Return to Angels Flight

[ashetlandpony]

I got to ride Angels Flight again on my recent trip to Los Angeles. It was the first time I'd been a passenger on the old funicular railroad in almost 50 years.




Here are two videos I took during my visit there. Going up, and going down!

It's actually a fairly rough ride! When the cars are in motion, you really feel like you're riding in an early 20th century rail conveyance.

Here are a few more photos of Angels Flight (which was built in 1901) in its 21st century context...


At first glance, Angels Flight today (foreground) looks frankly anachronistic and out of place. Two California Plaza (1992) truly towers over the old landmark.




The panorama from atop Bunker Hill, however, looks much as it might have before WWII. (At far left is the now-diminuitive Braly Building – 100 years ago, when Angels Flight was brand new, that was the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles.)




Here is the railcar "Sinai" coming up its trackway. (The other car is named "Olivet.")







Hope you enjoyed the ride! It's much more fun doing it in person, though. ^^