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===Cog railway=== {{main|Mount Washington Cog Railway}} Since 1869, the [[Mount Washington Cog Railway]] has provided tourists with a train journey to the summit of Mount Washington.<ref name=bruceheald>{{cite book |last=Heald |first=Bruce D. |date=2011 |title=The Mount Washington Cog Railway: Climbing the White Mountains of New Hampshire |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-1-60949-196-3 |page=8}}</ref> It uses a [[Rack railway#Marsh|Marsh rack system]] and was the first successful [[rack railway]] in the US.<ref name="sylvester">{{cite web| title=Sylvester Marsh and the Mount Washington Cog Railway| url=http://www.cog-railway.com/smarsh.htm| access-date=March 28, 2016| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100820/http://www.cog-railway.com/smarsh.htm| archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> The railway travels up the west side of the mountain.
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