To Native Americans, New England's highest mountain was called Agiocochook or "the place of the Great Spirit." Because of its sacred nature, most refused to climb the 6,288 feet to its treeless peak.

No one has ever thought of cog railways as fast. Stadler and the meter-gauge Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn railway are working to ...

Seated on the Pikes Peak Cog Train right next to our train driver, Bree, we could hear her corresponding with the crew at the top. “The snow’s deep, I don’t think we’re going to be able to ...

Mt. Washington Cog Railway: Climbing to the Clouds is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon ...

Jan 12, 2025 Jan 12, 2025 Updated Jan 15, 2025 The Mount Washington Cog Railway, which began operating the world’s first mountain-climbing railroad on July 3, 1869, is developing the world’s ...

Michael overnights at the fairy-tale Grand Hotel Giessbach and learns how the beautiful 19th-century hotel was saved for and by the Swiss people. In Rotkreuz, a centre for cutting-edge healthcare and ...

Cog railways are a somewhat unusual way of train locomotion, typically only installed when a train needs to climb steep terrain. Any grade above about 10% needs the extra traction since the ...