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[High Plains]

Originally Posted by Mustang46555

Welcome to the forum!


BandG,
DW and I are planning a trip to the Colorado Springs/Pikes Peak area and being a train buff (kid that never grew up) I checked into the cog train. It is going to be down for the foreseeable future needing major replacement of track which they say is not accessible (they build the thing somehow!!). Their website has updates.

If your a big train buff and heading out this way look into Cheyenne, WY. The old Train Depot is open for tours and also has a museum and a nice train layout as well. While we're in North Platte this weekend I'm planning on going to the golden Spike Tower at the train yard there.

As for Pikes Peak, hopefully they get the Cog repaired, now during the busy hours you can drive part way up the highway then you have to take a shuttle the rest of the way up. there's limited parking on top now that they are building a new Summit House.