Wednesday, July 21, 2010

New Hampshire railroad news...

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From the Courier-News (June 30th)...

Hillsborough hiker rescued from New Hampshire's Mount Washington by 1800s railway

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured New Jersey hiker has been rescued from the Northeast's highest peak via an old railway.

New Hampshire state police contacted the Fish and Game department Monday evening about the hiker, on Gulf Side Trail on Mount Washington. Personnel from the Appalachian Mountain Club hiked down to examine him and determined he needed to be carried out. Fish and Game officials realized the trail intersected the Cog Railway, a 19th-century system using rails with teeth and trains with cog wheels. Railway officials agreed to help in the rescue. Rescuers went up Mount Washington on the railway and took the hiker back down on it. The hiker is Hillsborough, N.J., resident Nayyar Bokhari. He had a right knee injury. He's been hospitalized. His condition hasn't been disclosed.