Angels Flight

PRESS CONFERENCE March 1, 2017 Mayor's Press Announcement A huge turnout of members of the press greets Mayor Eric Garcetti and Angels Flight Railway Foundation directors as they announce a new Angels Flight operator soon to start rehabilitation work. view more ACS Speaker Nuria Haltiwanger, CEO, ACS Infrastructure, speaks on behalf of Angels Flight's new operator, Angels Flight Development Company LLC, a joint venture that also includes construction firm Dragados and Sener Engineering & Systems. COME BACK

Passport 2 History The Angels Flight® Railway (City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #4 -- out of more than 1000 such monuments) is one of over 75 Southern California historical locations participating in the "Passport 2 History" program. Learn more at: Passport 2 History. "Passport 2 History" Passports may be purchased from the Operator in the Station House at the Railway for $3, while supplies last. The goal of this ongoing program, created by the Leonis Adobe (City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #1) is to link together the rich historical sites and museums in Central and Southern California. The program introduces [...]

The 111th Anniversary Penny Party! To commemorate the 111th Anniversary of entrepreneur and ex-Civil War colonel J.W. Eddy's opening the Angels Flight Railway on December 31, 1901 (when he charged just one cent per ride), the last day of 2012 -- December 31, 2012 -- saw the price of a one way ride once again reduced to ONE PENNY. Here are a few snapshots taken by Angels Flight fan Eric Reese (photo-editing by Angels Flight photographer Leonard Auslender). On December 31st, Eric also beat his previous record of taking fifty Angels Flight one-way trips in a single day. This time, he [...]

The Mayor Comes to Angels Flight It was the Holiday Season, and a cold and rainy day. Nevertheless, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Jerry West visited the Angels Flight Railway and boarded Sinai while discussing the business and charity benefits of the then-upcoming Northern Trust Open, February 14 to 20, 2011, at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. Angels Flight was one of about a dozen city landmarks featured in the program. Photography © Leonard Auslender, all rights reserved Holiday Time at the Water Court Nobody does holiday decorations better than the folks at the Water Court! [...]

Angels Flight's 109th Anniversary! The Arch The Arch bore special notices which are in the next few pictures. December 31st, 2010 was an Historical Day! Angels Flight, "The Shortest Railway in the World" -- completed 109 years of existence! On December 31st, 1901 Olivet and Sinai took their maiden voyages up and down Bunker Hill. To celebrate, passengers riding the cars on December 31st, 2010 rode at the original 1901 fare rate: one penny! Commemorative Tickets were also on sale, Jim Dawson was there, signing and selling the very last of his (now a collector's item) book, Los Angeles's [...]

Evacuation Drill Each year, and sometimes twice a year, Angels Flight conducts evacuation drills in conjunction with our wonderful Los Angeles Fire Department. This year, Companies 3, 4, and 10, under the supervision of Chief David Yamahata, conducted the drill. Passengers to be "rescued" came from members of the Angels Flight Board of Directors and music students from the Coburn School. The drill was a tremendous success. Olivet and Sinai were stopped on the trackbed at the least accessible point, and that's where the drill was conducted. All passengers were safely and efficiently "rescued" within 35 minutes! A big THANK [...]

New Penny Press at Angels Flight! Something new has been added! We now have a Penny Press hard by the Station House, by which you can crank out a penny into your very own shiny new souvenir of your time at Angels Flight! You have three choices of pictures on your elongated penny. One of the pictures is of course of Angels Flight, another is one of the Bradbury Mansion, and a third includes our iconic City Hall. A huge thank-you goes to the artist who produced the illustrations: Diane Meyer, who you see in the photographs with Angels Flight [...]

Angels Flight Restoration Project 2007-2010 Following the resolution of all issues from an accident in 2001, the entire Angels Flight® Railway Drive and Control System from that time was removed. A completely new system was designed, manufactured, shipped, and installed. The extraordinary photojournalism of LEONARD AUSLENDER during this three-year period documents in great detail what was involved in: assembling this new, custom-designed and -built equipment; returning Olivet and Sinai to their tracks; and getting the Angels Flight® Railway back into safe and daily public service. From the January 23, 2007, Press Conference on Hill Street with George Takei joining in [...]

Miscellaneous: PictureTrail Petition to the Mayor Please sign this petition to Mayor Garcetti asking him to step in and save Angels Flight! From KNX Radio Here's an audio pitch by Esotouric's Richard Schave presented by our friends at CBS' KNX radio for the petition. Click over the picture. Become an Angels Flight Angel If you would like to help Angels Flight, please click on the link at the bottom of this picture. You will be taken to our Official Angels Flight Homepage, where there's a PayPal DONATE button at the bottom. Please click on that and [...]