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  2. Pikes Peak Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Colorado Railroad Museum - Wikipedia

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    Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway No. 1: 1890: Display: Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway No. 1 is a 0-4-2 type steam locomotive built in 1890 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally named "John Hulbert", No. 1 operated on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway from 1891 into the 1960s.

  4. Pikes Peak - Wikipedia

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    Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in ... the cog railway resumed service seven days per week (conditions permitting ...

  5. Manitou Incline - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Englemann Canyon - Wikipedia

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    Some of its guests were delivered by burros via a Pikes Peak burro trail. The accommodations became less desirable when the cog railway was built about 30 feet from the house. [13] The Halfway House was a rustic hotel that served tourists who took the railway. [14] [13] Minnehaha, named for its falls, was a hamlet with several cabins. [14]

  7. List of preserved locomotives in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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".

  8. List of highest railways - Wikipedia

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    Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway: Pikes Peak Summit: 4,301 m (14,111 ft) [4] USA: 1891 / 2017, 2021: Highest railway in North America. Reopened in 2021 [5] Salta–Antofagasta: La Polvorilla: 4,220 m (13,845 ft) Argentina Chile: 1948 "Tren a las Nubes" tourist service between San Antonio de los Cobres and La Polvorilla Quito-Guayaquil: Urbina

  9. Miramont Castle - Wikipedia

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    Miramont Castle is a museum located in Manitou Springs, Colorado at the base of the Pike's Peak Cog Railway and infamous Manitou Incline. The Castle was originally built in 1895 as a private home for Father Jean Baptist Francolon, a French-born Catholic priest. Today, the castle serves as a historic house museum.

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