cog railway – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: cog railway, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
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A cog railway climbs grades that would defeat an ordinary locomotive, using a toothed rack rail laid between the running rails and a pinion gear on the engine that meshes with it. Engineers first built such lines for steep mountain routes, and the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire, which opened in 1869, and the Rigi line in Switzerland, which followed in 1871, were among the earliest. Their small engines, slow pace and exposed trestles made them a striking part of the railroad landscape, and they remain working attractions today.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,250 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1337386882_d3ae421bdb_o cog railway |
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