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Title: |
MWCR 9 - Waumbek shoving upgrade on Jacobs Ladder trestle |
Description: |
This was the money shot of the day, and the one that I hiked three and a half hours in to get. The steepest part of the Mt Washington Cog Railway (37.4% gradient), and arguably the most photogenic spot along the cog railway's route. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:41:36 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
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338 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Jacobs Ladder - shot 2 |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:42:36 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
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140 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Jacobs Ladder - shot 3 |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:43:22 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
189 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 shoves up the trestle over the Ammonoosuc River |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:49:24 PM |
Location: |
Marshfield Station, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
365 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
After rounding Jacobs Ladder, Waumbek shoves the up train over what's called the Short Trestle. |
Description: |
I did a quick switch to a telephoto lens for some going-away shots at the Jacobs Ladder photo location. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:47:37 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
102 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 about to round the bend and go out of sight from my photo perch at Jacobs Ladder - What a gratifying sequence! |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:48:17 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
100 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 - Waumbek with descending train |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/15/2015 5:48:38 AM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
127 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 descending Mt Washington |
Description: |
The engineer saw me taking photos up on the hillside and recognized me from the day before. He gave a friendly toot on the whistle - also a photogenic bonus steam plume for a "down" train. That's Mount Clay in the upper right of the photo. I had climbed up that long ridgeline up to Mt Clay earlier in the morning to gain my hoped-for photo spot at Jacobs Ladder |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:44:46 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
123 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The Waumbek descending on the Long Trestle |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:45:55 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
110 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 descending on the Long Trestle. |
Description: |
You can see the compressed air exhausting from the cylinders, which helps with braking the descending mass of the steam locomotive. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:46:54 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
143 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 at the Marshfield base station |
Description: |
This was the train I rode on Friday. |
Photo Date: |
9/11/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:53:15 PM |
Location: |
Marshfield Station, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
175 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 prior to Friday's climb to the summit |
Description: |
The cog gear on the rear axle of the tender drives a feedwater pump. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:54:58 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
126 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On the way up to me |
Description: |
I reached my intended photo location on the knoll overlooking the Jacobs Ladder trestle as the steam train started up the mountain from the base station. In this shot you can see the steam train getting closer, the Waumbek water tank, and two diesel powered trains down at the base station in the upper left corner of the photo. The Red diesel - M3 Abenaki is boarding passengers, and the White Diesel (with purple passenger car) has already started up the hill behind the steam train. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:52:21 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) MWCR M5(UNKNOWN) MWCR 3(UNKNOWN) |
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144 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 on the steep first grade out of the Marshfield base station |
Description: |
The fireman has the firebox door open as he shovels coal into the fiery maw. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:50:21 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
109 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The steam train passing the water tank on its way up to where I'm perched at Jacobs Ladder |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:51:18 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
174 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Left-side profile of MWCR 9 - Waumbec at the station before the day's ascent |
Description: |
That horizontal cylinder above the front drive wheel is a feedwater heater, which takes the water from the tender's axle pump and pre-heats it with exhaust before it is injected into the boiler. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:20:39 PM |
Location: |
Marshfield Station, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
179 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR 9 in the fog at the summit station |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 8:54:03 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
104 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M1 descending the mountain in this view looking north toward Mt. Clay |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:29:55 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M1(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
93 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR M1 - Wajo Nanatassis shoving upgrade near the top of the Long trestle |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:27:42 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M1(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
146 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M2 - Algonquin heads up Mt Washington |
Description: |
I can pick out hikers on the summit of Mt Monroe - upper left part of the photo. I took this shot from the Appalachian Trail as I was heading back to my car parked down at the base station. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:38:20 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M2(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
105 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR M3 - Abenaki descending at the top of the Long Trestle. |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:42:00 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M3(UNKNOWN) |
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162 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M3 - Abenaki heads upgrade on Mt Washington |
Description: |
That's the summit of Mt Monroe - the fourth highest peak in New Hampshire in the upper right corner of the picture, and you can see hikers gathered at the top |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:32:30 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M3(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
161 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M4 - Agiocochook heading upgrade at the top of the Long Trestle |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:36:15 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M4(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
103 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MWCR M5 - biodiesel named "Metallak" shoves the second train of the day up Jacobs Ladder |
Description: |
I've moved from my first photo perch on that knoll behind the diesel to the upper part of the Jacobs Ladder trestle in this view looking southwest |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:24:05 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M5(UNKNOWN) |
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128 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
A new track going in at the summit |
Description: |
The Mt. Washington Cog Railway is adding a new switch and track at the summit. This will allow a second steam train to be scheduled (around 3 in the afternoon) in the future. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:44:17 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger,Track |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M3 approaching the summit station in thick fog |
Description: |
The locomotive is moving over advance steel work for a new transfer switch being installed at the summit to allow a second track at the summit station. With just one track, trains can get pinned in and blocked from descending until the trains downhill of them have departed. The good news is that this will allow the Cog Railway to schedule a second steam train each day in future seasons. The first train of the day will be steam powered, then another departure around 3:00 in the afternoon will be steam powered. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 9:50:58 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M3(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
134 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
MWCR M1 descendng on the Long Trestle |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 10:43:23 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M1(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
120 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR 1 upgrade on the Jacobs Ladder trestle |
Description: |
I took this shot from the Jewell trail heading back down to Marshfield station. You can see the Appalachian Mountain Club's Lake of the Clouds hut at the foot of Mt. Monroe in the upper right corner of the photo |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 10:34:08 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 1(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M3 - Abenaki descending the Jacobs Ladder trestle |
Description: |
My first shots of the day, of the steam powered train ascending Jacobs Ladder were taken from that green knoll to the right of the biodiesel locomotive. |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 10:39:46 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M3(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
148 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR M3 - Abenaki heading upgrade on the Long Trestle |
Description: |
I got this shot from the Appalachian trail on my return hike back to the car at the base station |
Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 10:37:05 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MWCR M3(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MWCR steam train heading up the long trestle |
Description: |
I was hiking in the Willey Range of the White Mountains, and caught this view of the MWCR steam train going up the long trestle from an open spot on the summit of Mt. Avalon. The steam engine is geared pretty low - 40 discrete cylinder strokes per one revolution of the cog wheel. So there's a LOT of exhaust when the train is headed up the mountain. And this perspective gives a good idea of how tiny the train is compared to the massif of the Mt. Washington Range. You can see the Jacobs Ladder trestle a little down and to the left of the train. That's the steepest section of track, and it certainly looks that way from this angle. You can just barely make out the red passenger coach in the enlarged version of this photo. |
Photo Date: |
10/5/2018 Upload Date: 10/8/2018 6:05:11 AM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
86 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Here I am in the cab of Waumbek, which took me to the top of New England |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 11:00:38 PM |
Location: |
Mt Washington, NH |
Author: |
Bob Krug |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Steam |
Locomotives: |
MWCR 9(UNKNOWN) |
Views: |
136 Comments: 1 |
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