Number 8 (Tip Top) coming in
Mount Washington's Cog RR
Running up a ridge on the west side of
Mt Washington is the Mount Washington Cog
Railroad, which has the steepest grade (13.5) of any railroad in the
world. The route was completed in 1869 and runs from the
Marshfield base station
(named for Sylvester Marsh, the backer of the venture, and
Darby Field, the first European to climb Washington) to the summit,
with the steepest section occuring at
Jacob's Ladder, a 30 foot high trestle near treeline.
The engines push one or two cars up
the track, which has cogs running up the
center of the track. The teeth on the cog wheel pull the train up the
steep tracks.
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