1220 Grandview Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA , 15211

Phone: (412) 381-1665

Website

Duquesne Incline is an Inclined Plane Railroad, or Funicular, located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and scaling Mt. Washington. It was completed in 1877 and is 800 feet long, 400 feet in height, and is inclined at a 30 degree angle. It is an unusual 5 ft gauge.

Both machines are at the top of the incline by the doors that go out to the street. There is a gift shop that sells the Pittsburgh penny book.
If you park on the upper level on Grandview Avenue (on Mount Washington), you can reach this machine without paying an admission or ride fee. If you park on the lower level near the river, you will need to take the incline up to this level; the fee is $2.50 each way.

They have been updated to a $1 per design card payment system and they provide the Zinc penny.

Machine 5:

Machine 6

Retired machines:

Retired 1: 1) 'Duquesne Incline, Pitsburg, PA', incline tram,
Retired 2: 1) 'Duquesne Incline, Pitsburg, PA', incline tram on rails,
Retired 3: 1) 'Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Steel City, Joe Magarac', him with city in the background, 2) 'I Really Fell for The Duquesne Incline', tram, 3) 'Historic landmark The Duquesne Incline, 4) 'The Duquesne Incline', Tram with city in the background.
Retired 4: 1) 'The Duquesne Incline, 800 Feet Long, Pittsburg, PA', information on a catsup bottle, 2) 'The Duquesne Incline', Tram going up incline, 3) 'Fort Duquesne Bridge, Pittsburg, PA', Bridge, 4) 'The Duquesne Incline, Cable & Gears',

8/12 & 10/12: New Pennycollector machine added.
7/17: Retired designs added. GSY

3/23/25 - Just called this location and they said they ordered two new machines and they should be here in April 2025. -gdjr