Passing trains on Waumbek Loop - a photo on Flickriver

Passing trains on Waumbek Loop

            An abrupt change of seasons is evident in this uphill look at Mt. Washington Railway Co. Locomotives #s 2 "Ammonoosuc" and 4 "Chocorua" as they pass each other on the track loop above Waumbek Tank.   On the right, #2 pours out smoke and side-stack exhaust as she heads for the summit of New England's highest peak.  On the left, a slight waft of steam from the side-stack and cylinder cocks are evidence that she's descending, using her cylinder compression for braking.  Yes, despite the big "8" that you see on the tender, that is indeed #4.  At the end of the 2006 season, the #8 was retired and her cab and tender were mated with the boiler and chassis of #4, as the 4's cab was pretty beat.  The resulting lash-up was sometimes referred to by the crews as the "48."  With replacement diesel power under construction, the railroad was reluctant to spend any more money on steam locomotives that needed significant maintenance.   While the #8 and the #4 were all retired less than a year after this photo was made, the #2 soldiered on as the power for daily steam specials, one of two steam locomotives that would survive the transition to diesel power.
   

Taken on: October 5, 2008

Tags:

Mt. Washington Cog Railway

Mt. Washington

Steam Locomotive

Steam

Railroad

Train

Steam Engine

Cog Railway

Rack Railway

Marshfield Station

Ammonoosuc

Agiocochook

Kroflite

Kancamagus

Waumbek

Moosilauke

Waumbek Tank

MW 2

MW 4

MW 8 « less

Sets appears in: • Mt. Washington Cog Railway

Groups appears in: • I Love Trains • Steam Trains more » • Narrow Gauge and Steam/Heritage Railways/Railroads. No 30/60! • Steam Locomotives • Steam - Steam Engines & Locomotives • American Steam Locomotives • Steam Engines/Trains • A PRESERVED RAILWAY « less

Camera: Nikon D40X, f/6.3, 1/320 sec, 60mm (=90mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D40X
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	60mm (35mm equivalent: 90mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 24.0 (Windows)
Show full info

Stats: 589 views

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder