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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 climbs Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Marsh rack system and both steam and biodiesel-powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain.
A hike in the White Mountains of New Hampshire watches the Mount Washington Cog Railway pass by, October 2016 Source Photographed during hike Date 2016-10-20 Author DavidWBrooks. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
Mount Washington in Coös County, New Hampshire In under three hours visitors on board the Cog Railway can experience the beauty of New England while also learning about the region's history. Sura ...
The world’s first mountain-climbing cog railway, New Hampshire's historic Mount Washington Cog Railway uses steam and bio ... where you can snap postcard-perfect photos from the top of ...
Hike, ride cog railway, or drive via Mount Washington Auto Road. Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire . It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River .
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The Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. Functioning of the rack and pinion on the Strub system. A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.
Mooning of the Mount Washington Cog Railway trains is most commonly done by thru-hikers, as they pass by on the Appalachian Trail. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a tradition, believed to date to at least 1987, in which, as the train passes the trail, some hikers choose to drop their drawers and "moon" the passengers.