PPLD Digital Collections

An engine pushes passenger car number 105 up Pikes Peak. 1

Blurry view of cars of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway (cog railroad) on Pikes Peak. "Cog Railway, summit Pike's Peak" written on bottom of album page. 1

Car #8 of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company parked at the Manitou Springs cog railway station. A group of workmen appear to the right front of the car. 1

Car of the Pikes Peak & Manitou Railway (cog railroad) on top of Pikes Peak. Photo identified as "View of Cog Car, Pikes Peak, Colo." Identification sheet with negative. 1

Clouds gather below benches, one askew, on top of Pikes Peak. Cog railway tracks in the foreground. 1

Cog Road above Halfway House. 1

Cog railroad stopped by small platform with passengers posing in front. "No. 2, July 10, 1921 On Pikes Peak, Alt. 14109 ft." printed on image. Passengers at far right on bottom row are identified as Margaret, Betty and their father Ben H. Stewart. 1

Cog railway with a steam locomotive under steam pushing a passenger car on bare hillside littered with rocks and boulders. 1

Cog train No. 2 stopped at the water tank on the road up Pikes Peak. Passengers are standing outside the train, and one man stands on top of the water tank at the right. 1

Cog train on tracks with snowy hill behind. Photo identified on back. 1

Cog train rides on steep slope. Title written on print. 1

Colorized view of the Cog Depot in Manitou Springs. Streetcar #2 is visible to the left with sign reading "Iron Spring & Cog Depot." 1

Colorized view of the Pikes Peak Railway Depot. 1

Donkey standing on cog railroad tracks with a heavy load 1

Eight men pose for photograph standing on the tracks of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway with mountains in the background. All wear hats, five are shirtless. One is smoking. One young man holds a shovel. 1

Four men wearing packs silhouetted against the sky. They are walking along the cog railway tracks. 1

Front view of the Pikes Peak Cog Road Depot. "Cog Road Depot" sign below balcony. 1

Group of adults waiting to board the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad on the summit of Pikes Peak. A searchlight stands on a wooden platform. Donkeys stand on terrace in front of the summit house. 1

Group of people posing in front of cog railroad car at the top of Pikes Peak. "#2 June 29 - 1892. On Pike's Peak - Alt. 14147 Ft. Hiestand Photo." printed on bottom of photo. 1

Hand-tinted view of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive pushing a passenger car. up a rocky canyon. Small house structure is visible beyond the train tracks. 1

Handwritten on back "On May 2. Engine ran out of water and they had to fill up with snow from a snow bank 30 ft. high. About half way to top of Pikes Peak." 1

Identified on the back of the photograph 1

Images of the cog train making its way along the tracks in a rocky landscape with several passengers and the conductor visible at the rear of the car. Two male observers stand to the right side of tracks, one of whom is filming the with a movie camera. 1

In the distance, a locomotive is under full steam pushing a passenger car up an incline on the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway. Cog railway tracks are seen in the foreground in a forested and mountainous landscape. 1

Locomotive #11 and coach #11 at the summit of Pikes Peak. Locomotive built in 1950 by G. E. Coach built by Winter-Weiss of Denver. 1

Maiden trip of "Streamliner" cog railway car of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company. L - R 1

Man standing alongside cog railroad tracks at the top of Pikes Peak watching snow being blown by large snow plow. 1

Manitou & Pikes Peak (Cog) Railroad car on mountain. Photo identified as "Gas Cog at Windy Point - Windy Point 12129 Cog Road." Identification sheet with negative. 1

Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive with passenger car #102 is parked on a steep incline with passengers and crew posing for the Photo. Snow covers the landscape of large boulders. 1

Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway with one passenger car headed down the mountain. Snow covers the landscape of large boulders. 1

Men are standing on a flatbed railcar in front of a cog railway steam engine while others shovel snow on top of large snowbanks that tower over the tracks. Note on back reads "opening cog road at Windy Point in early days." 1

Note with image "Frederick's [Tuttle] first job in Manitou." Sign on stand reads "$5 Pikes Peak by world famous cog road / The scenic and safe way / You can motor anytime...make Pikes Peak by Cog". Man stands behind counter. 1

One of six images on a full-page spread. 1

Pearl and Eddie Dennis standing in front of stone building with sign "Ticket Office" over door in back. Photo dated on bottom. 1

Pike's Peak Railroad Locomotive 1

Pikes Peak Cog Railway Engine Number 2 under steam with a passenger car attached on the summit of Pikes Peak. 1

Pikes Peak Cog Railway Locomotive No. 6 pushes a passenger car up a steep hill with trees in the background. Identified on the back of the photograph 1

Pikes Peak Cog Road Depot. Printed on back "#3644 - Picturesque Bavarian Style depot of the world's highest cog railway. Modern diesel-electric trains operate to 14,100 ft. summit of Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, Colorado." 1

Pikes Peak Cog road at Artists Glen. Small log bridge spans creek. 1

Pikes Peak Railway summit house with two cog trains parked at it. Several touring car automobiles with their tops down are parked next to the building. Below the “Observatory” tower on top of the summit house is a sign reading “Hotel and Lunch Room”. 1

Pikes Peak Summit House with Cog tracks in foreground. It functioned as the Cog's upper station, souvenir shop, lunch counter, tourist rooms and observation tower. Wooden platform at left of photo was built to support a large searchlight. 1

Pikes Peak Summit House with heavy snow cover. It functioned as the Cog's upper station, souvenir shop, lunch counter, tourist rooms and observation tower. Wooden platform at left of photo was built to support a large searchlight. 1

Printed on bottom of the photograph 1

Printed on front "342. The Curve at Windy Point. M. & P. P. R. R. / Hiestand Photo." Imprinted on back "Ute Iron Springs Photo. Gallery, Manitou, Colo. / J. G. Heistand, Official Photographer, Manitou & P. P. Ry." 1

Printed on front "8406. Pikes Peak from Pilot Knob. Altitude, 14, 109 Feet". 1

Printed on front "8460. Cog Road Engine Climbing Pike's Peak, Colo." 1

Printed on front "Depot of the Cog Train to Summit of Pikes Peak at Manitou, Colo." and "Sanborn S-1689". 1

Printed on front "No. 1623. Ascending Pike's Peak on the Cog Road." 1

Printed on front "Shady Springs, Col., Ascending Pike's Peak on the Cog Road". 1

Railroad engine and one passenger car on steep road with a snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance. Title printed on bottom of print. Stamp on back reads "A.A. Walling, Stationery & Confections 16 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, Colo." 1

Six women in long dark dresses and hats walk along the Pikes Peak cog train railroad tracks in the mountains, while a man toting a picnic basket with several cloth bundles on his back leads the way. 1

Slope with cog railroad tracks at left and rocky cliffs on both sides. Title written on back of print. 1

Steam engine of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway pushes passenger car up incline. 1

Steam locomotive #3 and passenger car #103 of the Manitou & Pikes Peak cog railroad at the summit of Pikes Peak with several people standing alongside. 1

Steep slopes with rocks and trees on the road of the cog railroad up Pikes Peak. "In the Canon Pikes Peak R.R. Aug. 1901" written on back of print. 1

Stone building with observation platform. Snow lightly covering the ground. Train in the distance. 1

Summit House with both rock building and concrete building. Cog train is visible. 2002 USGS Survey marks altitude at 14,115 feet. 1

The Pikes Peak Summit House and observation platform. A massive snow drift covers the entire east-facing first-floor wall of the Summit House. “53-7” is annotated in the bottom left of the photo. 1

Tracks of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway are seen in shadow through a mountain pass. White telephone/telegraph poles line the tracks. 1

Tracks of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway are seen in shadow through a mountain pass. White telephone/telegraph poles line the tracks. Houses in Manitou Springs can be seen on hillsides in the background. 1

Tracks of the cog railroad up Pikes Peak at edge of cliff with view of distant mountains behind. Large piles of cut lumber are alongside tracks. 1

Tremendous Spring-time task of uncovering the cog-wheel road up the giant of the Rockies in season for the Summer traffic. Six images on a full-page spread. 1

Two Baldwin 0-4-2T steam locomotives each attached to one rail car (marked Manitou and Pikes Peak Ry.) are parked on either side of the Summit House. Signs read 1

Two buildings, one built of stone, alongside dirt road with mountains behind. "Cog Ry." painted on roof of stone building. Photo identified as "Pikes Peak Cog Station, Manitou Springs, CO." Identification sheet with negative. 1

Two cars and an engine of the cog railroad stopped at the summit of Pikes Peak with passengers standing on rear platform and walking alongside. Large boulders with snow are in foreground. 1

Two conductors, a fireman and engineer pose with Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive #3. Hand-written on bottom of print is "On Pike's Peak. Altitude 14147 feet / Sep-11-1907". 1

Two empty cars of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway are parked on the cog railway tracks in a barren mountainous landscape with the engineer posing for a photograph. 1

Two modern cars of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway on the tracks with rocks in the foreground and mountains in the background. 1

View from the Pikes Peak cog railroad from ground level looking down the tracks, showing track bed and rails. Title written on back of print. 1

View of Manitou & Pikes Peak (Cog) Railroad car on mountain with car coming down. Identification sheet with negative. 1

View of a Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway cog train stopped on the tracks on a steep incline on its way up Pikes Peak. A fireman is visible at the rear of locomotive #6 and the conductor can be seen at the front of the car looking back toward the engine. 1

View of a locomotive engine as it makes its way up the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway. A small group of young men can be seen to the right of the engine. 1

View of distant mountains from the summit of Pikes Peak looking southeast, including Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive, loading platform railing, roof of summit house and snow. 1

View of engine No. 2 and a coach in Englemann Canyon with passengers standing behind. Photo is numbered 387 on print. 1

View of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway traveling up steep track, snow along the sides. 1

View of the old depot for the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Manitou Springs. A locomotive and passenger car are parked in front of the depot. 1

Well-dressed passengers exiting the cog train car on the summit of Pikes Peak. Mounds of snow are visible on either side of the tracks. A portion of the summit house is visible to the right. 1

With a field of granite rocks in the foreground, the Pikes Peak Summit House with its observation platform and cog train can be seen in the background. 1

With a snow-covered field of granite boulders in the foreground, the Pikes Peak Summit House and observation platform is in the background. Two men stand next to the cog rail tracks with a steam engine and passenger car to the left. 1

With cog rail tracks in the foreground, the Pikes Peak Summit House and observation platform is seen with tourists in the area. “23” is annotated in the bottom right of the photo. 1