Passengers can move around the cabin during the ascent, but it’s a struggle.
It moves at a steep incline, 37.41 degrees at its steepest. Our brakeman welcomed us aboard and went over some basic safety rules and an overview of what to expect, then the train took off with a rattle, then a chug, then a long, loud steam whistle. We took the 9:15 am train, the only daily trip in the old steam car. It isn’t the original car, but it’s pretty vintage, built in 1880 to replace the original 1860s car. The Cog Railway moved the cog to the middle of the track, allowing a car to turn as it climbs, the only way to get up Mt. Former cog railways had a cog on either side of the car along the outside of the track, meaning the rail could only go in a straight line.
It was an innovation in its time, not the first use of cog technology to pull a car up a mountain, but the first to adapt the technology to allow the track to curve. The Cog Railway has been taking people to the top of Mt. He loved it, but his stories had me a little shaken up. He was the only one of my uncles and aunts willing to brave the more than 3,500 ft climb in an 1800s steam car with my granddad. My dad had done The Cog almost 30 years earlier. The drive to The Cog Railway made me a little sick to my stomach, a mix of altitude, the bumpy, winding road, and anticipation.
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