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The Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway is a 1 ⁄ 2-mile-long (0.80 km), 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge cog railway in Hancock, Michigan. [1] It opened in May 1997 to transport tourists to the adit entrance of the Quincy Mine's Number 5 shaft. Its tram car has a capacity of 28 people and travels at a maximum grade of 35%. [1]
The Quincy Mine area is preserved as a cooperating site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. [3] Visitors are transported to and from the mine on the Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway. [4] While that tramway is recent in origin, [5] the tram bears the "Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad" name. [4]
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10 best fall foliage train rides in the US for 2024. Allison Tibaldi. Updated September 19, 2024 at 12:35 PM. ... Mount Washington Cog Railway. Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
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.
Mount Washington Cog Railway, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Bio Diesel & live steam cog train operations with Marsh rack system, world's first to be used as a mountain railway (inaugurated in 1868). Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway, [9] cog rail tram opened in 1997. Hancock, Michigan. Green Mountain Cog Railway (abandoned)
The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s. The Quincy Mine was known as "Old Reliable," as the Quincy Mine Company paid a dividend to investors every year from 1868 ...
Part of the line was reactivated by the Mineral Range Railroad in 2012 for a new mine, the Humboldt Mine. [ 4 ] As of 2016, the Lake Superior & Ishpeming's primary remaining business continued to be the transport of iron ore over a 16-mile (26 km) short line from the Tilden Mine south of Ishpeming, operated by Cleveland-Cliffs, to Lake Superior ...