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800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. ... 1. Mount Washington Cog Railway. Mount Washington, New Hampshire ... While the coaches are mechanically state-of-the-art, ...
Built as No. 1 of the Green Mountain Cog Railway, then became Mount Washington Cog Railway #4 Summit. [35] Renamed Chocorua in 1999/2000. In 2007 it was renumbered and renamed as #8 Moosilauke, coincident with the retirement of the other locomotive with that name and number. Retired after the 2009 season.
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.
The Mount Washington Auto Road—originally the Mount Washington Carriage Road—is a 7.6-mile (12.2 km) private toll road on the east side of the mountain, rising 4,618 feet (1,408 m) from an altitude of 1,527 feet (465 m) at the bottom to 6,145 feet (1,873 m) at the top, an average gradient of 11.6%. The road was completed and opened to the ...
The Appalachian Trail crosses the northwestern part of the township, including the summit of Mount Washington, as well as the northeastern corner of the township. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 25.9 square miles (67.0 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 0.02%, are water. [ 1 ]
Wind and driving snow are seen on the top of the highest peak in the Northeast, Mount Washington, in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) On Behind the history of Mount Washington's fabled 231 ...
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, believe 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.
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