Angels Flight

Angels Flight at the Hill Street tunnel (1903)

In tribute to yesterday's reopening of Angels Flight, I dug around UCLA's and USC's Digital Collections for images of the shortest train line in Los Angeles from the past 100 years.

More photos after the link.


View of the Angels Flight, looking west on Third Street towards the corner of Hill Street, Los Angeles 1910)


View of Angels Flight and the surrounding area, Los Angeles (1927)




Angels Flight as it crosses over Clay St. (1955)


Angels Flights is exposed from south as buildings are razed (1962)


Unobstructed view of Angel Flight railway after surrounding buildings had been torn down for Bunker Hill redevelopment in Los Angeles, CA (1963)

From 1901 to 1969, the original railway was located 3rd & Hill. In 1996 Angels Flight was reopen half a block south of their original location and operated until a tragic accident in 2001 where a passenger was killed and several injured. Now nine years later, Angels Flight rides again


(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)