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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. Englemann Canyon - Wikipedia

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   In 1880, a trail was opened in Englemann Canyon to Pikes Peak. [5] It was called the Manitou Trail in 1883. [6] Zalmon Simmons surveyed the canyon for telegraph lines. The Civil War veteran and later inventor of the Simmons mattress decided that the canyon was suited for construction of a cog railway. [7]

4. Mount Washington Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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   The Cog Railway track crosses over three hiking trails, including the Gulfside Trail, which is part of the Appalachian Trail. Some hikers have been known to wait for the next train in order to expose their buttocks to the passengers, a practice known as "Mooning the Cog." Several hikers were arrested for performing this act in 2007. [45]

5. Rack railway - Wikipedia

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   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. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail.

6. Fred Barr - Wikipedia

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   A trail was first created by a prospector in the mid-1800s, but the trail did not allow for travel by burro from Mount Manitou to the summit of Pikes Peak. [3] This was because early trails did to go above the timber line, so the terrain was difficult to navigate over rocks and boulders. [2] Beginning in 1914, Fred Barr built the burro trail ...

7. 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

8. Pikes Peak - Wikipedia

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   The Pikes Peak Marathon, a trail race held since 1956, is a round trip between the trailhead and the Pikes Peak. The Barr Trail Mountain Race is a 13 miles (21 km) round trip between the trailhead and Barr Camp. Another route, rated as Class 2, begins at Crags Campground, approaching the summit from the west. [26]

9. Woodland Park, Colorado - Wikipedia

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   There is access to the summit via the Pikes Peak Highway and the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. [ 14 ] The area is characterized by the abundance of large granite rocks and alpine meadows, as well as its consistently high elevation ranging between 8,200 and 10,000 feet above sea level.