Colorized postcard showing the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam cog train cresting "The Last Hill" near the summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado, at an altitude of 14,109 feet. The green-and-red passenger car -- lettered "Manitou & Pikes Peak R.Y." -- angles steeply upward through a barren landscape of snow-dusted boulders and fractured granite, with wisps of steam from the locomotive below. The dramatic low-angle composition emphasizes the extreme 25% grade.

• Caption: "The Last Hill, 25% Grade, Pikes Peak Cog Road, Colorado. Altitude, 14,109 Feet"
• Card no.: 15346
• Postmark: Summit of Pikes Peak, Jul 8, 1929 (official summit cancel)
• Status: Posted (summit cancel only -- no postal use)