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.
At the top of the incline parking across the street was $12.

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

Machine 5: 4 designs:
1) 'Duquesne Incline Pittsburgh, PA', Cartoon Tram car,
2) 'Duquesne Incline Pittsburgh, PA', front of building,
3) 'The Duquesne Incline', Tram car on tracks.
4) 'Duquesne Incline Cable and Gears.

Machine 6: 4 designs:
1) The Duquesne Incline', image of area,
2) 'Duquesne Incline', Building with tram tracks in front.
3) 'Historic Landmark, Duquesne Incline', Building,
4) 'Duquesne Incline Pittsburgh, PA', Tram car on tracks.

Retired machines:

Retired 1: 1) 'Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, PA', incline tram,
Retired 2: 1) 'Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, 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 machine added.
7/17: Retired designs added. GSY

2/28/26: Machine 5 was working fine.
Machine 6 was misaligned. I was not able to press 'The Duquesne Incline', image of area. I tried each arrow and in between each arrow. I was able to press the other three designs. KLG