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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. Mount Washington Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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   The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway climbs Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Marsh rack system and both steam and biodiesel-powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain.

4. Rack railway - Wikipedia

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   The Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. Functioning of the rack and pinion on the Strub system. A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.

5. Leaf Peepers, You'll *Fall* for These Scenic Foliage Train Rides

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   Mount Washington Cog Railway in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. This historic railway is the first of its kind and takes passengers all the way up Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeast.

6. Category:Rack railways in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Pikes Peak Cog Railway; Mount Washington Cog Railway; Q. Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway This page was last edited on 18 April 2020, at 04:33 (UTC). Text is ...

7. List of heritage railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway; Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation; Platte Valley Trolley; Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership) Royal Gorge Route Railroad; Ski Train; Tiny Town Railroad

8. 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.

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