page_title: Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway
section_title: Manitou Incline
hierarchical_section_title: Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway / History / Manitou Incline
caption_attribution_description: English: A night panorama of Colorado Springs from midway up the Manitou Incline
context_page_description: The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway is an Abt rack system cog railway with 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge track in Colorado, United States, climbing the well-known mountain Pikes Peak. The base station is in Manitou Springs, Colorado, near Colorado Springs.
  The railway is the highest in North America by a considerable margin. It was built and operated for the tourist trade following its use by people who lived above the town below. As of February 2019, the railway will remain closed until 2021, when it will be reopened with new equipment.
context_section_description: More commonly called simply the Manitou Incline, the Mount Manitou Scenic Incline Railway was actually a funicular up the side of a peak called Rocky Mountain located adjacent to Mount Manitou. It was operated by the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway until its closure following a rockslide in 1990.  This line's lower terminus was adjacent to the Cog Railway base station in Manitou Springs.  The Manitou Incline averaged almost a 40% grade, gaining 2,011 feet (613 m) in elevation over a length of approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), with the maximum grade being 68%.
  The Manitou Incline was initially built in 1907 for use in construction of city water lines and a hydroelectric plant.  When the construction was finished, the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway took over the cable car as a tourist operation.
  From 1990 forward, the defunct Incline had been controversial because, although legally off-limits to the public, its roadbed was heavily used for recreation and exercise by people ignoring the trespassing signs. It became legal to use the Incline on February 1, 2013.  Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation manages the Incline trail through an intergovernmental agreement.
caption: Night-time panorama of Colorado Springs as viewed from the Manitou Incline.
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