'I' is for 'Incline'

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Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The cable cars of the Monongahela Incline travel 635 feet of track and provide passengers with a panoramic view of downtown Pittsburgh. The incline began operating in 1870.

The Monongahela Incline, often called the Mon Incline for short, is the oldest continuously operating funicular railway in the U.S. Built at a cost of $50,000, the incline opened up Mount Washington to development, enabling people to live 600 feet above the city and still have easy access to factories and businesses along the river. The Mon Incline was consolidated into Port Authority operations in 1964 and declared a historic structure by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1970. Since then, Port Authority has made a number of renovations to ensure this historic mode of transit is enjoyed for years to come. Today, more than 1,500 riders use the Mon Incline on an average weekday, with that number more than doubling for Saturday sightseeing.

We have our very own funicular railway system too, up the hilly and forested Penang Hill (in Penang) or locally known as "Bukit Bendera". A hill with an elevation of about 833 m (2723 ft), it is one of the main attractions to tourists and locals alike. Construction of the railway took place between 1906 to 1923, and it was opened to the public on October 21, 1923. I have braved the crowded queues many times, to go up Penang Hill on the furnicular railway, just for the fun of it. It is lovely to be in a cool (not cold!) environment sometimes :)