Los Angeles's Angels Flight

by Jim Dawson

Book Overview

From 1901 to 1969, Angels Flight was America's most famous incline railway, familiar from its many appearances on postcards and in pulp fiction and film noir. It inspired the titles of five novels, including a 1999 best seller, and three films. Angels Flight's two colorful trolleys glided up and down the side of Bunker Hill in the heart of Los Angeles, carrying 100 million passengers between a downtown business district and a Victorian aerie that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738558125
• ISBN13: 9780738558127
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.0"