Located in the quiet but special city of Colorado Springs, (home of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and Cheyenne Mountain - where the Air Force and NORAD work literally inside a mountain), is one of th... (more)

Steam and smoke mix in the forest after a hard run up the hill by the Manitou & Pike's Peak rarely-operated steam locomotive. The M&PP's 1897 Vauclain Compound cog locomotive #4 is believed to be ... (more)

M&PP's #4, an 1897 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, steams up the mainline on a fall afternoon at the world's highest cog railway. This locomotive is believed to be the only operating Vauc... (more)

Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Cog Train at the 14,110 feet (4,301 m) summit of Pikes Peak.

A 2-unit Swiss-built cog railcar waits on the main for two uphill trains, the first of which has passed and second of which I am riding. Windy Point is 12,129 feet above sea level, and let there ... (more)

Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Cog Train at the 14,110 feet (4,301 m) summit of Pikes Peak.

Since 1891 the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway has been taking visitors to the summit of 14,110 feet Pikes Peak. Manitou & Pikes Peak 0-4-2T No 3 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890... (more)

In 1974 the Swiss Locomotive Works delivered No. 19 to the M&PP, a 2-unit diesel-pnumatic cog railcar. Here it is at the Manitou Springs depot ready to head up to the summit of Pike's Peak.

GE "Streamliner" 9 and Swiss-built No. 19 at the Manitou Springs Depot.

GE delivered this cog-rail "streamliner" to the M&PP in the 1940s, replacing the road's steam locomotives. No. 9 is now used in work train service (note the "potty flat" behind it).

This is the upper end of the line for this 100+ year-old tourist railway. The metal poles are lightning rods to protect the trains during storms.

Engineer Bob is ready to bring this train down from an altitude of 14,100 feet. This one-car train was built in 1963, and the "steering wheel" controls the power and braking for the car.

Trackwork is a bit more complicated when the incline requires rack rail to climb and descend Pike's Peak.

Location of the lunch stop for this Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. The elevation here is 9655 feet above sea level.