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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.
The cog railway was formally opened on August 14, 1868, as far as “Jacob's ladder,” and entirely completed in July 1869. [5] [6] During the construction of this road, it was visited by a Swiss engineer, who took away drawings of the machinery and track, from which a similar railway, Rigi Railways, was built up Mount Rigi in Switzerland.
Mooning of the Mount Washington Cog Railway 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.
The world’s first mountain-climbing cog railway, New Hampshire's historic Mount Washington Cog Railway uses steam and bio-diesel-powered locomotives to carry passengers to the summit of the ...
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 .
The White Mountains, New Hampshire. Mount Washington Cog Railway. For a classic New England fall getaway, head north to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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.
Cog Railway: Washington [6]: 294 Jack Lonigan: August 5, 1919: 21 Massachusetts: Accident Cog Railway: Washington [6]: 294 Harriman November 1927: Unknown Unknown Drowning Jefferson Brook — [7] [5] Elmer Lyman: April 1928: Unknown New Hampshire: Hypothermia Pinkham Notch: Washington [7] [5] Herbert J. Young: December 1, 1928: 18 ...