But that awe-inspiring experience, it's all the same," Johnston said. "The experience of going to the summit of a 14,000-foot mountain by rail has not changed. Three years later, the railroad is reopened, all year, in any weather conditions. Their rarity forced Colorado engineers to look overseas for help in Switzerland's Stadler Rail, whose trains traverse the alps. Three new trains and a snowblower ready to tackle the hardiest of conditions were also recently added.Īs train transportation has modernized, cog railways and their parts have become few and far between. The tracks were replaced for the first time since they were laid down. And we retrofitted some of our older equipment," Johnston said. The track, the trains, the depot facility that we're at right now. "We looked at everything when we did this project. In 2018, it was shut down for renovations totaling more than $100 million. But much of the railway's infrastructure remained in place for more than 125 years. "We believe that the Broadmoor is kind of the gateway to the American West," said Jack Damioli, president and CEO at The Broadmoor.Īs the years passed, the trains' technology evolved with 20th-century innovation. The nearby Broadmoor hotel owns the railway today. The cog railway was a groundbreaking system when it was constructed in 1891, as saloons dominated the local landscape. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images
The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway train heads towards the summit of Pikes Peak. A typical railway, they get all their traction and braking through the outside rails," Ted Johnston, assistant general manager of Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, said. "A cog railway is a railway just like any other railway, but we use a center third rail to get all our traction and braking.
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