The Duquesne ( pronounced like du: kein) Incline is located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood. It scales Mt. Washington In Pennsylvania. Designed by Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877 and is 800-feet long and 400-feet in height. It is inclined at a 30-degree angle. It has a track gauge of 5-feet. In the opinion of the two RV Gypsies, it was nowhere near as exciting as the Chattanooga Incline in Tennessee or the one at the Royal Gorge Park in Canon, Colorado. If you click on either of those links, be sure to return here to see the rest of this page and other pages in 2012.

The Duquesne Incline is featured in The Next Three Days movie trailer and again about halfway through the actual movie. It was also featured in the 1983 film Flashdance. In the 1987 movie Lady Beware, two characters rode the Duquesne Incline.

It cost the two RV Gypsies $5.00 each to ride the Incline. (Pennsylvania Senior Citizens with a special ID can ride for free).

Below: Car going down as the two RV Gypsies were going up

Exiting the Incline Railway and the gift shop, the two RV Gypsies continued on to the Observation Deck.

The two RV Gypsies took a few photos from the Duquesne Incline outdoor observation deck.

After leaving the observation deck, the two RV Gypsies went outside and took a picture of the building and the historic landmark sign

Then the two RV Gypsies walked up a big hill to see The Points of View Monument across from the Grandview Point apartments

Point of View Monument, signs and scenery

Time for the two RV Gypsies to take the ride back down

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