The well-dressed man on the extreme left suggests how at least some passengers dressed for vacations in the 1930s. In the White Mountains of NH, climbing to the peak of Mount Washington. In the background is the boarding house for Cog employees. The Worlds First Mountain Climbing Cog Railway. Washington Auto Road Cog Railway Mount Washington State Park Oboz Mt. Enjoy four-season lodging, unparalleled views, two pools and hot tubs, fishing and pedal boating on private Shadow Lake, and much more. The locomotive ( Tip Top) is on the transfer table that moved locomotives and coaches from their sheds (coaches on the left and locomotives on the right) to the mainline. A full-service, family-friendly resort located in the heart of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The coal tipple, the source of all that coal ash, was located in a building just to the right and downhill of this location. The ash pile spilling out from under the transfer table tracks speaks of many locomotives emptying their ash pans at that spot. This 1935 image shows the fireman and engineer filling the tender with water (note the hose at the left of the man standing in overalls).
The upper base with the expanded Kro-Flite Kamp infrastructure was the nominal center of operations for the passengers and the lower base, with its locomotive-supporting infrastructure, was the center of operations for the trains. Automobiles-personal or limousines provided by Henry Teague-brought most passengers to the Cog. In the years between the end of the branchline from Fabyan in 1931,and the construction of the new Marshfield House in 1938, the center of passenger activities at the base was diffuse. That name replaced Kro-Flite on the small building soon thereafter, relegating the name Kro-Flite to the ash heap of time.) The small station was replaced with the second Marshfield House in 1938. Roberts had the ear of the Boston & Maine Railroad and soon the name of the upper base was changed to Marsh-Field. Guy Roberts suggested that the upper base area be called “Marsh-Field” in honor of Sylvester Marsh, the inventor of the Cog Railway, and Darby Field, credited with being the first European to climb to the summit of Mt. This station was called Kro-Flite after the “kamps” nearby. Rather than expect auto tourists to walk down to the lower base, a small station was built at the upper base, next to the tracks at the Ammoonusuc River. Catering to passengers arriving by automobile, the Kamps provided a large parking area, a store selling soda, food, film, ice cream, and other tourist items, and cabins for over-night guests.
The center of passenger activity remained at the lower base until the Kro-Flite Kamps were built at the upper base in 1925.
The 1895 fire at the upper base area and the destruction of the first Marshfield House completed the shift. The completion of the branchline from the Fabyan House in 1876 moved the center of gravity for passenger activities from the original base area (upper base) down about a quarter mile to the current shop area where the branchline and Cog transfer station was located (lower base).
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