The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway is an Abt rack system cog railway with track in Colorado, USA, climbing the well-known mountain Pikes Peak. The base station is in Manitou Springs, Colorado near Colorado Springs.The railway is the highest in North America by a considerable margin. It was built and is operated solely for the tourist trade.HistoryThe railway was started by Zalmon G. Simmons,...
Near Denver and Colorado Springs, the world's highest cog train takes families to the 14,110 foot summit of America's Mountain, Pikes Peak, Colorado.