cog railway – Vintage Print
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Cog railway comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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A cog railway climbs slopes too steep for ordinary wheels by using a toothed rack laid between the rails, which a cogwheel on the locomotive grips like a gear. The method dates to the mid-19th century, and the Rigi line in Switzerland, opened in 1871, is among the best-known early mountain examples. In the United States, the Mount Washington Cog Railway had opened in 1869 to carry passengers up the New Hampshire peak. Worth noticing in a picture like this are the rack rails, the steeply graded track bed and the sturdy engines built to hold their footing on a grade.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 4,000 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1336498909_8525dfc9ff_o cog railway |
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