Welcome to the top of New England! The shadows are getting long and there's only perhaps 30 minutes of daylight left as passengers alight from their Cog Railway train on the "roof of N... (more)

One, long whistle for Lizzie. To herald their arrival on the summit, the locomotives of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway typically sound one, long whistle (or horn, in the case of the diesels... (more)

Crossing a "Martian" landscape. Mt. Washington Railway Co. #9 "Waumbek" shines in the late afternoon sun as she takes the 4 PM steam trip through the last quarter mile t... (more)

Cogscape: Mt. Adams, Mt. Madison and the Auto Road. In this wide view, we see Mt. Washington Railway Co. #9 "Waumbek" and her blue coach as they complete their run across the &quo... (more)

Entering the home stretch. Just about an hour before official sunset, the 4 PM steam trip on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway climbs above the col between Mt. Washington and Mt. Clay, and beg... (more)

Fueling up for another climb up "the rock pile". Sitting in the servicing area just below the platform at Marshfield Station, Mt. Washington #9 is coaling up for her second summit... (more)

Back in the rotation. After a couple of years undergoing some heavy maintenance, Mt. Washington Cog Railway Locomotive #9 "Waumbek" returned to the rotation in 2022, probably in t... (more)

MWRC #9 "Waumbek" casts a column of black smoke to compete with the clouds as the little train starts its climb up the mountain out of Marshfield Station.

Another scoop on the grates. Fireman Art places another scoop of soft coal on the grates in the firebox of Mount Washington Railway Company #9 "Waumbek", as he fires the 11:30 AM ... (more)

In reserve. Waiting in reserve outside the company's engine shops below Marshfield Station is the Mount Washington Railway Company's other operable steam locomotive, the #9, known as "... (more)

MWRC #9 "Waumbek" casts a column of black smoke to compete with the clouds that conceal Mount Washingston as the little train climbs and receives a warm spotlight on this otherwise overc... (more)

The quintessential "Little Engine That Could." With a full tender of coal and water, MWRC #9 chugs slowly past my camera position pushing its lone coach toward the boarding platform adjacen... (more)

A slow crawl. After coaling and watering their locomotive, the crew of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway's 2:30 PM steam departure makes the slow crawl from the coal bunker to the platform are... (more)

Coaling 2019 style. In the 10 years since I last visited the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, things have changed a bit. Gone is the massive coal pile that used to exist on the north side of th... (more)

Launching for "the moon." Back in the 1850s, when New Hampshire native Sylvester Marsh first pitched the idea of building a railroad to the top of Mt. Washington to the State Legi... (more)