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Pikes Peak Cog Railway locomotive and car, circa 1900. Construction was started in 1889, being built by Italian laborers using only pickaxes and assisted by donkeys. The line was built as a standard-gauge railway with an Abt rack system and wooden ties. Limited service was started in 1890 on the first segment of the line from Manitou Springs to ...
Cog steam 0-4-2T 1890 built by BLW PPCR, Manitou Springs, CO Scrapped for parts. Originally built as "Pike's Peak", rebuilt as a Vauclain Compound and numbered #3 in 1893. CO-67 PPCR No. 4 (1st) Cog steam 0-4-2T 1892 built by BLW Wrecked August 31, 1896, scrapped The smallest engine the railway owned, was known as the "little 4".
This is a route-map template for Pikes Peak Cog Railway, a United States railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Incline operated under the Pikes Peak Cog Railway until a rock slide in 1990 washed out the rail bed and the Cog Railway decided to not repair the tracks. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the Manitou Springs City Council, under emergency declaration, voted to close the Incline on March 17, 2020.
Baldwin also built six engines for the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, three of which were delivered in 1890, with the fourth being delivered in 1897. These engines featured steeply inclined boilers and used the Abt rack system to propel them up the average 16 percent grade. The last Baldwin engine was taken out of regular service in 1955.
Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021) ... Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation ...
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ...
Pikes Peak Cog Railway; Martigny–Châtelard Railway; Mont Blanc tramway; Monte Generoso railway; Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway line; Montserrat Rack Railway; Mount Washington Cog Railway