L.A.'s Angels Flight

[WhoozOn1st]

Angels Flight was in revenue operation this morning. Saw it with my own 4 eyes when Long Train's SWC ran late and there was time to kill in L.A.

And long as I was there, took a brief video of one of the gates that was at the heart of the most recent closure:

Angels Flight Gate Operation

 

[amtrakwolverine]

They should have left the manual gates installed that worked until it was closed in 69 and rebuilt in 96.

 

[WhoozOn1st]

Angels Flight has had its wings clipped again, this time for worn wheel flanges:

Angels Flight, halted, awaits new wheels

"The deteriorated condition of the wheels posed a safety hazard and put the rail cars at risk, said Richard Clark, director of the agency's consumer protection and safety division. Clark said the discovery was considered significant, especially because the railway reopened little more than a year ago after a nine-year closure and a major renovation."

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Nothing but problems since they reopened.

 

[gswager]

Bummer! At least I rode on it last December for 25 cents!

 

[amtkstn]

I got my two and half rides back in April.

 

[WhoozOn1st]

I got my two and half rides back in April.

How does one get half a ride on Angels Flight!? It stops in the middle and you have to trudge up or down the track to an endpoint??

 

[amtkstn]

I did two trip up and down. Then I did a single trip down.