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)

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.

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)

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)

Up on the roof. Just about 20 minutes before official sunset, MWRC #2 "Ammonoosuc" sits on the Mt. Washington summit platform, while it's passengers explore the summit. You are ... (more)

Summit switching. Engineer Mark "Cookie" Sodergren coaxes his train slowly across the massive hydraulic switch just below the summit of Mt. Washington, in preparation for its arri... (more)