I see you've met 24's squeaky downhill horn! Glad you enjoyed the trip, sorry you missed the Stadler Hm4/4's, but that's just an excuse to visit again! One quick note is our maximum possible schedule in the summer is 15 departures a day, normally is about 8-10. -Jimmy, Cog Railway maintenance shop generalist and engineer trainer.
You should check out the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire also. It’s was the first mountain climbing cog railway in the world, and is currently the second steepest in the world with an average grade of 25%, and some sections are almost 38%. They also still operate 2 steam locomotives in the summer that were built in 1875 and 1908.
I visited Pikes Peak, in September 2015. I considered the railway, but took the car road, which is equally iconic in its own way. I liked the video but am still happy I went by car. The road was quiet, with minimal traffic. The views were great and there were places to stop on the way up. The highest road in America Mt Evans is nearby. My defining memory is seeing a "low" flying military jet below us. It was actually at 10000ft and we were at 12000ft!
Yeah, I wonder how I'd fare on this trip. The highest I've ever been is about 7000 ft (Santa Fe NM, Donner Pass CA). I don't remember feeling any differently, despite having spent my entire life at sea level. But that was 20 years ago, this is twice the elevation, and my lungs aren't the greatest. I still have pretty decent O2 saturation, so maybe if I just took it easy and didn't try to jog around the pavilion...??
We rode that train ten years ago. Nice to see the upgrades. Looks like the visitors center at the top has been completely rebuilt. I am looking forward to another visit.
Did this amazing trip a few years ago. A great memory of a stay in Colorado. The ‘guard’ gave such an interesting and entertaining talk as we climbed ever higher. I loved it when we arrived at the summit when he told us all not to miss the train back otherwise we’d turn into hikers….a🙂
I grew up in Colo. Springs in the 70s. My family climbed (hiked) Pikes Peak several times. We were able to catch one of the cog trains back down the hill after the hike. Wow has the summit house changed over the years!
My conclusion is: Stadler loves cog rails. In Brazil we have one of this kind of railway, and locomotives are Stadler too (electric and freight consists)
We've done this in December on one of the Stadler sets (nb 27) and those are gorgeous trains. No windows fogging up, etc.. The driver was great, let us visit the engine once we were back down in the station. Also you can open most windows on the new sets, allowing for great views from most seats. And because obviously it was quite cold, very few others dared to open the window, so undisturbed train views. We also had a clear day with no clouds. Driver told us they still had some minor problems with the news sets (hence why they only operated one roundtrip a day with the Stadler sets at the time we were there) and Stadler was working on fixing the problems.
Great graphics, great photography, editing, and subtitles. Like Switzerland the valleys in winter are shrouded in cold and miserable fog. Thank you for your videos which provide destinations and places that one couldn’t visit. 👍🏻🏴🇫🇷
I got to ride in one of the new stadler sets up the mountain last year. The view was great and we had perfect weather and a great conductor with lots of funny jokes.
Thibault, sorry I missed this earlier! I rode the Cog about 15 years ago, so nice to see the improvements... at the summit there was no fancy bumper, just some rickety old track that was literally hanging out over the edge of the mountain!
Excellent video and if you are wondering the original trains didn't use the current Strub Rack system they used an Abt Rack system which has two bars. Strub Rack system is single bar and can be operated over a Riggenbach Rack Railway.
2:38 This SLM rolling stock was the basis for Rio de Janeiro Corcovado trainsets built in 1975. The only difference is that Corcovado trains are electric-powered.
I'd love to ride this train someday. I went up Pikes Peak almost 10 years ago by car, which gave us more time to look at the scenery in a certain spot. I would've preferred a ride on the Cog Railway though. I haven't been in the era since before the renovation of the line began.
Great trip, and what a dramatic scenery, from Foggy into Clear, from heavy forest into deserted mountain, the scenery is outstanding. When I see Pikes peak, it's remembered me about Time Attack Racing on there.
Unfortunately, the train was still shut down during my last visit along with lots of visitor center construction. To be fair, the drive does allow for many turnout opportunities and has some spectacular views as well. Parking at the visitor center pretty much sucks, however, and we had to park down a ways and take a shuttle.
I remember taking this during summer 2013 in my jacket AND sandals. Very California tourist of me (I wasn't aware of the itinerary my aunt decided on that day and didn't do prior research).. didn't realize it would snow soon as we reach the peak. Got altitude sickness too, shortness of breath and all that.. But heyyy at least I tried the donuts and hot chocolate! 😂 I wish they have toilets inside the cars (had to hold my pee, that 70-minute was the longest 70-mins of my life LOL) but it's probably not practical due to the incline. All in all a very memorable experience. Probably won't take it again in the future due to altitude sickness but I'm glad I did it once!
I rode it in 1999. The seats were wooden. People were saying that driving up Pikes Peak and back put 3000 miles of wear on your vehicle. Per high altitude warning, I asked the conductor if anyone actually became ill on the train from the thin air. He said the train had emergency medical equipment on board.
I've lived in Colorado springs since 96 and that was the only time I ever took the cog for some reason, I guess life gets in the way. The drive isn't bad but this video makes me want to go again. I hope you got to try the donuts.
Le problème avec ce genre de train de touristes aux states est que vous avez un gars qui vous fait un roman quand il voit un flocon de neige pendant tout le long du trajet aller/retour🤣Pour le prix payé, je demande au gars de se taire (même si c'est pour faire le guide) afin de pouvoir s'émerveiller en silence de la beauté du paysage. Le gars il commente un match de base-ball ou quoi ?
What’s interesting is someone made a hotel. Built a highway to kill the train. He bought the railway. It was so profitable he kept it. Thanks downie live
Wow. What a great place to live. Free of city management. I wonder if you can jump off the train among those mountains and pitch up? Pity they are diesel run. We may not have cold or snow much longer because of fossil fuel use. Where are the people paragliding? The ultimate route back to base.
the train being diesel powered is the least of my worries, there is a HIGHWAY going up the mountain with traffic jams!! imagine Mont Blanc with a highway
@@MrOpenGL I don't know how to imagine that but yes ban fossil fuel use. It's an illegal act of corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide. The findings of negligent care for good public health have been proven over and over. Our own convenience has us deluded.
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I see you've met 24's squeaky downhill horn! Glad you enjoyed the trip, sorry you missed the Stadler Hm4/4's, but that's just an excuse to visit again! One quick note is our maximum possible schedule in the summer is 15 departures a day, normally is about 8-10. -Jimmy, Cog Railway maintenance shop generalist and engineer trainer.
Hi James! Thanks for your comment. I love having some extra information like this. Looking forward to come back to review the Stadler trainset!
You should check out the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire also. It’s was the first mountain climbing cog railway in the world, and is currently the second steepest in the world with an average grade of 25%, and some sections are almost 38%. They also still operate 2 steam locomotives in the summer that were built in 1875 and 1908.
Like Pikes Peak, Mt. Washington has hillclimb events as well.
Brightline Orlando extension grand opening date now officially confirmed, 2nd quarter of 2023!
Haha great news!
The seats also used to be varnished wood, and you'd slide right off of them at certain grades if you weren't careful!
I visited Pikes Peak, in September 2015. I considered the railway, but took the car road, which is equally iconic in its own way. I liked the video but am still happy I went by car. The road was quiet, with minimal traffic. The views were great and there were places to stop on the way up. The highest road in America Mt Evans is nearby. My defining memory is seeing a "low" flying military jet below us. It was actually at 10000ft and we were at 12000ft!
Wow❤❤❤ this is on my bucket list Pikes peak. This is amazing
It should be. Also, add the Cumbres and Toltec railway, also in Colorado.
I rode this train back in 1957 when I was 6. It was the middle of summer, but it was COLD at the top.
So awesome that both the vintage as well as new trains are made in Switzerland! Love the videos
Altitude sickness can make you feel quite unwell , especially for people with lung problems. That's very high !
I was surprised about the sun ☀️ yes
Yeah, I wonder how I'd fare on this trip. The highest I've ever been is about 7000 ft (Santa Fe NM, Donner Pass CA). I don't remember feeling any differently, despite having spent my entire life at sea level. But that was 20 years ago, this is twice the elevation, and my lungs aren't the greatest. I still have pretty decent O2 saturation, so maybe if I just took it easy and didn't try to jog around the pavilion...??
We rode that train ten years ago. Nice to see the upgrades. Looks like the visitors center at the top has been completely rebuilt. I am looking forward to another visit.
Lovely journey, please - stop adding stuff to my bucket list
ok but did Michelle ever take the group picture? We will never know. All jokes aside it was a cool trip, definitely will visit one day.
Did this amazing trip a few years ago. A great memory of a stay in Colorado. The ‘guard’ gave such an interesting and entertaining talk as we climbed ever higher. I loved it when we arrived at the summit when he told us all not to miss the train back otherwise we’d turn into hikers….a🙂
Gorgeous, thank you Thibault!
I love the color contrast between the station and the train! Wow, that one is on my bucket list now!
I grew up in Colo. Springs in the 70s. My family climbed (hiked) Pikes Peak several times. We were able to catch one of the cog trains back down the hill after the hike. Wow has the summit house changed over the years!
My conclusion is: Stadler loves cog rails. In Brazil we have one of this kind of railway, and locomotives are Stadler too (electric and freight consists)
We've done this in December on one of the Stadler sets (nb 27) and those are gorgeous trains. No windows fogging up, etc.. The driver was great, let us visit the engine once we were back down in the station. Also you can open most windows on the new sets, allowing for great views from most seats. And because obviously it was quite cold, very few others dared to open the window, so undisturbed train views. We also had a clear day with no clouds. Driver told us they still had some minor problems with the news sets (hence why they only operated one roundtrip a day with the Stadler sets at the time we were there) and Stadler was working on fixing the problems.
Ok that’s simply amazing! Those gradients are quite something 😮
I’m booked to go in late March, can’t wait! Thanks for the great video 🙂
Breath taking, stunning views, thank you
Spectacle magnifique. Merci. Il me fait penser au Train du Montenvers à Chamonix.
Great graphics, great photography, editing, and subtitles. Like Switzerland the valleys in winter are shrouded in cold and miserable fog. Thank you for your videos which provide destinations and places that one couldn’t visit. 👍🏻🏴🇫🇷
I got to ride in one of the new stadler sets up the mountain last year. The view was great and we had perfect weather and a great conductor with lots of funny jokes.
That's a trip I need to take someday, as well as its counterpart at Mount Washington. Thanks for the video!
Nice vid. Was there several years ago and what impressed me was that you cvan actually see the curvature of the earth!
Seat layout reminds me of a pacer in the uk
Breathtaking scenery.
Thibault, sorry I missed this earlier!
I rode the Cog about 15 years ago, so nice to see the improvements... at the summit there was no fancy bumper, just some rickety old track that was literally hanging out over the edge of the mountain!
Another interesting adventure. Thanks for sharing the history of the railway and the reason for it taking longer to go down than up.
Awesome video. I wanted to do this when I was in USA in 2018 but sadly was closed. A definite next year.
Simply STUNNING. Thank you👍👍
Thrilling ride! Gorgeous scenery!! Thanks Thibault😀💚
There’s a cog railway that goes up Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga Tennessee I’d like to ride someday. Thanks for this video!
It's a funicular railway not a cog railway.
Excellent video and if you are wondering the original trains didn't use the current Strub Rack system they used an Abt Rack system which has two bars. Strub Rack system is single bar and can be operated over a Riggenbach Rack Railway.
2:38
This SLM rolling stock was the basis for Rio de Janeiro Corcovado trainsets built in 1975. The only difference is that Corcovado trains are electric-powered.
If you like American scenic railroads, you should look up Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia!
Beautiful train journey 🌹💯👍
Tremendous scenery. Your videos just keep on getting more amazing. 🤩
Thanks Andrew
did this 2 years ago. Great trip....
I'd love to ride this train someday. I went up Pikes Peak almost 10 years ago by car, which gave us more time to look at the scenery in a certain spot. I would've preferred a ride on the Cog Railway though. I haven't been in the era since before the renovation of the line began.
I really love this video. Great job!
Great trip, and what a dramatic scenery, from Foggy into Clear, from heavy forest into deserted mountain, the scenery is outstanding. When I see Pikes peak, it's remembered me about Time Attack Racing on there.
That top section just looks surreal! Great to see the train being so popular! Just kind of strange that it's diesel powered
Come on up Northeastern Pennsylvania for a bunch of cool heritage rail excursions!
Unfortunately, the train was still shut down during my last visit along with lots of visitor center construction. To be fair, the drive does allow for many turnout opportunities and has some spectacular views as well. Parking at the visitor center pretty much sucks, however, and we had to park down a ways and take a shuttle.
Awesome!!!
It reminds me some spanish trains like the "Cercanías Madrid C9 line to Cotos operated by Renfe" or "La Cremallera de Núria by FGC".
love your videos! I'm your #1 fan!
I remember taking this during summer 2013 in my jacket AND sandals. Very California tourist of me (I wasn't aware of the itinerary my aunt decided on that day and didn't do prior research).. didn't realize it would snow soon as we reach the peak. Got altitude sickness too, shortness of breath and all that.. But heyyy at least I tried the donuts and hot chocolate! 😂 I wish they have toilets inside the cars (had to hold my pee, that 70-minute was the longest 70-mins of my life LOL) but it's probably not practical due to the incline. All in all a very memorable experience. Probably won't take it again in the future due to altitude sickness but I'm glad I did it once!
loved it🥰
reminds me on the cog railway on the rigi in switzerland which has normal gauge, too. But a Riggenbach-System instead of the Strub-System.
I rode it in 1999. The seats were wooden. People were saying that driving up Pikes Peak and back put 3000 miles of wear on your vehicle.
Per high altitude warning, I asked the conductor if anyone actually became ill on the train from the thin air. He said the train had emergency medical equipment on board.
I've lived in Colorado springs since 96 and that was the only time I ever took the cog for some reason, I guess life gets in the way. The drive isn't bad but this video makes me want to go again.
I hope you got to try the donuts.
They ran out of donuts that day :-(
@@SimplyRailway Awww man! Now you have to go back again sometime. LOL
Been there, done that. Want to do again!
Like your new intro/
I ❤ Thibault.
What are the tones we hear the engineer dialing into the radio a couple times through the video? Some sort of reporting/signaling system?
Super video.
Great video! And I'm glad you included a Toilet Time; I was getting worried there at the end. :)
Do they still run occasional steam excursions? Those old locomotives were quite interesting!
Yeah they still do it :-)
Muito lindo trem
Cog railways should be the future of hilly and mountainy rail travel. Everything would be more efficient and less expensive to maintain.
Just a heads up, the audio in this sounds a bit weird - like too much background noise is being cut, or something.
It's a problem with my Iphone...
What do you think is your favorite railroad? (It could be either a company or a country)
The british call it the Rack and Pinion ...!!
Desertic. Is that Frengrish ? 😂
Le problème avec ce genre de train de touristes aux states est que vous avez un gars qui vous fait un roman quand il voit un flocon de neige pendant tout le long du trajet aller/retour🤣Pour le prix payé, je demande au gars de se taire (même si c'est pour faire le guide) afin de pouvoir s'émerveiller en silence de la beauté du paysage. Le gars il commente un match de base-ball ou quoi ?
What’s interesting is someone made a hotel. Built a highway to kill the train. He bought the railway. It was so profitable he kept it. Thanks downie live
Why is there a steering wheel on a train??
That is not a steering wheel. That is the accelerator and brake control.
that tour guide sure likes hearing himself talking.😓
I could just be a grouch but I didn't like the tour guide talking at full volume the whole ride up, kinda distracts from the scenery 👴
Wow. What a great place to live. Free of city management.
I wonder if you can jump off the train among those mountains and pitch up?
Pity they are diesel run. We may not have cold or snow much longer because of fossil fuel use.
Where are the people paragliding? The ultimate route back to base.
the train being diesel powered is the least of my worries, there is a HIGHWAY going up the mountain with traffic jams!!
imagine Mont Blanc with a highway
@@MrOpenGL I don't know how to imagine that but yes ban fossil fuel use. It's an illegal act of corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide. The findings of negligent care for good public health have been proven over and over. Our own convenience has us deluded.