Rail roads and their tracks.

[MossRoad]

He’s all skippy sunshine cause he’s getting $50 bucks for a round bale.

Ha! I thought it was either that or ammo.

 

[MossRoad]

So we actually did end up having to take 50 through Gunnison to get to Pikes Peak. An amazing drive, but I had to hurry. Took 7 hours to get from Moab to Colorado Springs because of the I70 mudslides closure. Big news out here. Might be the worst rockslides in CO history. Took out the railway along 70 and plugged up part of the Colorado River, too!
We finally made it through to Pikes Peak and took the Manitou Pikes Peak Cog Railway and it was great!
They re worked the tracks and are completing a new visitors center at the Peak. It was a lot more extensive and complex than I thought. Multiple cog trains of 2 engine powered cars run at once, so sidings were built to allow passing.
The powered cars were built in Switzerland, but they are Cummins powered! How cool is that!

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Heres how they rolled long ago

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A view while descending

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Last Saturday on CBS Saturday morning they had a nice piece on the newly refreshed Pike's Peak RR. Meant to post a link to it last weekend. Here it is.

A look at the new renovations made to the Pikes Peak Cog Railway

For 130 years, visitors have made the trip to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado on a train that's one-of-a-kind. Now, after being closed for more than three years and undergoing a $100 million renovation, it's once again bringing travelers on a breathtaking journey. Nancy Chen takes a look.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Hay Dude]

Last Saturday on CBS Saturday morning they had a nice piece on the newly refreshed Pike's Peak RR. Meant to post a link to it last weekend. Here it is.

A look at the new renovations made to the Pikes Peak Cog Railway

For 130 years, visitors have made the trip to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado on a train that's one-of-a-kind. Now, after being closed for more than three years and undergoing a $100 million renovation, it's once again bringing travelers on a breathtaking journey. Nancy Chen takes a look.

www.cbsnews.com

It was great. Everyone should do this

 

[caver]

I did that back in the late 90's?? Nice to sit back and just enjoy the trip.

 

[ArlyA]

The BIG boy 4014 is heading south on its tour and left Fairbury Nebraska yesterday.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

FB is swamped with big boy videos and pics on the UP site.

 

[BravoXray]

That is an impressive piece of machinery.
I wonder what it costs per day to operate it?

 

[Hay Dude]

Man that thing cranks out some smoke. Might need a dpf to run in some states?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It crossed into TX today.

 

[ArlyA]

Conversation with Ed Dickens who explains why they bring a diesel electric engine with them.