. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. test beautyand serenest solitude. We reproducesome sectional glimpses of photographscopyrighted by the Kiser Company ofPortland, Ore., and kindly furnished byMr. H. A. Noble, the gentlemanly gen-eral passenger agent of the GreatXurthern Railway. January, 1912. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. In the Frozen North. On the Rock Island Railroad nearColorado Springs, Colorado, there hasblossomed into existence another ofthose reservations or parks which aredestined to be the haunt of Springs is already a Meccafor those who have means and le
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. test beautyand serenest solitude. We reproducesome sectional glimpses of photographscopyrighted by the Kiser Company ofPortland, Ore., and kindly furnished byMr. H. A. Noble, the gentlemanly gen-eral passenger agent of the GreatXurthern Railway. January, 1912. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. In the Frozen North. On the Rock Island Railroad nearColorado Springs, Colorado, there hasblossomed into existence another ofthose reservations or parks which aredestined to be the haunt of Springs is already a Meccafor those who have means and leisureand inclination to contemplate themarvelous in sct-nery. Pikes Icak .nul Xiagara Falls in midwinter are noth-ing in comparison. Grotto aftergrotto of white wonder work defies thesunbeams. Personally, we would pre-fer the trip in the glow and glory ofsummer, or when the mountains arerainbow-hued in the early fall, butmany claim that winter is the time tosee the Crystal Park at its best, whenit is in its white and shiniiKj the Garden of the Gods are wondersenough, but the Crystal Park bids fairto become a successful rival to thesewonderlands. It is not necessary todescribe the elegance of the RockIsland express trains. They are theacme of perfection. On arriving atManitou or Colorado Springs the vis-itor to the Crystal Park finds in wait-ing a line of high-class road winds around the mountainside for a distance of eight miles to anelevation 1,500 feet above view along the winding mountainroad in the shadow of giant cliffs besideyawning chasms unfolds a constantpanorama of wondrous beauty andscenic grandeur. The construction of the road hasbeen pronounced by engineers as oneof the unusual feats of roadway con-struction work. In two instancesswitchbacks or wyes are built, and inrne instance a turntable upon whichthe automobile is driven and the carturned around in order that the of the mountain may be photograph re
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