Your videos are NEVER boring,I just love the adventures you get to go on and share with your subscriber's, can't wait for MORE. Thanks again, and have fun you two.
Super video! Every aspect of it was over the top (pun). In the 40's I took the steam train with my parents and in '54 the 'new' Swiss train was in operation and I made that trip. Nothing compared to the steam though. The Incline Railway was awesome and at the base there were about a dozen cabins where we stayed on both trips. Thanks so much...for the memories.
This sure brings back memory’s of the trips I have made to this area. The first time, 1970, and we took a limousine up the mountain and the train 🚂 down. I have been back twice since, and have been back up again about year 2002, and then again when friends moved there for many years. One could step out their front door and see Pikes Peak, but my cardiologist wouldn’t let me go up the mountain again in 2005. I really enjoyed this post as I see places I have visited, and remember fondly. I just really appreciate the quality of your videos you post, but then, you are an expert. Good to see you and Karyn having so much fun. See you Wednesday?
I asked my cardiologist and he said "I don't know. Go for it!. If you feel faint, get down." Hum.... BUT and amazing place. Really looking forward to spend like 3 days just in Colorado Springs and not running all over the place like this.
Loved that train when I rode it in 1957. Too bad it's closed now, but may reopen in a couple of years. It's a lot of fun. Closed because the equipment had finally run its course. I remembered climbing that summit tower on 10 year old legs. Couldn't do that now! It's also awesome that you showed the 1957 style train at 9:30. Thanks for another great video. I'm slowing making my way through your video collection. This will take quite a while!!!!
Testing now!! The whole shutdown was a stunt to rase money. Oh well.... As long as its rebuilt and running!!! Should be at least partially open this summer. American treasure!!
Excellent presentation!. You pointed out many fantastic features not only of the railroad, but of the entire area. Many things you mention I had not known even while working in Co Springs, and a resident of Colorado for over 50 years. Thank you.
Been there done that. I liked when we went on it the conductor/narrator pointed out the trees at a 45 degree angle. " These trees ore vertical we are at the angle" Loved it . Also couldn't believe that you can see Kansas however true. The land milage shrinks per what ever feet ( can't remember the exact formula he said ) in elevation Fantastic ride ,need to do it again.
These attractions defy our sense of sense! LOL! Like going to the absolute North Pole... Standing there, and realizing that the only direction is South!
I have always had a fascination with Anasazi Ruins.. the fabled cities of gold, hidden away in a secret cavern, buried under a mountain! LOL! This is a must see!! The view at the top of Pikes Peak is simply breath-taking... Seriously... Breath Taking! Such an inspiration all the way around!! :D
Nice video and great side trip to take while youmwere there. Tell us you didn't try to get into the nuke facility... Anyway, besides being silly that could get you some time away from garage mahal if you know what I mean. The trains and scenery looked both European and moonlike at least above the tree line, what an amazing view from the top. It's reallY not a big surprise that America The Beautiful was inspired by that landscape a song that still brings a tear, especially these days. But I digress. Thanks again for brightening another Sunday.
It was 91 degrees today here in southern Indiana! While we don't have any fancy railroads here like narrow gauge or cog we do have three scenic railways within a couple hours driving distance from here. The Indiana Railway Museum's train in French Lick, The Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, In and the train at The Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, KY. If you're ever back east again you should give those a whirl.
Great show as usual. It my salesman days I used to travel through New Hampshire and of course visit Mt Washington which also has a cog railway. They too have changed over to diesel locomotives and now the steam engines are just on display. Perhaps they have one that still works? I do remember when the steam engines were running, they would be belching mass quantities of smoke and in the summer months all the windows on the car were open. If the wind changed direction, all that thick black smoke would go into the car and for that reason, I never rode on it. You could also go up there by car which I have done many times and being a ham radio guy, it was a great place to contact stations hundreds of miles away on VHF where everything is line of site. They had a number of switchbacks with available water to tank up. One load of coal, perhaps a couple tons was all they needed to make the trip up the mountain. The man shoveling the coal was a busy man! In the summer months they would run three engines and there would alway be at least one on a switchback waiting for there other engine to pass. Thanks again for a very informative video as I never could figure out how they breaked the engine. Maybe I should have just asked someone?
HELLO!!! Karyn is a short wave nut. FUN STUFF. Mt Washington does have a working steam! We are planning a trip when we can fit it in, hopefully in the fall. So amazing how they "hydro lock" the breaks. They let the engine roll back with valves open, and it fills all 4 cylinders with water. Then open a valve and it "pumps" the water back to the tender. Need to go easy. When they first roll back if the speed gets up when the water "locks" the pistons it can bend the side rods.
Too bad they've shut down "The Cog" for the next several years, and probably for good. It'll be sad to lose this national treasure. Really enjoyed your excellent old photos. The one at 8:57, showing the observation tower on top of the old summit house, brought back memories. I climbed to the top of that tower in 1959. That summit house was replaced by what is now called the "old" summit house. Plans are in the works to build a new house, but with the railroad gone, who knows what will happen up there?
I suspect the owners may have been greedy, taking the money from the cog to use on their other properties, while pouring nothing into railroad maintenance. That's just my suspicion. We'll see what shakes out, but the future of "The Cog" doesn't look good right now. (Edit in 2023) Wow! I sure was wrong when I first wrote this. Hurray!
A guy I met the other day at a campground was from CO Springs, and he said that, in his opinion, investors are trying to turn the area into a playground for the rich. I suspect removing the cog might be a way to keep some of those nasty low class middle Americans out of the place. If that's true, I hope their plan bites them in the butt! "The Hunger Games" scenario isn't as far fetched as it sounds. It's creeping closer all the time. (Edit in 2023) Thank goodness my suspicions were incorrect! Way to go, M&PPCG!
Weak horn. This is still another awesome video. I think there is still a steam cog railway that operates in the east in either Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont I can't remember which it is in, but yeah I think there's one there. I know they were quite proud of the fact that there steam engines were environmentally friendly. Again super job I gave it a thumbs up!
Last night we heard the weakest horn yet!! Don put a sound system in Mikes F9. And blew the horn. All I can say is perfect! Perfect for a clown car that is!! Expected 15 HO scale clowns to jump out and run about.
Just another tip . Look up other old narrow gage mining Railway history in Utah and Nevada. My Jr.High history teacher was a Direct Decendand of Orin Porter Rockwell. I used to take lot of road trips. Pick my brain and a canyon. I don't know how much longer I can help because until the Doctors figure out what's wrong. I'm almost 55 but my body is acting like I'm coming down with Parknsens. Your show keeps my mind going..You Tube when I first looked was crazy young guys on Skate boards . It so much more. Thank you.
So there are 5 steam cog engines and 4 of them are still exist today # 1 is in the Colorado railroad museum in golden Colorado # 2 is in the park in manitou springs # 3 had crash from the mountain # 4 is running in the pikes peak cog railway and # 5 is in the shops in PPCRY right.
5 is on display at the broadmoor hotel. actually we had 7 total, numbered 1-6, with there being 2 #4's, the original #4 wrecked not long after being delivered and was replaced with the big 4 we have now. #3 and #6 were both scrapped.
what are you driving ? i see a wing ?a roll cage? and the last passenger car ya showed could ya give us a bit more on that thing ? lol !! thanks for sharing !!!!
It’s such a shame that the pikes peak cog railway shut down this winter for good 😔, I remember riding on it and I had the time of my life and I was hoping to ride it again some day but now I know that will never happen.
You forgot, neglected;, or didn't know of the GE locomotives from the 1950's. Each GE pushed a streamlined coach upgrade just like the steamers. In 1956 I rode on one of the newer GE's and two of the steam locos were being used on that day. I have pictures from then. In 1959 I rode back up the mountain with my aunt and grannie and the steam locomotives had been discontinued. In 2007 I took my wife and grandson on a trip to Colorado and we went up Pikes Peak on the Swiss equipment. About half of them are diesel electric and the others are hydraulic. The M&PPCRR uses bio diesel for fuel and you can smell the difference. On that day a work train came down with a flat car; it was powered with one of the GE locos.
Yes, just to much info. The photo I show the GE cars, the prototype was built in the Midland roundhouse. BUt the rest were built under contract by GE. But later GE lost interest in building them. AND the Swiss units were better.
I had a tour of their shop facilities, which really should be a museum. Shop machinery being belt driven from a central ceiling mounted driveshaft. And thank you for pronouncing "nuclear" correctly. You forgot to mention the cog steam loco on display at the Broadmoor. I'm still chuckling about Nikola Tesla blowing up the Colorado Springs power plant. Oh , the humanity !!!
Took me years to stop sayen nukular. And spelling it that way too. Karyn and I were (are, you never retire except after 50,000 miles when the wear bars are showen) both teachers. (I also abuse parenthetical statements.) Did you know Tesla was the original "mad scientist"? In the Superman comics there were many "evil bosses". One was the "Mad Scientist". The author said it was based Tesla! Even looked just like him! (I taught animation history too) We would LOVE to tour the shops!!! Shops on a grade!! WOW.
no more belt driven machinery anymore. Not really a grade in the shops either, there is a ever so slight downhill grade when facing west on track 1. It's the only place on the whole railroad where the track slopes in the opposite direction.
Nice video. A couple of comments. I believe you said the steam locomotives were 'vulcan' compounds but the word is 'Vauclain' named after Samuel Vauclain of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Second, where do you get information that the cylinders were filled with water for braking? I've never heard of this, and well I'm just skeptical on a number of points, one being hydrostatic lockup which would cause catastrophic mechanical damage, not good on a descent. This would also use an large amount of water, which the loco cannot carry. My understanding was that steam was used for braking similar to how a diesel 'jake brakes'. As can be seen in a number of videos, the driving cogs also have friction brakes installed, look to be drum-type.
Prob similar systems used as the loco on Snowdon mountain railway here in UK I think they compress steam or air taken inside cylinders in front of piston direction of travel
Loved how you got into the history of the whole extended area. Definitely an interesting place. Were you not allowed to film the train ride up the mountain?
Toy Man Television Didn't have time to ride it? Yeah I read in the comments that it shut down, and confirmed this via the railroad's official website and news articles. The tracks and trains are old and worn out and they don't have the money to replace them. Very sad. kool1079.com/pikes-peak-cog-railway-closed-for-2018-future-uncertain/
The Mt. Washington Cog Railway is the first mountain climbing railroad in the world even before the Swiss. They still have the first loco on display. Most of the locos are diesel now and push 2 cars at a time up the hill.
Dale, Great coverage of the 2017 Convention, Hate I missed it this year. Will you be posting any videos on the home layouts that were on tour this year. Best Regards: Ronnie Davis The R&P Lumber Co.
I didn't even know they had a steam engine that ran! And the passenger car that went with it, too! When I went, they were running those old diesel cars. The seats are rather uncomfortable and cramped, so it'll make you rather sore afterwards. If they run their steam engine again you two should really go back and ride it!
There is wildlife even up to the top of Pike's Peak. In the mountains of Colorado, it's a general rule that you do NOT drink directly from lakes and streams, lest you contract giardiasis from wilderness animals, an unpleasant experience. You will want to use iodine drops (or similar products) in your canteen. I've driven up to the top of Pike's Peak, and found a mountain goat wandering around the top of the peak, as people took photos. Great photo opportunity, and proof that giardiasis can be present at the top of the world!.
True! Many animals visit the top, mostly people! But nothing lives here full time. Even bacteria have a challenge living up here. Mostly caus' theres nothing to eat.
Its the 4-4-4-4 logging loco they have been restoring on the Oregon Coast Railroad. Near Tilamock. JUst finished and tested a few weeks ago. First run in early spring sometime. We looked at the restoration in the Oregon Coast Railroad show.
Actually, the "Big" trains (2 car) use hydraulic propulsion and hydraulic braking (via hydraulic clutches). They do not have dynamic brakes. Their roof equipment is for the engine radiators. Only the "Small" trains (1 car) use electric propulsion and have dynamic braking. Their roof equipment holds the dynamic brake resistor banks and engine radiators.
OH! Their web site said dynamic braking. Must have been only referring to the small cars. AND I found my footage of the steam runs in 96!!! Thinking of reediting to add that in. Still missing about 10 minutes of footage I think. As I remember... But this stuff is good. Several run buys, and on board ride.
Heard a news report yesterday that the Pikes Peak Cog was closing for the season on October 30 because of needed "track and train repairs". Anyone having reservations would receive a refund. All of this is very odd since the Cog has operated to some degree all year for the past few years and winter trains were scheduled for this year, too. Track and train repairs are performed all year without needing to shut down the entire operation. It seems something serious and unexpected came up, which the Cog does not want to make public.
Perhaps... Most of the repairs are done in the winter. Big stuff anyway. But clearly this is un planned. My bet is reservations were off so they figured to close to save money.
I pulled up the Cog's web site and it said what the TV news report did, plus that they were closing for the repairs "while the weather is good." Good weather in November in the Rockies? That is the start of winter. The mountains have already had their first snow. And the weather on the Peak when I checked it was 20 degrees with a 30 mph wind blowing. That makes for a wind chill factor of 18 degrees below zero! Sorry, but "good weather" is in the summer, NOT the winter. Something is going on.
technically both are dynamic braking, one being electrodynamics (braking through the dynamics of electricity), the other hydrodynamic (braking through fluid dynamics). It's actually a pretty common question we get asked on the way back down, it's just that most railroads shorten the term electrodynamic to just dynamic as that's all they use.
Nice! You guys would really like Switerland! They have a train station under the Zurich airport and have train routes to the mountain and other European countries.
As of a few days ago, it's gone forever. Their equipment and track are becoming too old and they can't find replacement parts for it. Simply put, the owners of the cog railway don't have the money to get it going again. So sad to see something like this disappear into the pages of history. Good thing I managed to get a ride on it last year, not knowing it would be my first and last.
The rack bars are easily cut out by water jet, CNC torch or even laser as they start out as flat steel bars. The rail is off the shelf also. The passenger equipment is from the Swiss Locomotive Works and is very similar to equipment made for many rack railways. I think the problem is that the company ran themselves out of money.
Your videos are NEVER boring,I just love the adventures you get to go on and share with your subscriber's, can't wait for MORE.
Thanks again, and have fun you two.
Thanks back!!
Super video! Every aspect of it was over the top (pun). In the 40's I took the steam train with my parents and in '54 the 'new' Swiss train was in operation and I made that trip. Nothing compared to the steam though. The Incline Railway was awesome and at the base there were about a dozen cabins where we stayed on both trips. Thanks so much...for the memories.
This sure brings back memory’s of the trips I have made to this area. The first time, 1970, and we took a limousine up the mountain and the train 🚂 down. I have been back twice since, and have been back up again about year 2002, and then again when friends moved there for many years. One could step out their front door and see Pikes Peak, but my cardiologist wouldn’t let me go up the mountain again in 2005. I really enjoyed this post as I see places I have visited, and remember fondly. I just really appreciate the quality of your videos you post, but then, you are an expert. Good to see you and Karyn having so much fun. See you Wednesday?
I asked my cardiologist and he said "I don't know. Go for it!. If you feel faint, get down." Hum.... BUT and amazing place. Really looking forward to spend like 3 days just in Colorado Springs and not running all over the place like this.
Wow what a great history lesson. Will definitely ride this in the next few years while living in Boulder.
Loved that train when I rode it in 1957. Too bad it's closed now, but may reopen in a couple of years. It's a lot of fun. Closed because the equipment had finally run its course. I remembered climbing that summit tower on 10 year old legs. Couldn't do that now! It's also awesome that you showed the 1957 style train at 9:30. Thanks for another great video. I'm slowing making my way through your video collection. This will take quite a while!!!!
Testing now!! The whole shutdown was a stunt to rase money. Oh well.... As long as its rebuilt and running!!! Should be at least partially open this summer. American treasure!!
@@ToyManTelevision it reopened in May of 2021 after replacing all the rails and bugs, adding passing loops, and some other items.
Been there. Done that. At 14K feet.....it's difficult to breath specially if you exert yourself hiking or walking.
Thanks for the memories!
Excellent presentation!. You pointed out many fantastic features not only of the railroad, but of the entire area. Many things you mention I had not known even while working in Co Springs, and a resident of Colorado for over 50 years. Thank you.
Love the place!!! Used to go almost every year!!
Great show, I had heard about it, but with your video I want to go & see it now, WOW!, THANKS FOR SHOWING IT TO US!!!
Been there done that. I liked when we went on it the conductor/narrator pointed out the trees at a 45 degree angle. " These trees ore vertical we are at the angle" Loved it . Also couldn't believe that you can see Kansas however true. The land milage shrinks per what ever feet ( can't remember the exact formula he said ) in elevation Fantastic ride ,need to do it again.
These attractions defy our sense of sense! LOL! Like going to the absolute North Pole... Standing there, and realizing that the only direction is South!
Great adventure. It's nice to just let the machines take you to the top. The caves were interesting. Carry On! Greg and Jeanne
Very nice. Love the donuts up at the top.
I like the oxygen bar!!
Wow! What an amazing railroad. Manitou has quite a lot of history.
Very fun place. I can see why Palmer chose to live there.
Maybe I will add Colorado to my non-binding bucket list...👍👍
Do!! It’s a wonderful place
Pikes peek area is sure a great place to visit while I need the US. So much rail history to boot.
Hi. Love the place!!!!!!!!! Going back soon.
I have always had a fascination with Anasazi Ruins.. the fabled cities of gold, hidden away in a secret cavern, buried under a mountain! LOL! This is a must see!! The view at the top of Pikes Peak is simply breath-taking... Seriously... Breath Taking! Such an inspiration all the way around!! :D
Nice video and great side trip to take while youmwere there. Tell us you didn't try to get into the nuke facility... Anyway, besides being silly that could get you some time away from garage mahal if you know what I mean. The trains and scenery looked both European and moonlike at least above the tree line, what an amazing view from the top. It's reallY not a big surprise that America The Beautiful was inspired by that landscape a song that still brings a tear, especially these days. But I digress. Thanks again for brightening another Sunday.
It was 91 degrees today here in southern Indiana! While we don't have any fancy railroads here like narrow gauge or cog we do have three scenic railways within a couple hours driving distance from here. The Indiana Railway Museum's train in French Lick, The Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, In and the train at The Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, KY. If you're ever back east again you should give those a whirl.
Great show as usual. It my salesman days I used to travel through New Hampshire and of course visit Mt Washington which also has a cog railway. They too have changed over to diesel locomotives and now the steam engines are just on display. Perhaps they have one that still works? I do remember when the steam engines were running, they would be belching mass quantities of smoke and in the summer months all the windows on the car were open. If the wind changed direction, all that thick black smoke would go into the car and for that reason, I never rode on it. You could also go up there by car which I have done many times and being a ham radio guy, it was a great place to contact stations hundreds of miles away on VHF where everything is line of site. They had a number of switchbacks with available water to tank up. One load of coal, perhaps a couple tons was all they needed to make the trip up the mountain. The man shoveling the coal was a busy man! In the summer months they would run three engines and there would alway be at least one on a switchback waiting for there other engine to pass. Thanks again for a very informative video as I never could figure out how they breaked the engine. Maybe I should have just asked someone?
HELLO!!! Karyn is a short wave nut. FUN STUFF. Mt Washington does have a working steam! We are planning a trip when we can fit it in, hopefully in the fall. So amazing how they "hydro lock" the breaks. They let the engine roll back with valves open, and it fills all 4 cylinders with water. Then open a valve and it "pumps" the water back to the tender. Need to go easy. When they first roll back if the speed gets up when the water "locks" the pistons it can bend the side rods.
Great Video thanks.
Really cool thank you again made my day
Fun making it.
Screwing around got you pretty high this time. LOL. love the show. 🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🐢
They legalized high in Colorado.
Toy Man Television that's right I wasn't thinking that's legal in Colorado. Read between the lines folks. LOL 🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🐢
Too bad they've shut down "The Cog" for the next several years, and probably for good. It'll be sad to lose this national treasure. Really enjoyed your excellent old photos. The one at 8:57, showing the observation tower on top of the old summit house, brought back memories. I climbed to the top of that tower in 1959. That summit house was replaced by what is now called the "old" summit house. Plans are in the works to build a new house, but with the railroad gone, who knows what will happen up there?
GEE THAT SUCKS. We were going to ride this summer. ARUG!!!!!!!!!
I suspect the owners may have been greedy, taking the money from the cog to use on their other properties, while pouring nothing into railroad maintenance. That's just my suspicion. We'll see what shakes out, but the future of "The Cog" doesn't look good right now. (Edit in 2023) Wow! I sure was wrong when I first wrote this. Hurray!
We are asking them what's up. Just SUCKS!!!
A guy I met the other day at a campground was from CO Springs, and he said that, in his opinion, investors are trying to turn the area into a playground for the rich. I suspect removing the cog might be a way to keep some of those nasty low class middle Americans out of the place. If that's true, I hope their plan bites them in the butt! "The Hunger Games" scenario isn't as far fetched as it sounds. It's creeping closer all the time. (Edit in 2023) Thank goodness my suspicions were incorrect! Way to go, M&PPCG!
Weak horn. This is still another awesome video. I think there is still a steam cog railway that operates in the east in either Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont I can't remember which it is in, but yeah I think there's one there. I know they were quite proud of the fact that there steam engines were environmentally friendly. Again super job I gave it a thumbs up!
I meant weak horn on the cog train.
Last night we heard the weakest horn yet!! Don put a sound system in Mikes F9. And blew the horn. All I can say is perfect! Perfect for a clown car that is!! Expected 15 HO scale clowns to jump out and run about.
Just another tip . Look up other old narrow gage mining Railway history in Utah and Nevada. My Jr.High history teacher was a Direct Decendand of Orin Porter Rockwell. I used to take lot of road trips. Pick my brain and a canyon. I don't know how much longer I can help because until the Doctors figure out what's wrong. I'm almost 55 but my body is acting like I'm coming down with Parknsens. Your show keeps my mind going..You Tube when I first looked was crazy young guys on Skate boards . It so much more. Thank you.
So there are 5 steam cog engines and 4 of them are still exist today # 1 is in the Colorado railroad museum in golden Colorado # 2 is in the park in manitou springs # 3 had crash from the mountain # 4 is running in the pikes peak cog railway and # 5 is in the shops in PPCRY right.
5 is on display at the broadmoor hotel. actually we had 7 total, numbered 1-6, with there being 2 #4's, the original #4 wrecked not long after being delivered and was replaced with the big 4 we have now. #3 and #6 were both scrapped.
I saw #2 while visiting the Royal Gorge Railway.
MemeLord Punmaster it's a great Cog steam engine. I have visited the Royal Gorge Route Railway. Including the Pikes Peak Cog Railway in 2016.
what are you driving ? i see a wing ?a roll cage? and the last passenger car ya showed could ya give us a bit more on that thing ? lol !! thanks for sharing !!!!
Wow, this is amazing!
Thanks. I love it when a show gets away from me. Sort of grows on it's own...
It’s such a shame that the pikes peak cog railway shut down this winter for good 😔, I remember riding on it and I had the time of my life and I was hoping to ride it again some day but now I know that will never happen.
You forgot, neglected;, or didn't know of the GE locomotives from the 1950's. Each GE pushed a streamlined coach upgrade just like the steamers. In 1956 I rode on one of the newer GE's and two of the steam locos were being used on that day. I have pictures from then. In 1959 I rode back up the mountain with my aunt and grannie and the steam locomotives had been discontinued. In 2007 I took my wife and grandson on a trip to Colorado and we went up Pikes Peak on the Swiss equipment. About half of them are diesel electric and the others are hydraulic. The M&PPCRR uses bio diesel for fuel and you can smell the difference. On that day a work train came down with a flat car; it was powered with one of the GE locos.
Yes, just to much info. The photo I show the GE cars, the prototype was built in the Midland roundhouse. BUt the rest were built under contract by GE. But later GE lost interest in building them. AND the Swiss units were better.
I had a tour of their shop facilities, which really should be a museum. Shop machinery being belt driven from a central ceiling mounted driveshaft.
And thank you for pronouncing "nuclear" correctly.
You forgot to mention the cog steam loco on display at the Broadmoor.
I'm still chuckling about Nikola Tesla blowing up the Colorado Springs power plant. Oh , the humanity !!!
Took me years to stop sayen nukular. And spelling it that way too. Karyn and I were (are, you never retire except after 50,000 miles when the wear bars are showen) both teachers. (I also abuse parenthetical statements.) Did you know Tesla was the original "mad scientist"? In the Superman comics there were many "evil bosses". One was the "Mad Scientist". The author said it was based Tesla! Even looked just like him! (I taught animation history too)
We would LOVE to tour the shops!!! Shops on a grade!! WOW.
no more belt driven machinery anymore. Not really a grade in the shops either, there is a ever so slight downhill grade when facing west on track 1. It's the only place on the whole railroad where the track slopes in the opposite direction.
You should come back now that the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway just reopened in May 2021 after being rebuilt!
Packing a bag now… colorado loop trip. Ft Collins to Royal George and back to Salt Lake City.
Nice video. A couple of comments. I believe you said the steam locomotives were 'vulcan' compounds but the word is 'Vauclain' named after Samuel Vauclain of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Second, where do you get information that the cylinders were filled with water for braking? I've never heard of this, and well I'm just skeptical on a number of points, one being hydrostatic lockup which would cause catastrophic mechanical damage, not good on a descent. This would also use an large amount of water, which the loco cannot carry. My understanding was that steam was used for braking similar to how a diesel 'jake brakes'. As can be seen in a number of videos, the driving cogs also have friction brakes installed, look to be drum-type.
Prob similar systems used as the loco on Snowdon mountain railway here in UK I think they compress steam or air taken inside cylinders in front of piston direction of travel
Loved how you got into the history of the whole extended area. Definitely an interesting place.
Were you not allowed to film the train ride up the mountain?
Didn’t get to go. We figured to go back this year and write it, needed to have reservations early, but it’s closed now and may never reopen.
Toy Man Television Didn't have time to ride it?
Yeah I read in the comments that it shut down, and confirmed this via the railroad's official website and news articles. The tracks and trains are old and worn out and they don't have the money to replace them. Very sad.
kool1079.com/pikes-peak-cog-railway-closed-for-2018-future-uncertain/
SWEETA!!! that's a great looking rail road thx for sharing... Tom B.
Weird, and fun. Good combo.
Are you going to talk about the cog railway in NH next time you do a video on cog railroads?
Mt Washington is amazing!!! Planning a trip. Leaf peeping!
Fantastic! Make sour to catch the the first train of the day, it is steam powered and it is very cool.
Will do!!
The Mt. Washington Cog Railway is the first mountain climbing railroad in the world even before the Swiss. They still have the first loco on display. Most of the locos are diesel now and push 2 cars at a time up the hill.
Dale,
Great coverage of the 2017 Convention, Hate I missed it this year. Will you be posting any videos on the home layouts that were on tour this year.
Best Regards:
Ronnie Davis
The R&P Lumber Co.
Yes. Just 3 of them unfortunately. An O standard, On3 and an Fn3. So little time!!! So much screwing around!
Manitou Springs a great place.
It's wonderful!!! Need to get back.
Another home run!
This was SO FUN. We fell in love with the place. Want to go back.
Manitou Springs is were Nikola Tesla made the towns electric power supply. I lived there for 8 years a very cool town.
Thats COOL. Just googled picts. Weird!!!
I didn't even know they had a steam engine that ran! And the passenger car that went with it, too! When I went, they were running those old diesel cars. The seats are rather uncomfortable and cramped, so it'll make you rather sore afterwards.
If they run their steam engine again you two should really go back and ride it!
There is wildlife even up to the top of Pike's Peak. In the mountains of Colorado, it's a general rule that you do NOT drink directly from lakes and streams, lest you contract giardiasis from wilderness animals, an unpleasant experience. You will want to use iodine drops (or similar products) in your canteen. I've driven up to the top of Pike's Peak, and found a mountain goat wandering around the top of the peak, as people took photos. Great photo opportunity, and proof that giardiasis can be present at the top of the world!.
True! Many animals visit the top, mostly people! But nothing lives here full time. Even bacteria have a challenge living up here. Mostly caus' theres nothing to eat.
You need to check out how they clear the snow
Yea, they BUILT a rotary!
from some of the pics and video I had seen it a snow Blower on rails
In the early days they used a flatbed and simply rammed it into the drifts, then backed down a ways and shoveled it off then went back at it again.
When did they narrow gauge this line ??? It has been standard gauge for years.
It's standard. The Narrow Gauge Convention is full of standard gauge stuff. It's forgiven it seems.
What car are you driving?
I wish that Oregon had a cogwheel train that would go up the South Sister called the South Sister Cog Railway.
What they do have is great!!!!
Really?
Blayze Lynn yup!! Heading back in March. Long story why but it will be on the show. And back to ride the skookum
What’s the skookum?
Its the 4-4-4-4 logging loco they have been restoring on the Oregon Coast Railroad. Near Tilamock. JUst finished and tested a few weeks ago. First run in early spring sometime. We looked at the restoration in the Oregon Coast Railroad show.
Actually, the "Big" trains (2 car) use hydraulic propulsion and hydraulic braking (via hydraulic clutches). They do not have dynamic brakes. Their roof equipment is for the engine radiators. Only the "Small" trains (1 car) use electric propulsion and have dynamic braking. Their roof equipment holds the dynamic brake resistor banks and engine radiators.
OH! Their web site said dynamic braking. Must have been only referring to the small cars. AND I found my footage of the steam runs in 96!!! Thinking of reediting to add that in. Still missing about 10 minutes of footage I think. As I remember... But this stuff is good. Several run buys, and on board ride.
Heard a news report yesterday that the Pikes Peak Cog was closing for the season on October 30 because of needed "track and train repairs". Anyone having reservations would receive a refund. All of this is very odd since the Cog has operated to some degree all year for the past few years and winter trains were scheduled for this year, too. Track and train repairs are performed all year without needing to shut down the entire operation. It seems something serious and unexpected came up, which the Cog does not want to make public.
Perhaps... Most of the repairs are done in the winter. Big stuff anyway. But clearly this is un planned. My bet is reservations were off so they figured to close to save money.
I pulled up the Cog's web site and it said what the TV news report did, plus that they were closing for the repairs "while the weather is good." Good weather in November in the Rockies? That is the start of winter. The mountains have already had their first snow. And the weather on the Peak when I checked it was 20 degrees with a 30 mph wind blowing. That makes for a wind chill factor of 18 degrees below zero! Sorry, but "good weather" is in the summer, NOT the winter. Something is going on.
technically both are dynamic braking, one being electrodynamics (braking through the dynamics of electricity), the other hydrodynamic (braking through fluid dynamics). It's actually a pretty common question we get asked on the way back down, it's just that most railroads shorten the term electrodynamic to just dynamic as that's all they use.
was there steam on that day?
No dang it. Last run was in 2016. When they pull it out again, e will be there!! The photos are from the 96 narrow gauge convention As I recall.
you did not show pictures of star gate command
Too top secret. Hush up about that!!!
what happened to #6?
Haven't found anyone who knows. weird...
#6 was built by Baldwin 6/1906 as the only oil burner the railroad would originally have and was retired and scrapped in 1955
What are U driving? Looks like it has a roll cage and a spoiler. Must let us know and take pictures. LOL. 🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🐢
BDX 05. Thats the red car. We did a show on it. And a roundhouse.. Weird mix. th-cam.com/video/RRS3GdPzMLI/w-d-xo.html
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Toy Man Television: Saw the BDX 05 car outstanding. Do they make that in Ogauge. LOL. 🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🐢
You need to scratch build
Nice! You guys would really like Switerland! They have a train station under the Zurich airport and have train routes to the mountain and other European countries.
10:48 Take that, flat earthers!
Ain’t that something to see!
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@@anthonygianni6181 This guy too. They're both subscribed to each other, those are the only subs they have. AKA, they're the same person/bot.
Them's the brakes!
Yup!!
As of a few days ago, it's gone forever. Their equipment and track are becoming too old and they can't find replacement parts for it. Simply put, the owners of the cog railway don't have the money to get it going again. So sad to see something like this disappear into the pages of history. Good thing I managed to get a ride on it last year, not knowing it would be my first and last.
The rack bars are easily cut out by water jet, CNC torch or even laser as they start out as flat steel bars. The rail is off the shelf also. The passenger equipment is from the Swiss Locomotive Works and is very similar to equipment made for many rack railways.
I think the problem is that the company ran themselves out of money.
Well you must be upset that they're not reopening in the 2018 season
I'll trade you the snow for our 85 degree heat with 80% humidity any day...
Geeeee. No thanks. But just a bit less winter would be great!
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