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The idea for the railroad came in 1888, after a trip to the summit by inventor Zalmon G. Simmons, who had founded previously the Simmons Bedding Company.Simmons had designed a wooden telegraph insulator while on the board of directors of Western Union, and was surveying Englemann Canyon for telegraph lines to the top of Pikes Peak. [1]
The trail is the remains of a former 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge [1] funicular railway whose tracks washed out during a rock slide in 1990. The Incline is famous for its sweeping views and steep grade, with an average grade of 45% (24°) and as steep as 68% (34°) in places, [ 2 ] making it a fitness challenge for locals of the Colorado Springs ...
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. No. 1 was rebuilt as a Vauclain ...
(Top) 1 Route. Toggle Route subsection. 1.1 Phantom Canyon Road. 1.2 Shelf Road. 1.3 High Park Road. ... Pikes Peak from the Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway.
Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.
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 Colorado, USA. 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 ft (4,302 m ...
The Pony Express Stables, also known as Pike's Peak Stables, is a historic stable building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It is a one-story building, originally built as a wood-frame structure in 1858. Its exterior walls were rebuilt in brick in 1888, whether keeping the original structure intact [2] and/or reused some of its posts and beams. [3]
The Denver Rocket, Kansas City, Missouri to Denver, Colorado for less than a year, then The Rocket from Kansas City to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from March, 1938 [3] Articulated 2 car set: 32 seat Baggage-dinette-coach #403 Bear Lake; 76 seat coach #303 Mount Evans; 28 seat coach, lounge, observation car #453 Pikes Peak; Kansas City Rocket