Showing posts with label Bunker Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bunker Hill. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Angels Flight
The historic and ancient Angels Flight funicular on Bunker Hill closed down a year ago due to some "technical" issues, which have since been repaired, and it is promised that it will reopen soon. I sure hope so. it had been in mothballs for decades, but a group of concerned citizens formed a committee, and the little train (one of the shortest funicular lines in the world) was back in business, until it broke.
But when it reopened a couple of years ago, I jumped on board. I gave the guy in the little ticket building at the top a handful of quarters and spent about two hours just riding up and down. Both the ticket guy and I lost count of my rides. I took a ton of pictures of people riding the cars, but most of them were crap (so it goes).
Still, I had a good time in the Disneyland of my mind. Thanks, funicular people.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
An Angels Flight Christmas

Historic Angels Flight funicular on Bunker Hill in downtown LA ("the world's shortest railway") was doing rides for 1 cent today, so I celebrated Christmas by taking a couple of trips. And rather than wave my Instamatic around, I thought I might take my time and make a Serious Photograph. This is the result.
Happy Holidays, everybody!
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