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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 ...
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.
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".
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
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.
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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.
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 ...