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Mount Washington Cog Railway photos; Mount Washington Railway Company – Historical Timeline Archived December 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine "Among the Clouds" by John H. Ackerman, American Heritage Magazine, April 1968, Volume 19, Issue 3 Archived May 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; ASME/ASCE 1962 designation of Mount Washington Cog ...
While nearly the whole mountain is in the White Mountain National Forest, an area of 60.3 acres (24.4 ha) surrounding and including the summit is designated as Mount Washington State Park. The Mount Washington Cog Railway ascends the western slope of the mountain, and the Mount Washington Auto Road climbs to the
Cog railways are common in Switzerland and found in other parts of the world (totaling about 50 lines), but this is one of only three such lines remaining in the United States, the others being the older Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire, and the short Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway.
Lakes of the Clouds may be reached by hiking from Marshfield Station, on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, via the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail (in approximately four hours). The area is also traversed by the Crawford Path (part of the Appalachian Trail ) and the Dry River Trail.
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 ...
The land forming the park was originally given to Dartmouth College in 1951 by the estate of the owner of the Cog Railway. Dartmouth sold 59 acres (240,000 m 2 ) to the State of New Hampshire in 1964 for use as a park and then sold the final 8 acres (32,000 m 2 ) in 2008 for $2.1M, after a long-term broadcasting lease had expired.
Nickel Plate Express offers fall foliage train rides aboard historic 1950s-era train cars, while Flat Fork Creek Park is a ... Park and White Mountain National ... Mount Washington Cog Railway.
The White Mountain National Forest, formed in 1911 after passage of the Weeks Act, includes most of the mountain range and now covers 800,000 acres (3,200 km 2) in New Hampshire and western Maine. [3] The Mount Washington Auto Road and Mount Washington Cog Railway ascend the range's highest peak, which hosts a visitor center and weather ...