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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Anacortes Railway (Defunct) Chehalis–Centralia Railroad; Chelatchie Prairie Railroad; George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (Closed in 2005) Issaquah Valley Trolley (Closed in 2020, reopening proposed) Inland Northwest Rail Museum; Lake Whatcom Railway (Out of Service since 2019) Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
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 ...
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 ...
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