It takes a cog train 70 minutes to climb to the summit and one hour for the trip down. The railway is 3+ miles long, 3 miles of it on trestle.The first locomotive was nicknamed "Old Peppersass." As the wheel turns, the cogs mesh with the teeth along the central rail to draw the train up the grade, or, turning the other way, to brake its descent. This means that there is approximately a 14-foot elevation difference between passengers in the front and back ends of the coach. The maximum grade over Jacob's Ladder (a steep section about 2/3 of the way up) is 37.4 percent.
It has an average grade of 25 percent, or 1,300 feet to the mile - the steepest rail line in the world.
Workers logged trees and built a cabin for their headquarters at the construction site. The Highest Railway in America Has Finally Reopened. All construction supplies had to be hauled in small lots from Littleton, 25 miles away.Washington is considered to have some of the world's most extreme weather.
Washington is 6,288 feet above sea level, the highest peak in the Northeast United States. The first train reached the summit on Jand has operated as a tourist attraction ever since. The route follows a prominent ridge that runs from the base to the summit. Work started in earnest in 1866 after the Civil War. Legend has it that an amendment was added offering permission to extend the railway to the moon. In 1858 Marsh applied to the New Hampshire Legislature for a charter to build and operate the steam railway and was granted permission in 1859. Aiken built a model of the roadbed and track with a cog rail system, but entrepreneur Sylvester Marsh is credited for launching the Cog Railway and bringing Aiken's ideas to fruition. People thought inventor Walter Aiken was crazy when he proposed a railway to the top of Mt. Its cog rail system allows the railway to overcome grades exceeding 37 percent. Washington Cog Railway was the first mountain climbing railway in the world. There's now also a shorter, 1-hour ride, operating twice daily all winter, through the lovely, snow-covered vistas.When completed, the Mt. Dress warmly in a jacket and sweater that you don't mind getting a little dirty and you'll be okay. Caveats: This ride is noisy, breezy, sulfurous, and a little sooty don't wear white. A 20-minute stop at the summit gives you a little time to poke around. Passengers enjoy the expanding views on the 3-hour round-trip, which includes important stops to add water to the steam engine, check the track switches, and allow other trains to ascend or descend. But you'll still get some adrenaline thrills, especially when the train crosses Jacob's Ladder, a rickety-seeming trestle 25 feet high that angles upward at a grade of more than (!) 37%. Part moving museum, part slow-motion roller-coaster ride, the Cog Railway steams to the mountain's summit at a determined, "I think I can" pace of about 4 mph. Mount Washington's Cog Railway was a marvel of engineering when it opened in 1869, and it remains so today.
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