All aboard! OK now everybody off! 。
That's about how it goes with the Angels Flight -- the world's shortest incorporated railroad -- a downtown Los Angeles landmark that reopened on Thursday, four years after it shut down following a derailment. 。
SEE ALSO:15-year-old takes over railway's Twitter and things escalate quickly 。Built in 1901, the funky little funicular was originally meant to shuttle privileged Bunker Hill residents from their Victorian mansions down to the city's historic core, sparing them 200 steps when they went shopping. 。
It instantly became a tourist stop, an identity amplified by its brief appearance in。 It instantly became a tourist stop, an identity amplified by its brief appearance in。La La Land 。
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The Angels Flight's two cars run in opposite directions along the inclined railway for nearly 300 feet, a trip that takes just a couple of short minutes. Part of the appeal is its bumpy ride, and the illusion that the cars are about to collide -- before they safely swerve and pass without incident. 。Well, most of the time. 。
Well, most of the time.。
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