darren
Poobah Emeritus
I received the following email from Wayne Presby, the President of the Mount Washington Railway. Since he is the president, I would think that his word is final (nothing like getting straight from the top).
$5 a day for parking and requesting that you use the lower lots is entirely reasonable. Please comply with their requests, the hiking community should not jeopardize the access that they provide.
Wayne also passes on some positive intentions on addressing the pollution issues associated with the cog.
- darren
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Dear Darren:
I have been reading with interest a number of comments regarding parking in the lots at the base of the Cog Railway by hikers. We have no problem with hikers parking in our lower lots. We do request that they pay us $5.00 per day for the privilege as we do incur costs to keep the lots open. We do discourage folks from using our upper lots because it makes it difficult to plow after a storm.
I also have read that many dislike the soot produced by the coal burned operating the train. We apologize for this but it is part of the historical nature of the operation. We are in the midst of addressing the issue however. We have been working diligently over the past few years on making major improvements to the efficiency of our locomotives. We have succeeded in increasing the efficiency of the locomotives by almost 70%. Once we have completed these improvements, which is very technical and time consuming, we will begin the conversion of the engines from burning coal to burning oil. We will start by burning #2 heating fuel but hope to eventually begin burning a green fuel made from forest products.
I hope this clears up some issues of concern to your members. Please feel free to post this to your site.
Best regards,
Wayne W. Presby, President
Mount Washington Railway Company
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$5 a day for parking and requesting that you use the lower lots is entirely reasonable. Please comply with their requests, the hiking community should not jeopardize the access that they provide.
Wayne also passes on some positive intentions on addressing the pollution issues associated with the cog.
- darren
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Dear Darren:
I have been reading with interest a number of comments regarding parking in the lots at the base of the Cog Railway by hikers. We have no problem with hikers parking in our lower lots. We do request that they pay us $5.00 per day for the privilege as we do incur costs to keep the lots open. We do discourage folks from using our upper lots because it makes it difficult to plow after a storm.
I also have read that many dislike the soot produced by the coal burned operating the train. We apologize for this but it is part of the historical nature of the operation. We are in the midst of addressing the issue however. We have been working diligently over the past few years on making major improvements to the efficiency of our locomotives. We have succeeded in increasing the efficiency of the locomotives by almost 70%. Once we have completed these improvements, which is very technical and time consuming, we will begin the conversion of the engines from burning coal to burning oil. We will start by burning #2 heating fuel but hope to eventually begin burning a green fuel made from forest products.
I hope this clears up some issues of concern to your members. Please feel free to post this to your site.
Best regards,
Wayne W. Presby, President
Mount Washington Railway Company
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