More views.
And more.
The track slithers down the mountain behind us.
All that smoke is coming out of the train.
It is very black smoke.
Beautiful in the landscape.
The engine is behind the train on the way up, pushing it.
A stone building at the summit. You can see why stone was a practical choice of building material.
It's actually an extremely nice day, weather-wise, for the top of Mt. Washington.
They have a lot of rocks up there.
There's a lake down there.
It seemed important to photograph the train wheel.
We rode in the orange carriage.
Here are a bunch of guys who just reached ths summit by foot.
Fragile alpine grasses.
Back at the base station there is a little museum. It has some rather ratty taxidermy. I don't know what kind of animal this is, so I will pretend it is a stoat.
This appears to be a skunk.
THis fellow is a...um... mini-stoat.
Mr. Bear.
A grate on a display about the boilers.