Dress warmly in a jacket and sweater that you don't mind getting a little dirty and you'll be okay. Sit back, relax and enjoy spectacular views of the White Mountains as you scale some of the. The Mount Washington Cog Railway takes you on a spectacular journey to the highest peak in the northeastern United States. Caveats: This ride is noisy, breezy, sulfurous, and a little sooty don't wear white. Hop aboard the world’s first mountain-climbing cog railway and traverse up Mount Washington to New England’s highest peak. A 20-minute stop at the summit gives you a little time to poke around.
Passengers enjoy the expanding views on the 3-hour round-trip, which includes important stops to add water to the steam engine, check the track switches, and allow other trains to ascend or descend. The Ticket fare of 90 is quite reasonable for the total 1:30 minutes of Journey (45 up & 45 down) with an 1 hour Break on top, Only thing i didnt like was that the COG rail Staff were rude. But you'll still get some adrenaline thrills, especially when the train crosses Jacob's Ladder, a rickety-seeming trestle 25 feet high that angles upward at a grade of more than (!) 37%. Its a Different Experience altogether, Being on the COG Rail, Going up 6000 Feet to Mount Washington while looking at Breathtaking Views on the way up & down. Part moving museum, part slow-motion roller-coaster ride, the Cog Railway steams to the mountain's summit at a determined, "I think I can" pace of about 4 mph. Mount Washington's Cog Railway was a marvel of engineering when it opened in 1869, and it remains so today.
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