Mount Washington Cog Railway
I took a motorcycle ride up Mt Washington in Sept, it was a great trip.
After we got to the top the train pulled in and I had a chance to get some shots of this very neat locomotive.
Amazing how long you can keep gear running.... but check the footnote.
" Two of the engines date to the 1870s, and not for the better part of a century has there been a catalog in the world offering new components for the likes of Ammonoosic (No. 2) and Agiocochook (No. 3).
Yet on these engines, and all of their younger siblings, piston rings must be replaced every two years, pistons every four years, main axles every five.
In fact, nothing on any locomotive is original; all the machines are in a constant state of being rebuilt, then rebuilt again, almost always with parts made or finished on the premises.
The Mount Washington cog has to chug up more than 3 miles of the second steepest track (37.4-percent maximum grade) in the world.
Only the Mount Pilatus cog in Lucerne, Switzerland, with a 48 percent grade, is steeper, according to Wayne Presby, a co-owner of the Mount Washington Cog Railway. "
After we got to the top the train pulled in and I had a chance to get some shots of this very neat locomotive.
Amazing how long you can keep gear running.... but check the footnote.
" Two of the engines date to the 1870s, and not for the better part of a century has there been a catalog in the world offering new components for the likes of Ammonoosic (No. 2) and Agiocochook (No. 3).
Yet on these engines, and all of their younger siblings, piston rings must be replaced every two years, pistons every four years, main axles every five.
In fact, nothing on any locomotive is original; all the machines are in a constant state of being rebuilt, then rebuilt again, almost always with parts made or finished on the premises.
The Mount Washington cog has to chug up more than 3 miles of the second steepest track (37.4-percent maximum grade) in the world.
Only the Mount Pilatus cog in Lucerne, Switzerland, with a 48 percent grade, is steeper, according to Wayne Presby, a co-owner of the Mount Washington Cog Railway. "
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trains has been rebuilt.
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