Angels Flight was the title of a low-budget 1965 film noir and a 1999 book by Michael Connelly, but the eponymous funicular has a story of its own. Col. J.W. Eddy, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, built the Los Angeles Incline Railway in 1901, which originally connected Hill and Olive streets. Its two cars, Sinai and Olivet, served early Angelenos who lived in the lavish Victorian mansions on Bunker Hill. After faithfully transporting thousands of people for nearly 70 years, Angels Flight ceased... More »
