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SplashJacket

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Anyone know where this photo is taken?

I thought it might’ve been at Tiana’s place on the Disney Wonder, but looking at photos online, I don’t think so. I could be wrong though, it’s the only ship I haven’t been on.
Found it. He's at the French Quater Lounge on the Disney Wonder, which is highly interesting, because it is currently without passengers. The ship left San Diego September 23rd and is currently off the coast of Mexico and heading to Cabo San Lucas.

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I wonder why the Zach is on the Wonder at the moment.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Few days ago, we went up Mt. Washington (NH) on the cog railway, and thought I'd share a few deets and pictures.

In 1868, (after approx. 3 years that it took to build) the Mt. Washington (NH) cog railway was open for tourism.

Presently, they run 2 coal fired steam locomotives a day, and (up to) 7 new (built 2008 - 2019) biodiesel locomotives.

The cog locomotives have wheels and pistons, with a cog wheel in the middle -- that grips a ladder track. Apparently, the wheels do nothing, but free rotate.

Cog gears are located at both ends of locomotive, and both ends of each coach car.

Through the years, I've ridden the old steam trains, which are my favorite. The other day, we rode on the Ammonoosuc, a coal fired steam train -- built in1880. Yup, maintained, repaired, and still running!! (Full repair shop, in-house crew on site, for all trains.)

Two photos at base of mountain:

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Here's a photo at the top of the mountain:

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Few more pix to follow in next post.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
(Note: Some years ago, I rode on a newer biodiesel train.) FYI, the biodiesels have a 600 HP John Deere marine engine, with a computerized operating system. Hydraulic pressure delivers maximum of 30,000 ft-lbs of torque to each of the 2 drive cogs beneath locomotive.) Haven't a clue what any of that means, but threw it in there for the gear-type peeps!) :joyfull:

(Just to show what one of the biodiesel locomotives looks like):

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Mt. Washington has steep grades: the steepest is Jacob's Ladder at 37% !

We really lucked out with the visibility up and down the mountain, as Mt. Washington only has 60 days a year that it's clear at the top -- it's usually in clouds, and/or some inclement weather, etc.IMG_0093.JPG

Oh, it's really rocky up there, too, above treeline.

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View of different vegetation (or not) in the different zones up the mountainside --


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MinnieM123

Premium Member
Lastly, one for the road -- engineer blasting the steam horn (I love the tones -- wish I had an audible to share of that horn) --

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P.S.: The brakeman for our trip was funny. He referred to us as his "steam people" (for those who may not be aware, there's a huge fanbase for the steam locomotives--sort of a fun comradery amongst all of us)! :happy:
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
In all my time in NH when I was younger, we never did that. Of course, my mom doesn't like heights. I don't either but as long as I'm away from the ledge, I'm okay. But I will never drive up there.

I haven't been to NH since a year or so after Old Man on the Mountain fell.
Yah, the Old Man rock formation was awesome. Glad I was able to see it multiple times ever since I was a kid. (Bummer that it finally fell down.)
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
Dd has a problem like that at work. A lady who’s been there forever keeps trying to tell everyone it’s not her problem it’s everyone else’s when clearly it is her.
I think that happens pretty much everywhere. I had a job before this one I have now, and the receptionist took a dislike to me, and I have no idea why. I'd think it was because I'm a foreigner, except her husband is Polish, and there are several other foreigners that she has no problem with. But she would tell me I was supposed to do such and such a thing, but make sure I couldn't do it properly...like, she told me I needed to mop the floor. I knew there were 2 mops. One for mopping and the other for waxing the floor. Once you use the mop for waxing, you can't use it for mopping because you'll never get the wax off, and you couldn't use wax on the warehouse floors, only on the office floors which were tile. So I go to grab the mop and there's only one there, and it's the wax mop. So I go back to her and tell her that the mop is gone. She tells me to use the wax mop. I reminded her SHE told me not to use that one, so she told me to rinse it out really well first. So I spent fifteen minutes rinsing that mop out so I could mop the floor, and it left these blotches all over the floor and she blamed me for "ruining" the floor. First off, it's a warehouse. No one cares what the floor looks like. There's no one to see it except the people who work there and maybe the delivery people. For weeks she complained about how I had ruined the floor by using the wrong mop and I should have known better, when SHE was the one who told me to do it. And then she would constantly pretend to twist her ankle because the floor was all slippery from the wax, but it really wasn't. I never slipped once. She wore high heeled shoes, and the floor is a smooth surface...maybe wear more sensible shoes for a warehouse environment! There's always someone who is going to try to make someone else look bad to cover their own rear.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
Lastly, one for the road -- engineer blasting the steam horn (I love the tones -- wish I had an audible to share of that horn) --

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P.S.: The brakeman for our trip was funny. He referred to us as his "steam people" (for those who may not be aware, there's a huge fanbase for the steam locomotives--sort of a fun comradery amongst all of us)! :happy:
Shouldn't he have called you his "Esteamed" guests?
 

Figgy1

Well-Known Member
Lastly, one for the road -- engineer blasting the steam horn (I love the tones -- wish I had an audible to share of that horn) --

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P.S.: The brakeman for our trip was funny. He referred to us as his "steam people" (for those who may not be aware, there's a huge fanbase for the steam locomotives--sort of a fun comradery amongst all of us)! :happy:
Thank you for sharing. You made the place seem interesting enough for me to now want to visit there some very warm day
 

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