Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway L XL headers |
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Cog Railway "Abt" System L XL headers |
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Locomotive number 5. No longer operational. L XL headers |
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More prosaic Swiss-built diesel railcar L XL headers |
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First glimpse of the summit from the cog railway L XL headers |
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Approaching the treeline L XL headers |
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Neighbouring summit L XL headers |
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Aptly-named "Windy Point", elevation 12129ft L XL headers |
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Summit, 14110ft L XL headers |
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Railcar at the summit L XL headers |
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End of the line! L XL headers |
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The city of Colorado Springs far below, and the high plains beyond L XL headers |
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Looking down the mountain, with the Barr Trail visible above the treeline L XL headers |
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Probably the actual summit L XL headers |
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Yet another summit marker L XL headers |
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Monument to Katharine Lee Bates, author of America the Beautiful L XL headers |
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Why it's here L XL headers |
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Big Tooth Reservoir and Seven Lakes region L XL headers |
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Good place for altitude research L XL headers |
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Unmade road to the summit. L XL headers |
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Some more lakes, southwest of the summit L XL headers |
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Barren landscape above the treeline L XL headers |
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North Calamount, South Calamount and Crystal Reservoirs, and the town of Woodland Park L XL headers |
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Zebulon Pike monument L XL headers |
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Garden of the Gods, Manitou L XL headers |
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The original 1873 summit house L XL headers |
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For those descending the hard way. I got back on the train. L XL headers |