Re: How many moving parts?
| March 06, 2017 08:34PM |
Can anyone add information on this?
Bruce
PS: Found an article on the same at Pikes Peak, with this comment about Mt Washington.
[gazette.com]
"The design was probably borrowed from the cog railway’s predecessor on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, which was built 20 years before. There, workers fashioned similar sleds called “slide boards” or “devil’s shingles.”
“They soon became the objects of sport and competition,” said Paul Forbes, a historian of the Mount Washington Railway.
The record time on Mount Washington, as on Pikes Peak, reached a speed of about 60 mph."
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2017 08:45PM by bcp.
Bruce
PS: Found an article on the same at Pikes Peak, with this comment about Mt Washington.
[gazette.com]
"The design was probably borrowed from the cog railway’s predecessor on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, which was built 20 years before. There, workers fashioned similar sleds called “slide boards” or “devil’s shingles.”
“They soon became the objects of sport and competition,” said Paul Forbes, a historian of the Mount Washington Railway.
The record time on Mount Washington, as on Pikes Peak, reached a speed of about 60 mph."
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2017 08:45PM by bcp.
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