We are continuing the descent on the 25% grade, with only a mile or so remaining until reaching the depot at Manitou Springs. Much of the tracks on the railroad are on the north side of mountains, meaning much of the railroad had quite a bit of snow throughout all of the winter months.
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A single Manitou unit is in charge of taking the Manitou cog railway snow plow back down the hill, it's job completed for today. A three car passenger train is just ahead of the snow plow, entering back onto the main after a meet.
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Unit #29 is the tailing unit on a downhill train that we met at the siding at Minnehaha. It was actually a three-way meet, as the Manitou plow is following the train down toward the depot.
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The first siding on the climb from Manitou Springs to the top of Pikes Peak is Minnehaha. We are roughly two miles from the depot and have come up 1,800 feet, and are now at 8,330 feet (2,540 meters) above sea level. We are meeting a downhill train, as well as the plow. At this time of year, the plow makes daily runs to the peak.
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