Cog Railway trains on Mt Washington. NH

[BeantownJim]

Try driving up it.Then talk choo choo!

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@BeantownJim I've walked around Badwater in Death Valley, CA at -282 ft below sea level, backpacked to the summit of Mt. Whitney at 14,497 ft above sea level, rode a bicycle from San Francisco to L.A. twice, and from Portland, OR to L.A.. I've also driven in all 50 states and nine Canadian provinces, including north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. Do that, then come see me if you want to talk, choo choo or not :)

[CarlKnowsBest]

I rode the 8:30 AM this Tuesday and it was pushed by a coal fired steam engine. My friend and I were the only riders.

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@CarlKnowsBest Thanks. I was thinking they were only running diesels now. It's nice to know that the old engines are still running occasionally.

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@SandInMyCrotch Mt. Whitney is on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, but it is fairly close to the Nevada border. It's the highest mountain in the 48 states.

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@SandInMyCrotch Congratulations on hiking up Mt. Washington.  I doubt I will go back there again, and even if I did go back there, I would not make the climb. I did hike up 14,505 ft Mt. Whitney, but that was over 30 years ago. I won't be doing that again, not in this lifetime, anyway :)

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@30vixen With a maximum grade of 37.41% I have no doubt it would look like on a very cloudy day. Sorry you didn't get to ride it to the top.

[30vixen]

I visited in July 2011 on a very cloudy day. I never saw the Cog Railway but it looked as if the tracks were about to fall off the Earth as they vanished into the clouds.

[Adz1184]

It looks like it's about to push them off a cliff.

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@Adz1184 Luckily, that doesn't happen, but you're right, that's what it look like :)

[EuroTre1]

Man, this brings back memories. I went out East when I was 4 and we visited the railway. It was a great time (very windy and cloudy at the summit though).

I am disappointed that the old steam engines are being phased out. They are truly remarkable to watch. The last few should absolutely be preserved.

[MrSteveverv]

this is the cog railroad train Reg and I went on last weekend with my family and friends

[Darren9077]

I was fortunate to hike Mt. Washington three times long time ago (late 70's). The last time we hiked we came down along the side of the mountain the railway line is located. I'd rather hike it thank you. Looks a little unnerving.

[WhyAyeMann]

Its a dramatic and fun ride I assure you. At least when I went. They got rid of the old steam engines though so i dont know.

Hiking is the best way to get to the top but I still like the old train the alot.

[Darren9077]

@WhyAyeMann

Maybe now that they've removed the old steam engines it won't be so freaky. On one weekend hike, our buddies went up the day before we arrived and got stuck on the top due to bad weather. they had to take the railway down and is scared the crap out of them.  ha ha.

[WhyAyeMann]

..but I liek the freakyness!

[bigkevcxza]

@Darren9077 its a fun ride going up, it can be noisy though with the Cogs cranking along with the engines itself working hard, but it can be unnerving going up Jacobs ladder because its a straight drop down.you should try it sometime, but be warned they really dont use the Coal engines anymore they mostly use their Diesel ones. and its not cheap to ride it, i went last summer up it on the Train and it costed 125 altogether for 2 people

[old64goat]

Cool video, back in 1998 I took the cog.

[durangoandsilverton]

cool i imagaine there are very expensive to build

[shudderbug]

I'm sure it was, but a cog train has been running on that site since 1869 (not that one, though), so I'm sure it has paid for itself many times over.

[shatros]

I took this up in 1973, it was very scary to me but not nearly as scary as two years before when my dad drove us up and back in his Cutlas, especially the part when his brakes failed 3/4 of the way down. lol. I recomend the rail. beautiful view and it is definitely worth the trip just for an hour or so on the summet.

[lowboost]

is that worth a 16 hr road trip? I really wanna go but my friends and family dont

[shudderbug]

Well, I certainly could not make that decision for you. All I can say is that I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it was part of a larger vacation, and there are more things to see and do in the area. For example, one of my other videos shows a ride down a zipline that is relatively close to the Cog train. Perhaps your family or friends might enjoy that. Just a thought.

[midgetcogger]

yea

[WhyAyeMann]

The engine has a european sounding whistle.