Locomotives. The "Reuben Wells 1868", hill-climbing Engine
Lokomotiven. Die "Reuben Wells 1868", Bergsteigerlok*
Repro: CF
1940-1941
Pencil
8 1⁄2 × 11 1⁄8 inches(21 1⁄2 × 28 cm)
Inscr. center: Walschaerts Value Gear AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY, lower center: REUBEN WELLS des Reuben Wells, Shelbyville. Ind. 1868 hill-climbing engine for Jeffersonville, Madison & Indiana Rail Road - retired 1906
TLF: “[Locomotives] as a theme for pictures ... the interest came to me suddenly, although I cannot pin it down exactly in time. I spent some time making preparatory studies of railroad material, before attempting a composition. My source was, chiefly, one of my father’s treasures...: “The Development of the Railroad Locomotive” by Angus Sinclair (New York 1907)." [305]
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