Mountain Washington Cog Railway

The cog railway was invented 

by a man from Littleton, NH.

to climb to the top of 

Mt. Washington.           

With the exception of war times,  the railway has carried visitors

to the top since July,1869.

                                            

       

These were the first engines used.

They were built specifically for the cog railway.

Later they used coal burning steam engines.  The steam engine runs only once a day now.

Now they are using bio-diesel engines to be environmentally friendly.

We are almost to the top.  Looking down we can see 

where the tracks divide allowing trains to pass

 each other as they travel up and down the mountain.

It takes almost an hour to get to the top traveling about 

4 mph.

It was chilly up on top!

We were lucky to have a clear day and could a long distance.