A group of ROTC recruits enjoys some time atop "America's Mountain" while the first train of the day to the top rests after the 9 mile climb up 25% grades from Manitou Springs.
A 1967 built single unit rail car descends into the station. The single car units are typically pared up with the newer articulated units to create two separate sections of each departure during t... (more)
The 1st section of the 8am train climbs through the passing track at Windy Point. In the earlier years, MOW workers lived in the stone section house at over 12,000 feet to maintain the upper part ... (more)
The Cog's newest passenger unit is #25 built in 1989, seen here about to descend into the station. The base of the Cog Rwy is what those of us in the Appalachian region would call a "holler&q... (more)
This is the engineer's view of one of the four 214 passenger articulated diesel-hydraulic rail cars while sitting at the top of Pikes Peak. Their is an identical driver's compartment at the downhi... (more)