Red cog railway train climbing a barren mountainside – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: Red cog railway train climbing a barren mountainside, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Red cog railway train climbing a barren mountainside
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A red cog train climbs a slope with almost no vegetation, a scene that shows the kind of terrain these lines were built to conquer. Cog railways use a toothed rack rail laid between the running rails, and a pinion gear on the locomotive meshes with it, so the train can haul itself up grades too steep for ordinary wheels to grip. The best-known early example in America is the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire, which opened in 1869 and drew tourists to the bare, wind-swept summit above the tree line.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,250 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 401127712_3b27ed4b6e_o cog railway P9300645 |
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