This was by far the longest walk I've ever done to take a train photo. Starting in Stormville, NY on June 2nd, I made it to Mt. Washington on July 6, after hiking 423 miles of the Appalachian Tra... (more)
About twenty minutes before the first scheduled train of the day leaves, I find this this job coming down the mountain in some nice light. I suspect that it was used to transport track workers up... (more)
A photographer takes a picture from the car's platform, while the engineer leans out the window of this green diesel to say something to a track worker. The train has just emerged from outside my... (more)
The newest power on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway is this diesel hydraulic locomotive, which emerged from the line's mechanical shop in the summer of 2009. M-3 joined the prototype, M-1, ... (more)
The Future of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. The Mount Washington Cog Railway's Diesel Locomotive M-1 descends off Jacob's Ladder with the final train of the day. In the distance, a tiny... (more)
Change on the Mountain: On an overcast day in May 2008 a Mount Washington Cog Railway shop employee inspects Wajo Nanatasis, a John Deere build Diesel Cog locomotive. Since its start in the late 1... (more)
The beast has a name. WAJO NANATASIS, a Native American phrase meaning "Steam-Killer"...actually, they tell me it means "Mountain Hummingbird", but I think the former translation is a littl... (more)
Here's a look at the "non-public" side of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway's new diesel engine...the side the passengers don't see. Featured prominently are the radiator vents and a large muffler.... (more)
A DIESEL on Mt. Washington?? Noooooo! Yes, folks, this 600 hp, one-of-a-kind cog locomotive could be a view into the future of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. Custom-built in the railway's o... (more)