Spencer Penrose, the owner of The Broadmoor Hotel, acquired the Railway in 1925. The base station is in Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs. On the afternoon of June 30th, 1891, the first passenger Pikes Peak train, carrying a church choir from Denver, made it to the summit for the first time. 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 Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway is a cog railway that operates from Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs, and climbs 8.9-miles up famous Pikes Peak. This was no easy feat as six workers died in blasting and construction accidents. The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway is an Abt rack system cog railway with 4 ft 8 in standard gauge track in Colorado, USA, climbing the well-known. In 1889, The Broadmoor Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company was founded and track construction began. Simmons was awed by the scenery but determined that the views should be experienced in a more civilized and comfortable manner. Small Group Tour of Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods from Denver. The cost for standard admission on the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway is 58 for adults and 48 for children 12 and under for advance e-ticket purchases, or 59.50 at the depot. The arduous, two-day trip was the only way to reach the top in those days.
Simmons rode to the summit of Pikes Peak on a mule. Wonder how this legendary Pikes Peak train came to take visitors to the top of America’s Mountain? One of the tourists who visited the Pikes Peak region in the late 1880s was Zalmon Simmons, inventor and founder of the Simmons Beautyrest Mattress Company. The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway holds a unique distinction as the highest cog railway in the world.
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