Remembering Joe "Eggy" Eggleston. This afternoon, as I prepared to continue my recent series of photos on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, I heard some absolutely devastating news.... (more)

Train time up on the roof. The sun has gone for the day and the sky has begun to darken. A few stars begin to make their presence known. With the loss of the sun and a little wind, a di... (more)

A mountain EAST of Mt. Washington? After taking a few sunset photos on the west side of the summit of Mt. Washington, I wandered back over to the Cog Railway platform, which is on the east ... (more)

Approaching the summit. With just a few hundred yards to go, Mount Washington's Steam Locomotive #2 "Ammonoosuc" and her cherry red coach are entering the final curve on the line ... (more)

Golden Hour on "The Rock Pile". New Hampshire's Mt. Washington is sometimes referred to as "The Rock Pile", due to the rocky nature of its summit landscape. In this golden hour image, we ... (more)

Steamscape: Mt. Clay, Mt. Jefferson and the Great Gulf. The exhaust plume darkens as Fireman Mark "Cookie" Sodergren continues to shovel soft coal into the torch-like firebox of M... (more)

Railway above the clouds. About 30 minutes before sunset, Mt. Washington Railway Company Locomotive #2, "Ammonoosuc" and her cherry red coach emerge from a brightly lit undercast as they be... (more)

3.1 miles of trestle. Mount Washington Railway Company Steam Locomotive #2 "Ammonoosuc" descends the wooden trestle on Cold Spring Hill, and will be bringing the 12 PM summit excu... (more)

Arriving at Marshfield Station. In this elevated view, we see Mt. Washington Railway #2 "Ammonoosuc" descending with her coach on the last few feet of track above the platform are... (more)

Steamscape: Cold Spring Hill. Amid a sea of fall colors, Mt. Washington Railway #2 claws its way up Cold Spring Hill with the noon-time steam trip, destined for the summit of the highest pe... (more)

Cog Railway Engineer Joe "Eggy" Eggleston. In all of my travels to steam railways over the past couple of decades, I can't say I've ever met anyone who loves his job as much as Joe Egglesto... (more)

Putting #2 away - Part 3: Safely home. With the shop crew already milling around their wounded locomotive, MWRC #2 is now safely tucked away in the Cog Railway's shop building. Moments fr... (more)

Putting #2 away - Part 2: The transfer table. For many decades, the Cog Railway's steam locomotives have resided in the row of stalls you see to the left, behind the locomotive. They are ... (more)

Putting #2 away - Part 1. The process of putting one of the Cog Railway's steam engines away in the shop building is one that most rail enthusiasts never see. For one thing, it's just not... (more)

Stuff happens. What was to be the last day of steam operations on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway ended early for Engineer Joe and Fireman "Cookie." They had two runs scheduled this day and... (more)