It takes a team
In 2019, the Cog Railway celebrated its sesquicentennial. As you might imagine, a lot has changed in more than 150 years.
But what hasn’t changed is the hard work and commitment it takes to move trains and people up and down the mountain. Many generations of men and women spent proud seasons or years of their lives as “Coggers”. Perhaps one gentleman spoke for each of them when he described his time at The Cog as a young man in an autobiographical poem he penned toward the end of his life…
“Went up to the Base so long ago, with a heart that was full of joy
Quite a change as all may know for a way back farmer boy…
Up and down the mountain road with its middle rail for gears
Youth and health– best kind of wealth, four of the happiest years”
