. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . st beautyand serenest solitude. We reproducesome sectional glimpses of photographscopyrighted by the Kiscr Company ofPortland, Ore., and kindly furnished byMr. H. A. Noble, the gentlemanly gen-eral passenger agent of the GreatNorthern Railway. January, 1912. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE XEERING. In the Frozen the Rock Island Railroad nearColorado Springs, Colorado, there hasblossomed into existence another ofthose reservations or parks which aredestined to be the haunt of
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . st beautyand serenest solitude. We reproducesome sectional glimpses of photographscopyrighted by the Kiscr Company ofPortland, Ore., and kindly furnished byMr. H. A. Noble, the gentlemanly gen-eral passenger agent of the GreatNorthern Railway. January, 1912. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE XEERING. In the Frozen 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 Meccalor those who have means and leisure and inclination to contemplate themarvelous in scenery. Pikes Ieak and Niagara 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 toslc the Crystal Iark at its best, whenit is in it> white and shining ROADWAY. CRYSTAL PARK. COLORADO. the Garden of the Gods are wondersenough, but the Crystal Iark 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 cliflfs 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 infne instance a turntable upon whichthe automobile is driven and th
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