Trains climb 3 1/2 miles to the 6,228-foot high summit of the Northeast's highest mountain. Completed in 1869, this cog railway was the first in the world. Train in picture is on Jacob's Ladder, steepest point in climb with grade of 38 per cent.
Item Type: Postcard - Printed, Chrome
Photographer: Bill Bardsley
Printer: Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Publisher: Don Sieburg (New London, NH)
Location: Thompson & Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire
Date:
Postmark: Not postally used.
Subject, Railroad: Mount Washington Cog Railroad
Item Owner: Matthew D. Cosgro
NCS Collection ID: 9304005293
Added: 1/21/2022