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Manitou and Pikes Peak Shops Gas railcar Scrapped A self-propelled work vehicle built in the shops in 1934. Its original Pierce Arrow engine was replaced by number 7's former 707 engine in the 1950s. Unit later received the number 20 and was scrapped in 1982. It was replaced in work service by a rebuilt unit 23. 21 1953 Manitou and Pikes Peak Shops
The track system begins at Bennett Avenue/5th Street going south out of Cripple Creek, goes past the old Midland Terminal Wye, then over a reconstructed train trestle, continues past historic mines and terminates very near the abandoned Anaconda mining camp. The return trip to Cripple Creek completes a total of 4 miles (6.4 km). [5]
Grand Peak & Caballero 36,144 60 minutes 33 Manitou Shuttle: Incline/COG Manitou Springs Memorial Park Manitou Springs Pikes Peak Cog Railway: 240,575 10 minutes Free for all riders 34 Garden of the Gods Rd - Austin Bluffs Pkwy Rockrimmon Citizens Service Center Marketplace at Austin Bluffs Morning Sun Ave 51,399 60 minutes 35 Las Vegas - PPSC PPSC
The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail. This allows the trains to operate on steep gradients of 100% (45 degrees) or more, well above the 10% maximum for friction-based rail. The rack and pinion mechanism also provides more controlled braking and reduces the effects of snow or ice on the rails.
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A southbound Santa Fe coal train underneath Pikes Peak, on the Colorado Joint Line out of Denver, April 1983. The first set of tracks in the area were laid by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1871. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway laid their tracks parallel to the D&RG in 1888.
Baldwin also built six engines for the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, three of which were delivered in 1890, with the fourth being delivered in 1897. These engines featured steeply inclined boilers and used the Abt rack system to propel them up the average 16 percent grade. The last Baldwin engine was taken out of regular service in 1955.
Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway No. 1: Steam 0-4-2 cog 1890 Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Originally named "John Hulbert"; rebuilt as a Vauclain compound and numbered #1 in 1893; operated on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway from 1891 into the 1960s. CO-13 Rio Grande Southern No. 20: Steam 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" 1899 built