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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.
Mount Washington Cog Railway in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. This historic railway is the first of its kind and takes passengers all the way up Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeast.
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 ...
Mt. Washington Railway (1909–1919), Operated in the Highland Park/Mt. Washington neighborhood of L.A., ticket office and powerhouse still exist. Playa del Rey (1901–1909) Two cars ran in a counterbalance configuration from a Los Angeles Pacific Railway stop at the base of the Westchester cliffs to a hotel at the top of the bluff.
The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad or MRSR, formerly the Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging museum (MRRR), is a steam-powered heritage railroad operating in the U.S. state of Washington between Elbe and Mineral. The railroad travels on trackage that passes through thick forest just south of Mount Rainier. The depot, gift shop and ticket office are ...
Built by developer Robert Marsh, the "L.A. & Mt. Washington Ry. Co." had of a pair of electrically powered, counterbalanced trolley-style cars connected to an underground steel cable loop running the length of Avenue 43—then a dirt road—to Marsh's Mount Washington Hotel at the 940 ft summit. The rail cars' speed was 4 mph (6.4 km/h).
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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.