Angels Flight

Angels Flight Railway in the Bunker Hill District of Downtown Los Angeles

View of the tracks from inside the car as it climbs the hill towards Olive Street

  

ANGEL, BABY

Photos of the Angels Flight Railway in downtown Los Angeles, Ca., circa 2010. Connecting the streets of Hill to The California Plaza, the self-titled "Shortest Railway in the World" originally ran (in a slightly different location) from 1901 to 1969. This location opened in 1996.

Not many non-L.A. residents know of the Angels Flight Railway. But ask a person of a certain age and they'll tell you that Angels Flight was THE name in tight-fitting, hidden-pocket, wide "bell" bell-bottom disco slacks during the 70s.
Boogie Fever!
(image courtesy of The Alice Willis Museum of Kitsch)