Cathcart in 1840 for traversing the inclined plane at Madison by means of a cog-wheel and cog-rail. This was succeeded in time by engines heavy and powerful enough to climb the hill by ordinary traction." There was great discussion as to whether Cathcart or a man named Hoyt actually was entitled to the credit for the improvements in the cog-rail system that made it possible to ascend the hill.
Creator	Unknown
Contributors	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; Jefferson County Historical Society
Date	Unknown
Type	Image
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.
Identifier	"MJCPLrail5054-hillclimber"
Source	Historical files "Indiana, Its History, Constitution, and Present Government" by George S. Cottman.
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744.