In their 156 years of climbing to the summit of Mount Washington, the Cog Railway locomotives have gone from burning wood to ...
He called 911. Ryan Presby, who manages the Mount Washington Cog Railway, said he took the train up three times with rescue crews. As winds hit 90 miles per hour (145 kph) and temperatures plunged ...
The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway is still in operation, climbing Mount Washington ...
Fifty years later, the climb gained steam power with the Mount Washington Cog Railway, which has been ferrying passengers up the 3-mile track ever since. Today, more than 150,000 people make the ...
Jan 12, 2025 Jan 12, 2025 Updated Jan 15, 2025 The Mount Washington Cog Railway, which began operating the world’s first mountain-climbing railroad on July 3, 1869, is developing the world’s ...
A Cog Railway steam locomotive prepares to accept passengers for the 6,288 feet climb to the summit of Mount Washington. Photos by Beverly Kehe-Rowland After my husband, Fred, and I had had enough of ...