In winter, little ones think of the Mount Washington Cog Railway as New Hampshire’s Polar Express. Others wonder if this is how Santa commutes to work. And train buffs, including baby boomers and ...
1 of 7 — Cog Railway 2024 NHPR photo Zoey Knox I’ve summited Mount Washington maybe eight times, and had the privilege of covering the classic Mount Washington Road Race this past June. One spring I ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A tax tiff between the City of Manitou Springs and the cog railway atop Pikes Peak has reached new heights, with the city now claiming it was tricked into ...
England may have invented the railroad, but the United States invented the mountain-climbing cog railroad. The first such successful cog—a standard railroad with flanged wheels, but with the addition ...
Jan 12, 2025 Jan 12, 2025 Updated Feb 18, 2026 The Mount Washington Cog Railway, which began operating the world’s first mountain-climbing railroad on July 3, 1869, is developing the world’s first ...