The Mount Washington Cog Railway -
Technology & News
The Mount Washington Cog Railway automatic hydraulic switch at Waumbek is completed.
The first automatic switch was installed at Waumbek in the spring of 2003. Al LaPrade - the designer of the switches at both Marshfield Base and Waumbek - designed another new switch and supervised the installation at Waumbek.
New Technologies at the Cog:
#9 has been modified to burn bio-diesel fuel instead of Coal. This new environmentally friendly oil burner was designed by Nigel Day.
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A Diesel-Powered Train, using an internal combustion diesel engine instead of Steam was designed entirely by Al Laprade of Jefferson, NH, this year using a 600 horse-powered John Deere Engine.
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Snow-Jet
The Cog modified this Snow-Jet for snow removal on the tracks. Uses a Pratt & Whitney J59 Jet Engine.
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