Cincinnati’s inclines were unique in the world, as funicular railways go. Foregoing a fixed gondola for a flat platform made them an integral part of a transit system. Had we at least saved the Mt. Adams Incline, it’d today be a tourist attraction with an appeal similar to San Francisco’s cable cars. It’s amazing this city still has so much historic architecture despite the destruction of so many cool places.
Wow! The music makes me feel Cincinnati back then. Mt Adams Incline being the last incline in operation in Cincinnati, thankful someone thought to film it. I was born in January, 1948...my young veteran father whisked me up in his arms, hopped a city bus from Walnut Hills and took me on one of the last runs of the Mt. Adams Incline. Though I don't remember, he did it so I could say this now. As a historian, it's wonderful...someone took a film of it.
Neat man. That area... It's hard to find a place to park expensive to live. There ought to be a parking garage and a lift to carry you up. Who's the millionaire to do it?
Great video of the Mt. Adams Incline in Cincinnati. You can tell a real railfan made it with such great focus on the rails and the mechanisms, as well as the view riding it up of course. Thank you for sharing!
I had no idea that Cincinnati had inclines! I’m from Dayton and it really makes sense they would have something like this to navigate the hills. I’ve seen pictures of one in Pittsburgh operating.
What an interesting time it must have been to be a alive in an era where everyone couldn't wait to do things in the physical plane, instead of behind phone and computer screens.
This enabled folks who didn't drive or have a car to go all over Cincinnati. My mom told me about the inclines. She didn't drive, but that didn't stop her from exploring the city.
Not the only city wrecked by interstate construction, but certainly one of the worse. Interesting place, but painfully slow to catch up with the times.
i love this video. can i please use this in a tribute to this railroad? i dont have enough pictures to make the video and this would really help. ill give you full credit.
@@alman54 You're a cool dude for allowing this. Thanks for posting.... I never knew there use to be this in Cincinnati. Obviously forgotten about. Folks only talk about the subways since are still broken into etc
It's not my footage, I cut this segment from a locally-made documentary called "Red Devils." It aired on our local PBS station around 1997 or 1998. I googled the video and saw an online source still sells it. It says the studio that made it is called "New Focus Films" from Tampa, but I didn't see anything online about them.
+Morgan Dooman I never found out the name of the song. I talked to someone who knew the maker of this documentary about the music. He checked, and said it was production music, made for things like this.
That song is BLUENOTE BLUES by the late Ronald Aspery of England, United Kingdom. It is on You tube. Someone finally posted it in the video description box. It's on CZcams: czcams.com/video/6bI8gzo6Ojk/video.html
If you go to the Rookwood Building in Mount Adams, you can go to the parking lot next door and look right down the hill where the incline used to be. There are still bits a pieces remaining, but not much.
Cincinnati’s inclines were unique in the world, as funicular railways go. Foregoing a fixed gondola for a flat platform made them an integral part of a transit system. Had we at least saved the Mt. Adams Incline, it’d today be a tourist attraction with an appeal similar to San Francisco’s cable cars. It’s amazing this city still has so much historic architecture despite the destruction of so many cool places.
Wow! The music makes me feel Cincinnati back then.
Mt Adams Incline being the last incline in operation in Cincinnati, thankful someone thought to film it. I was born in January, 1948...my young veteran father whisked me up in his arms, hopped a city bus from Walnut Hills and took me on one of the last runs of the Mt. Adams Incline. Though I don't remember, he did it so I could say this now. As a historian, it's wonderful...someone took a film of it.
Neat man.
That area... It's hard to find a place to park expensive to live. There ought to be a parking garage and a lift to carry you up. Who's the millionaire to do it?
How I wish Cincinnati's inclines were still in existence!
Janet Klug Pittsburgh got to keep theirs. Wonder why it failed.
Great video of the Mt. Adams Incline in Cincinnati. You can tell a real railfan made it with such great focus on the rails and the mechanisms, as well as the view riding it up of course. Thank you for sharing!
I had no idea that Cincinnati had inclines! I’m from Dayton and it really makes sense they would have something like this to navigate the hills. I’ve seen pictures of one in Pittsburgh operating.
I was with my school classmates and our school had a trip to this so that we could ride it . That was about 1949
Thank you, somebody, for finally posting the name of that fantastic music "BLUENOTE BLUES" the late Ronald Aspery of England, United Kingdom.
What an interesting time it must have been to be a alive in an era where everyone couldn't wait to do things in the physical plane, instead of behind phone and computer screens.
This enabled folks who didn't drive or have a car to go all over Cincinnati. My mom told me about the inclines. She didn't drive, but that didn't stop her from exploring the city.
thats super neat. its totally different than the inclines in pittsburgh. this is essentially an escalator for actual street cars.
The full "Red Devils" DVD of the C&LE interurban line is available from Herron Rail Video.com. Look there for item RD.
Bought it. Awesome DVD.
Not the only city wrecked by interstate construction, but certainly one of the worse. Interesting place, but painfully slow to catch up with the times.
Faster and more efficiently serving the taxpayers than what we have today. Thanks for the upload.
I wish they can implement this to the new Cincinnati streetcar.
Dominic Arceo They should.
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What I would give to go back in time.
I hope they bought our Red Devil video! Thanks!
that music, and I live at the base of where mt Adams use to be
This *music*: Oh, my. Exquisite.
i love this video. can i please use this in a tribute to this railroad? i dont have enough pictures to make the video and this would really help. ill give you full credit.
Sure, use whatever you need.
alman54 thank you so much!
@@alman54
You're a cool dude for allowing this. Thanks for posting.... I never knew there use to be this in Cincinnati. Obviously forgotten about.
Folks only talk about the subways since are still broken into etc
They say it was slow but from what I could see that car was moving at a pretty good clip!
If the cable broke it was surprisingly fast to get down
Hi where can I get the rights to use this? Is this your footage?
It's not my footage, I cut this segment from a locally-made documentary called "Red Devils." It aired on our local PBS station around 1997 or 1998. I googled the video and saw an online source still sells it. It says the studio that made it is called "New Focus Films" from Tampa, but I didn't see anything online about them.
Any idea the year this was filmed?
Its about 1915-1920
why did cincinnati get rid of this? so cool
That was neat!
Whats the song?
+Morgan Dooman I never found out the name of the song. I talked to someone who knew the maker of this documentary about the music. He checked, and said it was production music, made for things like this.
Ummm...sad :/
Morgan Dooman I know. I like the music, too.
+Stanislove Black That is not a song...THAT is music!
That song is BLUENOTE BLUES by the late Ronald Aspery of England, United Kingdom. It is on You tube. Someone finally posted it in the video description box. It's on CZcams: czcams.com/video/6bI8gzo6Ojk/video.html
Kinda like driving a log truck. We’ll help drag you up the mountain… you get down any way you can.
Great video, I tell you hwat!
Rebuild the network brick by brick
Where exactly is that spot today? Any remnants?
Yes there are remnants,some piers are left
If you go to the Rookwood Building in Mount Adams, you can go to the parking lot next door and look right down the hill where the incline used to be. There are still bits a pieces remaining, but not much.
@@mccuenoirfilms thanks
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I think this was operation when I was very small
Weird one I haven't seen before and I was native there
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