Locomotive for the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railroad, Colorado – Antique Print
![Locomotive for the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railroad, Colorado, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ec/ec0acc2a31bf-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures Locomotive for the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railroad, Colorado in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Locomotive for the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railroad, Colorado
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A locomotive built for the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railroad in Colorado anchors this engraving. The line used a toothed rack rail laid between the running rails, which let its engines haul trains up the steep grade toward the summit of Pikes Peak. The railway opened in 1891. The print was published as an illustration in a travel book, and its caption card gives no date, so it is best read as a record of the railway's early promotion and machinery rather than a precise moment in time.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Yosemite, Alaska, etc., fig. 17, p. 22. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Railroads. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 1,977 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150342 |
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