Despite the chill, I stuck my head out of the window for the majority of the ride. There was a window in every row that we could open and look through. While I found the seats to be charming in design, they were a bit of a tight fit for the two of us. One side has three-person benches and the other has two-person benches, which is where I sat with my boyfriend. When choosing our seats on the railway's website, I noticed that each train has 14 rows that can seat 70 people total. Washington Auto Road were washed out, specifically 1.6 miles from the summit,' the Auto Road said. I was glad I was wearing several layers because the air inside was chilly. The inside of the train was made mostly of wood and the narrow aisles reminded me of grainy photos I'd seen of historic, 19th-century trains. There were no bathrooms on board, and the guide told us there was no indoor heating as well.
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While the trains are modernized, I was happy to see the had a historic look with simple windows and wooden benches. There were no bathrooms aboard the trains, and the cars also weren't heated. Here’s what things look like right now at our boarding platforms at Marshfield Base Station, elevation 2700’. It was cool watching the train travel down the mountain's side, and it made me even more excited for the ride. (AP) The Mount Washington Cog Railway, which has been in operation since 1869, has a good safety record overall as it slowly chugs along by steam locomotive. Mount Washington Cog Railway Live Webcam. We passed time by exploring a trail near the train tracks.Īfter about an hour of waiting, we saw our train, covered in a fine sheet of ice, slowly making its way down the tracks to us before we boarded. It was flurrying when we first got to the station, and we heard from staff members that our train was running 30 minutes late because of icy conditions at the summit. There were also bathrooms, an indoor food court, and outside near the train tracks, I saw a few picnic tables and two statues of train parts. In the base station building, there was a small museum about the railway, a gift shop, and a ticket office where I saw some visitors purchasing tickets. The train tracks at the Marshfield Base Station.Īs advised by the website, we arrived at the Marshfield Base Station about 40 minutes before our train was scheduled to leave, and parked in the parking lot. Mount Washington is covered with snow nearly six months a year, the railway is open to passengers only from late April through October. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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