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      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  |