Built in 1901 Angels Flight is the "Shortest Railroad in the World". When the ride opened it cost one cent to ride and lasted one minute. It would transport passengers along the steep grid of Hill and 3rd streets and Bunker Hill. In 1969 the train was dismantled to make way for all of the changes that had been happening in that area. 26 years later they began to reconstruct it a half a block down from it's original location and in Feb of 1996 it was reopened, with a one way fair of 25 cents.
I had seen this many times in old pictures of Los Angeles and had always wanted to go check it out and finally I went however it is closed for about a month for repairs!!!!! I was bummed but at least I got to see it and it was running because they were doing so tests on it, so at least I got to see it going back and forth. We decided to take the 200plus stairs to the top so we got a good work out!!! Almost to the top is a little park called Angels Knoll, it over looks a lot of downtown LA and there is an area that was in a couple scenes of 500 days of Summer, the bench has a little plaque on it so you can sit in the exact bench that was used in the scene.. Finally got to the very top of Angles Flight and to look down on to the tracks you can see how steep it is, crazy!! the view is great! Wait until it is open again and check it out!!! It's only 25cents a ride!! I will go back when it's working for sure!! :)
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