The engine pushes a coach up the cog wheel railway.” This all started back in the summer of 1891. The line modernized in the 1940’s with diesel-pushed trains. Again, in the 1960s, it was ...

FRANCONIA—For his contributions to the North Country economy and building up a major tourist draw, Wayne Presby, owner of the ...

But he was even better known in New England as the operator for two decades of the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he was born at Mt. Desert, ...

Every morning, I crossed a stretch of railway tracks on the way to my school. The tracks lay less than a hundred meters from ...

The Mount Washington Cog Railway is closed for two weeks as it replaces some track and upgrades its software. The iconic railway to the summit of Mount Washington shut Monday, Oct. 28. for work at ...

came to the area in 1889 as a consulting engineer for the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway. “He meets a very young woman who’s about 20 years his junior, by the name of Emma Crawford ...

Rather, it's a cog railway, which means it uses a large gear ... visitor center to learn about the mountain and the train’s history. And while you certainly can ride the train back to ...

The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway is a must-do for history and train buffs. This cog railway dates back to 1891 and is the world's highest and longest cog railroad – as well as the ...

Bob Johnson loves history. He loves history so much that the 70-plus-year-old Jamestown resident has been painstakingly ...

For those looking closely, there are plenty of marks left across Cambridgeshire by disused railway stations and ... not have to be eagle-eyed to spot the history of rail in one Histon café ...