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[edit] "World's shortest railway"

This claim is completely spurious and is disproved in the list of funicular railways towards the end of the entry. The three railways listed under Bournemouth, England, are all shorter than Angels Flight, at 39m, 44, and 52m each. I recommend removing this totally misleading and discredited claim. Billkay (talk) 21:06, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reopening date?

"Angels Flight is currently scheduled to reopen in late 2006, though a firm reopening date has yet to be announced."

It is now October 24, 2006. What's the status of the reopening?

I wanted to know the same thing and tried a quick google to find out. There was a recent article in one of the LA newspapers, but this only discussed a possible change of ownership. I could not find anything definite, and hence left that part of the article alone.
Needs a contributor from LA, methinks... EdJogg 23:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Angel's flight appears in City of Angels

Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan movie ... this is at least the most emotionally connected view of this landmark and is probably not recognized by almost anyone not from LA. What a nice fit.

should ref to movie here and to the main actors above.

also, do we know vertical height, fare, and travel time. does any ride it? what are the main destinations? will it reopen? is it public or private? what are the distinctive features and motivation for buiding it? was it ever successful?

i think this may be minor, but failures should be recognized (if so) as much as successes, just like in science.

i wish i knew more, but someone must.

Radrad 08:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the 'main destinations' are, um, the top and, er, the bottom...
 :o) EdJogg 09:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In popular culture?

I know that I've seen at least one silent film that used Angels Flight as a location, but it's been so long ago that is all I remember. Does anyone else know which film, or at least which film star(s) might have been involved? BlankVerse 14:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

The film was called All Jazzed Up from the Al Christie Studios. It was shot in 1920 and starred Bobby Vernon and Helen Darling. You can see stills from the movie at www.electricearl.com/af or read about it in the upcoming Arcadia Publishing book Los Angeles's Angels Flight, due out in August.209.247.5.135 (talk) 07:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reopening in 2007

User Threeonezero reports that a 'recent news report on KTLA minutes ago' has indicated that the funicular is due to reopen in Summer 2007, and amended the article accordingly. I tried to find a quotable source for this, but doing so I began to doubt.

It seems to me that there are two threads here.

  • There is a guy called John Welborne, president of the Angels Flight Railway Foundation who own the funicular. Judging from a Google search, he seems to have spent the last two or three years saying the funicular would reopen 'next year'. The report on KTLA may be such an announcement from him, in which case how much credence should we grant it?.
  • There is also a movement to transfer ownership and/or operation from the foundation to the MTA, on the grounds that nothing seems to happening. (See [1]).

So I think reponing is still pretty uncertain. I'll try and amend the article to convey the above facts. -- Chris j wood 12:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Film Appearances

Does anyone know if it is the Angels Flight funicular and the Third Street Tunnel that appear briefly as Van Heflin enters a street tunnel in the 1948 Fred Zinnemann film noir Act of Violence? Should this be noted as perhaps the first appearance on film of this L.A. landmark? Macadavy 03:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Van Heflin does indeed run down Bunker Hill's Third Street steps and then along Clay Street under Angels Flight's mid-point, where the two cars cross each other, in the film Act of Violence. You can see stills of that scene at Angels Flight Goes to the Movies at www.electricearl.com/af. The site shows that nearly twenty films were shot on and around Angels Flight between 1920 and 1965.209.247.5.135 (talk) 07:40, 30 May 2008 (UTC)Jimddddd

[edit] Angel's Flight In the Movies

In response to another poster, yes "Act of Violence" 1948 features Angel's Flight...so does the opening of the American Version of "M" from 1952 directed by Joseph Losey....but most stunning is the ultra-obscure 1965 Film "Angel's Flight." Look it up on IMDB216.115.228.136 (talk) 00:06, 11 January 2008 (UTC)Drew Weaver 1/10/08

[edit] The second Angels Flight

Yantrak vs. YANTRAK—which is correct? Also, is there any value in mentioning that Kunczynski is working on desalination technology? I think not, but added a Wikilink anyway.--CheMechanical (talk) 22:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New book

Angels Flight has appeared in many films and several TV shows, at least since 1920 when it was the "costar" of an Al Christie comedy called "All Jazzed Up." To see stills from nearly 20 films, check out www.electricearl.com/af. There's a new book due out in August 2008 called Angels Flight, by Jim Dawson.jimddddd209.244.42.77 (talk) 07:54, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Where did this "Angels Flight" name come from?

The cars were clearly marked ANGEL'S FLIGHT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.223.128 (talk) 18:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

If you read the article, you'll find that the original archway said "Angel's Flight" (with an apostrophe), but the later (and current) arches omit the apostrophe (see the picture). So the grammatically incorrect name may have arisen from an error when the arch was cast. Alternatively, omitting the apostrophe altogether avoids having to decide whether it refers to one angel ("Angel's Flight") or several ("Angels' Flight"), so it may have been deliberate! Either way, this is all Original Research and can't be included....
EdJogg (talk) 12:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)