Ride The Cog!

[TheMiniMan110]

That Locomotive looks like something out of Dr. Seuss... :P

[ITS420PAT]

This is the NH Cog Railway I know, fuck that new diesel piece of shit.

[Strasburg1991]

the wheel configuration almost looks like a prr q1 backwards

[ComputerHelp007]

for some reason it looks incredibly like a simulator game

[goodeye03]

I rode this a couple of years ago and it was well worth the time and money, much better than driving up (done that too). It's a great ride, noisy and it smells great, the view is awesome. The diesel was just starting out and glad we didn't get that. The ash from all that smoke lies beside the track all the way up like the engineer said in a comment here. Do it before you can't...

[andyg3]

at least they put a proper whistle on that loco, sounds just like a bulleid whistle

[ctw100s]

strange whistle 6:08

[ctw100s]

Why were one ov them is named for KANCAMAGUS and another named for MOOSILAUKE

[ctw100s]

The steam is so old!

[FanOBarbaro]

i hiked mt washington recently...the cog looked pretty darn good as i was hiking dwn lol

[cocoman2121]

This is competely random: That train is badass

[chimbica91]

simplismente incrivel pelo passeio.....

[denisfepasa]

Nice Vídeo.... Where is the railroad? Railroad is a tourist only?

Denis Castro - Brazil.

[Superedit]

@denisfepasa It's in New Hampshire. Most definitely passenger only!

[denisfepasa]

@Superedit A railroad incredible ... we have a line of rack here, but electrical and today carries only cargo but has transported passengers ... see the video here ... the locomotive of Brazil is a Hitachi 1970.

This railroad connects São Paulo to the port of Santos and operated by "MRS logistics"

[midgetcogger]

verynice video i loved the the ending showing engine 10 go by made my day. that by fair is my favorite engine on the whole hill. that you

[Superedit]

To the fellow who posted the safety comment - sorry, I deleted it by accident when trying to reply. Actually it's safer than it looks - like a roller coaster. The engines are routinely inspected as is the track. I'm sure liability insurance is contributing to the push to dieselize the run. AFAIK the steamers are now relegated to one run per day. Between insurance and the cost of coal, it's been a hard coupla years for steam fans.

[fordsuckbigtime]

I would like to try this

[luvmostmusic]

Still viewing this video regularly, as it is so good.. There are two things that I have been wondering about these fine locos.. How is the fire-box crown kept covered by water when on the level, and why did they make the tenders so narrow?

[Superedit]

I think the tenders are narrow for visibility on the way back down. As for the crown sheet, the boiler is kept almost full of water when the locomotive is on level track.  There isn't much water over the crown sheet when it's level, but its rarely level...

[luvmostmusic]

Thanks for the info.

[flippysnotze]

Can it make it to the end of the rail on 1 fill of water?

[Superedit]

Nope - they have to tank up about halfway up the grade.

[flippysnotze]

That little engine works hard.

[luvmostmusic]

Brilliant piece of footage. Almost felt that I was there. The whole set-up is awesome, and I do hope that steam survives over the ugly bio-diesels. The steam whistle is also very awesome-sounding..

[Superedit]

My understanding is that steam has been relegated to one trip per day - the remainder of the trips are being pushed by the biodiesels. I can see the logic of this from a financial standpoint, but I wonder how this will effect ridership levels - people want to see the steam and smoke, methinks. We'll have to see.

[AntiFederalist1]

I'll be one who won't ever be riding again, as long as they are using those "travesty tractors" (ugly green diesels).

[Superedit]

I think they'll keep steam around - but be sure and give them your feedback. The only way steam will survive in any form is if the riders demand it.

[WhyAyeMann]

Hear that folks? Bug the Cog, and get the steam trains back.

[zathras9now]

Awesome Ride!!

[butterbean444]

that sagging heap looks like its gonna fall apart the way the boiler sags

[Superedit]

It's by design. On the steepest part of the grade that "sagging" boiler is actually level! On the "flats" it looks odd indeed.

[luvmostmusic]

Learn what words mean, before you put words on Youtube. Actually "sagging" means to have a drop in the middle, or somewhere between start and finish. This loco has a straight slope to the boiler, for operational needs which is completetely different from what you imply. Seems that you are very uneducatated.

[DLWJohn]

Great video! I've wanted to ride this since I was a kid of 6 or 7. Maybe next summer I'll be able to take a trip up.

[Superedit]

Go for it - it took me years to get there but now I try to go every couple of years. It's a blast!

[tripyramidslide]

These locomotives were built in Manchester, New Hampshire in the late 19th century.

[AndrzejMastalerz]

Good Job on the footage..

[mustang10121]

Its An Amazing Train To Ride! Its An Experience of A Life Time!

[kb1gni]

Excellent video, thanks!

Sad to think that those will be replaced by the ugly diesel they are running now. No character.

[WhyAyeMann]

...they didnt replace them with diesel. I think.

[kb1gni]

They are running one diesel now - i just saw it at the summit on Saturday. I have a couple of videos of it on my page.

I can't help but think that it won't be long before the rest of the coal-fired steam trains will be replaced by the diesel-electric if this one works out well. I'm sure it is more efficient in terms of energy and manpower.

[ganymedeIV4]

not to mention stop catching the mountain on fire periodically.

[Superedit]

I don't think steam will ever go away entirely...might be limited to railfan days eventually, but there's too much history - and interest! - to do away with it...or so I hope!

[12softballfanatic97]

That is alot of pollutioin!!! My family is going to NH and we are going on that it looks like the train crashed into the back of another train

[Joe2568]

Great video. Have you ever ridden through Crawford Notch at Conway Scenic?

Joe

[Chris9017]

WOW! This looks like an amazing train ride. I have to ride it.

[Hymoglobin]

What is the cog? why is it so special?

[Superedit]

Uh...it's steam powered...has a cog rack system...is over 100 years old...goes up the side of a mountain...

[Hymoglobin]

oh thanx!

[ghostshot1004]

that first shay is weird looks like it was crashed lol

[Ianscape]

Except they are not shays. They are custom or shop built for only the Cog.

[DarkTower97]

yeah, plus i think its low grade coal there burning. This is not a problem compaired to the coal burning electricity power plants. They should build a machine that breaks up the molecules of deiesl or something and use it in these plants to save a lot of deisel and carbon. I think GE did something like this with there GEVO locomotive.

[Beaver456]

Great Vid. I remember going up on the cog when I was 5. Sigh, have to go back there.

[Superedit]

I didn't make it there until a couple years ago, and now I'm hooked. It's a great ride, especially on a clear day - which doesn't happen often!

[is1943]

Excellent video, good selection of shots, was last there in 1983 would like another visit sometime. Do they push more than one coach at all?

[Superedit]

No, single coach only. There's no actual coupling between the coach and the loco. If the loco loses brakes going downhill, the coach can stop independently. It's never happened, but that's the idea.

[PKingman]

Excellent.

[PokerOnTour]

Good footage. Well done. About 1 ton of coal, 1,000 gl. of water for 3 1/4 mi. of track. Notice on engine #8 the #4 steam dome jacket as it departs the base.

[Superedit]

Oh, great catch! I missed that.

[Joe2568]

Have you been to the W, W, & F Ry in Alna Maine? Are you going there this Saturday? If so, I can see if you can have a cab ride if you would like. I am a firemen, and this weekend is our track laying weekend. Talk to you later.

Joe

[4gamerz]

i dont know if you ever pl;ayed trainz but that sound like one of thooughs steamers in trainz!

[cograilfan]

i hope to build a live steam version of the railway in ho scale. donations welcome!! joking

[wario22]

ahh so all the global warming is in fact caused by that one small train

[PokerOnTour]

global warming is a made up term by the "Left". LOt's of Lefties hike the Appalachian Trail. On comparison the Cog RY. and users of the Mt Washington auto road omit the same in pollution in a given busy day

[Joe2568]

ya know what, just because of black smoke, etc. doesn't mean that they are the cause for global warming. I bet that all of the cars that go up Mount Washington in a day, produce more pollution that the engines that go up it all day, but you can't see the pollution that a car does.

Joe

[cogger44]

im an engineer at the cog and your statement is true. we put out less co2 than the auto road and we send up more people. the black smoke you see is carbon and falls harmlessly to the earth. its the stuff you cant see like co2 that hurts.

[JonatanGronoset]

Cute li'l lokeys. X3

[bsartist]

The smoke from these engines looks especially dirty.

[Superedit]

They burn so-called "soft" coal -- very smoky. One of the engines was converted to burn biodiesel - it wasn't running the day I was there, but I can't imagine that it's as impressive a sight.

[Skarloey123]

Very strange looking engines...

[scriptum60]

The Little Engine That Could. :D

[GrizzlyFlats]

Ever so slightly narrower... 4 ft, 8 inches (1/2 inch below standard gauge).

BTW, great footage... Thanks for sharing!

[PVincent342]

Is it standard gauge??