Yes, I have been to the Colorado RR Museum and saw the #1 engine there.

I have only seen post cards of the operating railroad. The Swiss built Diesels are or were bright red, quite a sight!

Ted Miles


ted_miles@nps.gov

>SNIP engine in the Museum of Science &
> Industry in Chicago.

> The Strasburg Museum also has a replica of
> the John Stevens locomotive; also built in
> Altoona shops in 1940.

> -James Hefner
> Hebrews 10:20a
>SNIP<
John Stevens was the builder of the Camden and Amboy Railroad in South Amboy, NJ. in the late 1820's/early 1830s. Originally a horsecar line, the C&A imported its first steam loco from England. This loco was the John Bull. It is this loco that was copied by the PRR for exhibitions. The C&A built 10 copies of the loco to start their steam operation.
At an earlier date, John Stevens had a miniature
steam powered railroad built on the grounds of his home. This was the cog loco referred to earlier. Bill

BillyDee53@aol.com

I have my decades wrong. Stevens built his cog engine in 1825, after he couldn't get financing to build RR's. It ran on a loop track at his estate in Hoboken. RRMPA has a replica, and credits the Stevens replica to Altoona 1939.

RRMPA has also the John Bull replica.

Electric City Trolley Museum Association

Here is a writeup on this former cable railway; which also discusses it's current state and future plans.

One of the side tanks from the cog engines is derelict next to the former railway; placed there by the M&PPRR as a trash container. The M&PPRR owned the inclined railway as well, and still owns part of the land the former incline is on.

Somewhere in looking at this I read that the rails went to a mining railroad somewhere. The ties are still there; the remainder of the inclined railway was scrapped; I presume.

-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a

Surviving World Steam Project
http://www.survivingworldsteam.com

Mt. Manitou Scenic Incline (Railway)
james@survivingworldsteam.com