PPLD Digital Collections

AdAmAn Club members on Pikes Peak. Identified on back 1

After the flag raising ceremony atop Pikes Peak July 4, 1950 Left to Right 1

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

Approximately three dozen tourists pose in front of a cog railway passenger car and steam locomotive 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

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 Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Railroad) pushes a flatbed railcar used to remove deep snow with a man standing on top of the accumulated pile of snow. &quot|M. & P.P. Ry.&quot|and Cog Railroad logo painted on side of car. 1

Car of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Railroad) with a flatbed railcar in front used to remove deep snow pushes through a drift on the tracks. Snow-capped mountains are seen in the background. 1

Car of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway travels through high banks of snow 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

Cog Road above Halfway House. 1

Cog railroad car en route to the top of Pikes Peak. 1

Cog railroad car in Lion Gulch. 1

Cog railroad car passes by the Minnehaha waterfall. 1

Cog railroad en route to the top of Pikes Peak. 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 makes its way through the mountains. A large rock formation can be seen in the upper 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

Drawing of proposed Pikes Peak Railway made in 1883. [Work began on the cog railway in 1888] W. F. Ellis Jr. was the Chief Engineer. Some sites noted are United States Military Reservation, Seven Lakes, Sheep Mountain, Pikes Peak, and more. 1

Driver William B Felker (at the tiller) and passenger Charles A. Yont at the Pikes Peak Signal Station (Summit House) after they summited the mountain in their Locomobile on August 12, 1901. The cog railway tracks are visible in the background. 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

Engine of the Pikes Peak Cog Railroad standing on track at station in Manitou Springs. Photo identified on print. "276" written on lower right of print. 1

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

Group of workers shoveling large snowbank for the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Railroad). 1

Hand-tinted view of Pikes Peak Summit House. Tourists and cog train visible. Sign on building reads "Entrance to Tower inside of building" and "The Highest Telegraph Office in the World." 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

High oblique aerial photograph of the summit of Pikes Peak with the cog railway tracks and Pikes Peak Highway in the foreground on the slope leading to the tourist facilities on top. 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

Jeffrey Phillips, photographer's husband, climbs the stairs to the Royal Gorge Incline Railway to return to the top of the Gorge. 1

Large pile of snow blocking tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Railroad) amid huge walls of snow on either side. 1

Large snowbanks on Pikes Peak with cut for tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Railroad). 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

Man walks along snowy cog railroad tracks with snow blowing around him. Another man is barely visible ahead. 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 & Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive pushing passenger car &quot|Salida&quot|is stopped for a photograph on a steep grade with passengers, conductor and engineer posing for the camera. Title and photographer written on print, as no. 335. 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

Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon raises the colors on Pikes Peak July 4, 1950. 1

Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon salutes the American Flag atop America's Mountain, Pikes Peak, on July 4 1950. Cpl Gagnon participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. 1

Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon, veteran of Iwo Jima and Kay Husted, National Betsy Ross Flag Daughter of America stand with the Perpetual Flag atop Pikes Peak July 4, 1950. 1

Marine Corporal Rene Gagnon, veteran of Iwo Jima, and Kay Husted, National Betsy Ross Flag Daughter of America stand with the Perpetual Flag atop Pikes Peak July 4, 1950. 1

Members of the Camp Carson 4th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) firing a 48 gun salute on July 4 1950, following the flag raising ceremony on the summit of Pikes Peak. 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

Men working to bend back blades of the Manitou & Pikes Peak rotary snow blower. 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 two trains traveling at a 45-degree angle, the world's steepest Incline Railway. It descends over 1,500 feet to the canyon floor. 1

Pike's Peak by Moonlight "I'm climbing up the Cog-road / But feeling mighty cheap. / I've lost my breath / and now can't answer / When I hear Pike's Peak." 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 railroad car makes its way through snow banks on either side of the tracks. 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 train beside. A woman sits on a bench in front of the building and a man stands on top of the viewing tower. 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 "Minature Cog Train running between Broadmoor and the Zoo - Colorado Springs, Colo." 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 tracks to summit of Pikes Peak. Page title "The Cog Railway to the Summit of Pikes Peak / Photographs by J. P. Allberger, Denver". Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on May 18, 1901 page 514. 1

Several passengers ride the Mt. Manitou Incline Railroad. 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. Telegraph poles line the right side of the tracks. "Looking up the Pikes Peak Cog R.R." written on back of print. 1

Snowy tracks of the Pikes Peak Cog Railroad. "Nearing the last curve en route on cog-wheel R.R. ascending Pikes Peak." printed on bottom of card. "Mexican & Indian Curio Co., Denver, Colo. Made in Leipsic." printed on side. 1

Some spectators have already gathered and watch as the first of the 50 mule team carring howitzer parts for the flag dedication ceremony arrive at the summit of Pikes Peak, July 4, 1950. 1

Spectators on the summit of Pikes Peak after the Flag raising ceremony on July 4, 1950. 1

Spencer Penrose sitting in the front of his miniature railroad to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The train is alongside an engine and car of the Manitou & Pikes Peak (Cog) Railway, with crew members inside. 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 Cañon 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 of Pikes Peak with a field of granite rocks in the foreground and in the background the summit house and observation platform, cog train, and parked touring cars with their tops down, some loaded with passengers. 1

The Broadmoor Mountaineer Cog train, which took Broadmoor guests to and from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo between 1950 and 1974. Printed on front "The Broadmoor Mountaineer - Colorado Springs, Colo." 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

Tourists gather around the cog railroad. 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 mountains in the distance. Piles of cut lumber with large rocks piles on top are stacked alongside the tracks. 1

Train going up the cog to the peak. Page title "The Cog Railway to the Summit of Pikes Peak / Photographs by J. P. Allberger, Denver". Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on May 18, 1901 page 514. 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 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

Two passenger cars and a steam locomotive of the Manitou & Pikes Peak cog railway are parked at the summit of Pikes Peak with passengers standing on rear platform and walking alongside. Large boulders with snow are in foreground. 1

Two women and two men stand next to the cog rail tracks for the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway in mountainous terrain. The men appear to be setting up a camera on a tripod. Telephone poles are seen adjacent to the tracks. 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 from the top of Red Mountain showing the incline and a car with two passengers below and the town of Manitou Springs at the bottom. Photo identified "259--Stewart Photo" in lower right of print. 1

View of Cog Railroad car en route to the top of Pikes Peak. 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 engine No. 2 and a coach in Englemann Canyon with passengers standing behind. Photo is numbered 387 on print. 1

View of snow-covered tracks, road and mountains from inside Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway car, past engineer sitting at his controls. Part of Colorado Springs can be seen in distance. 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

View up the tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Railroad) with snow alongside tracks and on mountains ahead. 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

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