Mountain route
Duquesne Incline
Pittsburgh (West Carson Street) → Duquesne Heights · United States
Original 1877 wooden Brill cars still climb the 30-degree grade to Grandview Avenue and Pittsburgh’s postcard skyline overlook.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6060405 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 171 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Duquesne Incline?
The Duquesne Incline runs 240 m from Pittsburgh (West Carson Street) to Duquesne Heights.
How long does the Duquesne Incline take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 min for the 240 m. That is an average of 5 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 7 km/h.
Who runs the Duquesne Incline?
Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline, with original 1877 J.G. Brill wooden cars in cherry and oak.
How old is the Duquesne Incline?
The line has been in service since 1877. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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