![]() This line is the Mount Washington Cog Railway, which we visited during Labor Day Weekend. The locomotive was officially named Hero but locals said it looked like a pepper sauce bottle so the name Old Peppersass was applied. The Mount Washington Cog Railway is one of the world's great rail adventures, and. 33,148 likes 369 talking about this 59,051 were here. ![]() In the early years, a locomotive with a standup boiler moved tourists to the summit 6,288-feet above sea level. Mount Washington Cog Railway, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. In 1868, Marsh would prove his detractors wrong when his railroad was completed, one of the first rack and pinion railways in the world, and to this day the second-steepest grade in existence. Constructed in the 1860s, the Mount Washington Cog Railway was the world’s first mountain-climbing cog railroad. Despite the incredible prominence of the mountain, Marsh was undeterred, and even put $5000 of his own money towards the project, which helped secure the charter for the railroad. The steam and biodiesel-powered locomotives transport tourists on this cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway) to Mount Washingtons magnificent peak. A New Hampshire state legislator in the 1850's suggested that Sylvester Marsh, who was planning a railroad line from the base to the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, should be granted the charter not just to the summit, but to the moon as well, for how impossible such a railroad line would be.Īt over 6,200 feet in height, Mount Washington is the tallest mountain in the Northeastern United States, and its summit is well above the tree line, making the ascent feel similar to the much higher mountain terrains in the Rocky Mountains.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |