Pikes Peak Cog Railway

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The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway
Train stopped at the summit of Pikes Peak
Overview
Locale	Pikes Peak
Stations	2
Website	cograilway.com
History
Opened	1890; 134 years ago (1890)
Technical
Line length	8.9 mi (14.3 km)
Rack system	Strub
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Highest elevation	14,115 ft (4,302 m)
Route map Legend mi 9 Pikes Peak summit 8 Slide's Cut 7 Bighorn Sheep Area dead-end siding & passing loop 6 Inspiration Point 5 Mountain View dead-end siding passing loop 4 Halfway Horse Site dead-end siding 3 Son-of-a-Gun Hill 2 Minnehaha Falls passing loop 1 Artist's Glen maintenance depot 0 Manitou Springs base This diagram: view talk edit

Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Springs Historic District First Congregational Church - Manitou Mineral Springs - Manitou Springs Bridges - Midland Railroad - Midland Railroad Roundhouse - Manitou Post Office - Wheeler Bank - See also Historic buildings list
Historic hotels, inns and lodging Barker House - Briarhurst - Cliff House
Attractions Cave of the Winds - Cliff Dwellings - Cog Railway - Miramont Castle - Pikes Peak - See also Manitou Springs Attractions
Events Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon - Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - Pikes Peak Marathon - See also Manitou Springs Events
Schools Manitou Springs School District 14 - Manitou Springs High School
Trails Barr Trail - Manitou Incline
Other Areas - Englemann Canyon- Iron Springs Radio Stations - KBIQ - KCME - KXRE Rivers and creeks - Fountain Creek - Ruxton Creek Transportation - Mountain Metropolitan Transit - US 24 - Ute Pass
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The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway (also known as the Pikes Peak Cog Railway) is a cog railway that climbs one of the most iconic mountains in the United States, Pikes Peak in Colorado. The base station is in Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs.

Construction on the line was started in 1889 and the first train reached the summit on June 30, 1891. Cog railways are common in Switzerland and found in other parts of the world (totaling about 50 lines), but this is one of only three such lines remaining in the United States, the others being the older Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire, and the short Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway.

Originally powered by steam locomotives, the line later switched over to diesel-powered locomotives and self-propelled railcars. The railway was closed between October 29, 2017 and May 20, 2021, for a complete refurbishment that saw the replacement of the track infrastructure, the rebuild of older railcars and the purchase of three new trainsets.