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- M. & P.P. Ry. nearing the Summit
- The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway winds along rocky slopes to the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Clouds roll over the top of the 14,110 foot summit.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clouds--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Halfway house Pikes Peak Railroad
- A view of the Halfway House on the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (the Pikes Peak Cog Road) in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a building constructed of rough hewn logs with chinking. A bay window and dormers are on the facade of the building.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Pack burro
- A burro with a pack stands on the tracks of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway in El Paso County, Colorado. The burros carries a wheel barrow, shovel, axe, crate and metal can. A sign on the wheelbarrow reads: "I Helped to Build Pikes Peak...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- c1891, Oct. 11
- On Pikes Peak, alt. 14147 ft.
- Well dressed men, women, and a young girl pose in front of the U.S. Signal Station, a stone stone weather station building near the cog-railroad tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso...
- [1892 Sept. 1]
- The gate to the Peak
- Rocky canyon walls border the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks and the Cog Road, in El Paso County, Colorado. The plains are in the distance.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- The gate to the peak
- Rocky canyon walls border the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, the Cog Road, in El Paso County, Colorado. Rack rails are between standard rail tracks; plains to the east.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- M. & P. P. Ry., the Gateway
- A train passes the rocky cliffs of The Gateway on the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, the Cog Road, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- M. & P. P. Ry., a glimpse of the plains
- View of the tracks of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, the Cog Road, El Paso County, Colorado, and onto the plains to the east.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Windy Point cut
- A Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called Pikes Peak Cog Road) car is stopped in a cut in the snow at Windy Point on Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The conductor stands on a high snow bank beside the railroad track. Passengers stand...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Windy Point (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--El...
- 1900 May. 10
- Opening of Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry.
- View of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (Pikes Peak Cog Road) locomotive and passenger car near rock formations in El Paso County, Colorado. Men and women passengers pose near and on the train. Smoke rises from the engine. Plains are in the...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Half way up, opening of Manitou & Pikes Peak Ry.
- View of a Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway train near Minnehaha in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows probably Ruxton Creek, a tent and a log cabin. People stand near the track, rock formations are in the distance.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad crossing the timberline
- View of Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railroad tracks in El Paso County, Colorado. A cabin and tents are in the wooded area below timberline.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso county--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad - crossing the timberline
- A view of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railroad in El Paso County, Colorado shows: partially finished track, cabin and tents near the railroad grade. A group walks along the track.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1891?]
- Pikes Peak & Manitou Eng. No. 3 summit of Pikes Peak
- Shows Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Engine No. 3 at the top of Pikes Peak, July 26, 1897, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men and women sit and stand on nearby boulders and the engineer leans out of the locomotive. A single story rock ashlar building...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897 July 26
- Train at summit of Pikes Peak M & P.P. Ry.
- View of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows the one story, stone Army Signal Station. A nearby rock is inscribed: "B.G. Robbins. Colo Spgs. 8-10-90 P.P. or...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Around Windy Point, M. & P. P. Ry.
- A Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway cog train pauses for water at Windy Point on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Two men with a hose fill the tank, while the passengers take in the view.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Above timber line, M. & P. P. Cog Road
- A cog train pauses along a rocky slope above timberline, on the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, the Cog Road, Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. A man in a bowler hat stands next to the tracks at the rear of the passenger car.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- M. & P. P. Ry. near the summit
- The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, (Cog Road), winds along rocky slopes to the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Clouds roll over the top of the 14,110 foot summit.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- First train to summit Pike's Peak 14160 ft. above the sea.
- View (3/4) of the first train of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway to reach the summit of Pikes Peak. The engine and a passenger car stand at the summit on the cog railroad tracks near a stone depot. Rocks surround the tracks. The side of the engine...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [June 30, 1891]
- Pikes Peak cog road highest rail road water tank in the world
- Men stand near a Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway train, engine number 3 (0-4-2T), that smokes and is parked near a water tank, Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. One man stands on the water tank while another guides the spout toward the train. The...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Summit Pikes Peak M. & P.P. Ry.
- View of the summit of Pike's Peak, the stone Army Signal Station, and a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car, El Paso County, Colorado. Men and women pose for a photographer near the train; shows an outhouse, cairn, and a...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Train at summit of Pikes Peak M.& P.P. Ry.
- View of a Manitou and Pike's Peak locomotive and passenger car, the one story stone Army Signal Station and rock inscribed: "B.G. Robbins. Colo Spgs. 8-10-90 P.P. or Bust.", El Paso County, Colorado.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Summit Pike's Peak. M. & P.P. Ry.
- View of the summit of Pike's Peak with a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car, a boulder field, the stone Army Signal Station, men and women, and a stone outhouse, El Paso County, Colorado.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Pikes Peak summit, Col.
- View of the summit of Pikes Peak, the stone Army Signal Station, and smoke above a Manitou and Pikes Peak cog Railway locomotive and passenger car in El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden barrels are beside the engine and stones are scattered on the...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Pikes Peak, Altitude 14,147 ft.
- Men and women passengers and the crew of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway train pose in and on a passenger car on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. A snowbank is nearby.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--El...
- 1906 June 5
- Opening of Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry.
- A view of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (the Pikes Peak Cog Road) locomotive and passenger car near Ruxton Park in El Paso County, Colorado. Well-dressed men and women stand near the train in an open area with granite cliffs in the distance....
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ruxton Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Pikes Peak Railroad above timberline
- View of a barren snow-covered landscape above timberline on Pikes Peak and a Manitou and Pikes Peak railroad engine and car in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows passengers and railroad personnel. The "4" is painted on the engine.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Station of the M. & P. P. Ry.
- A cog train steams at the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway depot, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The two story depot on the Cog Road has a rusticated stone first floor, steep hip roof and second floor balcony. The Iron Springs Hotel shows...
- Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1890 and 1895]