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[citation needed] [a] In 1983, Mrs. Teague sold the railway to a group of New Hampshire businessmen. [25] From 1986 to 2017, the Cog Railway was controlled and owned by Wayne Presby and Joel Bedor of Littleton, New Hampshire. The Bedor and Presby families also owned the Mount Washington Hotel and Resort in Bretton Woods for the period 1991 ...
Grand Trunk Railway: GT CN: 1853 1923 Canadian National Railway: Great Falls and Conway Railroad: B&M: 1844 1865 Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad: Groton and Nashua Railroad: B&M: 1844 1846 Worcester and Nashua Railroad: Lake Shore Railroad: B&M: 1883 1901 Concord and Montreal Railroad: Maine Central Railroad: MEC MEC 1888 2003 New ...
1.29 New Hampshire. 1.30 New Jersey. 1.31 New Mexico. ... A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico. ... Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway;
The first mountain cog railway was the Mount Washington Cog Railway in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, which carried its first fare-paying passengers in 1868. The track was completed to reach the summit of Mount Washington in 1869.
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.
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)
According to others, it is a reference to the train's original name, "The Railway to the Moon". [1] The practice, though longstanding, is considered offensive by some of the Cog Railway's passengers. An off-duty New Hampshire State Trooper and a Forest Ranger began riding the
The Conway Scenic Railroad (reporting mark CSRX) [1] is a heritage railroad located in North Conway, New Hampshire, owned by Profile Mountain Holdings Corp.The railroad operates over two historic railway routes: a line from North Conway to Conway that was formerly part of the Conway Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and a line from North Conway through Crawford Notch to Fabyan that was ...