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News Wire: Pikes Peak railway provides first look at new equipment

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:42 PM

PIKES PEAK, Colo. — The first images have been released of the Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway’s new locomotive-hauled trains under construction in Switzerland. The railroad first shared these images with Trains News Wire ...

https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/09/24-pikes-peak-railway-provides-first-look-at-new-equipment

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:59 PM

I presume these are designed to have maximum parts and perhaps operating-procedure commonalty with the DMUs.

interesting comment about 'why were these cars not built with domes?'  I would agree that even dome structure over single-level seating would greatly enhance what these cars are intended to do...

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