Two inclines travel up Mount Washington from Carson Street (bottom) to GrandviewAvenue (top) -- about a 400 ft (120 m) climb. On our "urban hike" in Pittsburgh we went up the Duquesne Incline and down the Monongahela Incline.
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| The Duquesne Incline. Note that the incline cars are "flat". The Monongahela Incline has a different design. |
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| Incline car in the upper station. |
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| All the machinery to operate the incline is in the upper station. It's all original equipment that has been running for more than a century. |
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| The upper station. |
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| An iconic view of Pittsburgh: the Point and downtown with the Incline in the foreground. |
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| Not quite a mile down Grandview Ave is the upper station for the Monongahela Incline. |
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| We got a front-row seat for the return trip down Mt. Washington. Here we're getting ready to pass the car going up. |
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| Cars on the Monongahela Incline. Note that these are "stepped" cars, unlike the flat ones on the Duquesne Incline. |
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