FILE - This Aug. 14, 1945 file photo shows the Angels Flight funicular seen in it's original location next to the 3rd Street Tunnel in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. The 298-foot funicular, closed since a 2013 derailment, is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, just in time to ferry thousands of holiday weekend visitors up and down downtown's steep Bunker Hill, something it first did on New Year's Eve 1901. (AP Photo)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on the tiny Los Angeles railroad called Angels Flight (all times local):
10:45 a.m.
Angels Flight, Los Angeles' beloved little railroad, is reaching for the heavens again.
The colorful narrow-gauge railroad that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown LA in the movie "La La Land" reopened Thursday with a ceremony that drew about 100 people despite a heat wave.
It had been closed since a 2013 derailment.
Angels Flight opened on New Year's Eve 1901.
Over the years it would ferry millions of riders from steep Bunker Hill's Victorian mansions to shopping districts below.
It was closed in 1969 as the neighborhood underwent redevelopment.
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Angels Flight, Los Angeles' beloved little railroad, is ready to start reaching for the heavens again.
The colorful narrow-gauge railroad that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown LA in the movie "La La Land" is scheduled to reopen Thursday.
It's been closed since a 2013 derailment.
Angels Flight opened on New Year's Eve 1901.
Over the years it would ferry millions of riders from steep Bunker Hill's Victorian mansions to shopping districts below.
It was closed in 1969 as the neighborhood underwent redevelopment.
High-rise offices, museums, luxury apartments and hotels now stand where the mansions used to be.
After reopening in 1996, Angels Flight was beset by periodic mechanical problems, including one that caused a fatal 2001 crash.
It's being reopened now following extensive safety improvements.
FILE - This Aug. 14, 1945 file photo shows the Angels Flight funicular seen in it's original location next to the 3rd Street Tunnel in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. The 298-foot funicular, closed since a 2013 derailment, is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, just in time to ferry thousands of holiday weekend visitors up and down downtown's steep Bunker Hill, something it first did on New Year's Eve 1901. (AP Photo, File)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, photo shows a pedestrian walking a steep flight of stairs next to the Angels Flight railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The 298-foot funicular, closed since a 2013 derailment, is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Aug. 31, just in time to ferry thousands of holiday weekend visitors up and down downtown's steep Bunker Hill, something it first did on New Year's Eve 1901. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, photo shows pedestrians make their way down a steep flight of stairs next to the Angels Flight railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The 298-foot funicular, closed since a 2013 derailment, is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Aug. 31, just in time to ferry thousands of holiday weekend visitors up and down downtown's steep Bunker Hill, something it first did on New Year's Eve 1901. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, photo shows Gordon Pattison holds a photo his father took of the original Angels Flight railroad in downtown Los Angeles. Pattison, who like countless other Los Angeles natives has countless childhood memories of taking a scenic ride along the 298-foot railway's narrow-gauge track. "I think the first time I rode it was in my mother's arms. In 1946," said Pattison, who plans to ride it again when it reopens on Thursday, Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, photo visitors walk past the Angels Flight Railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown Los Angeles in the movie "La La Land" is scheduled to reopen to the general public Thursday, Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, photo a pedestrian makes her way up a steep flight of stairs next to the Angels Flight railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown Los Angeles in the movie "La La Land" is scheduled to reopen to the general public Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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In this Aug. 28, 2017 photo Virginia Baies, an operator for Angels Flight railroad sits in the operators booth during test runs prior to opening day in downtown Los Angeles. The 298-foot funicular, closed since a 2013 derailment, is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Aug. 31, just in time to ferry thousands of holiday weekend visitors up and down downtown's steep Bunker Hill, something it first did on New Year's Eve 1901. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 photo shows a pedestrian walking walks past the Angels Flight railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown Los Angeles in the movie "La La Land" is scheduled to reopen to the general public Thursday, Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, photo Operations and Maintenance Manager Andrew Doyle makes final preparations at Angels Flight Railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown Los Angeles in the movie "La La Land" is scheduled to reopen to the general public Thursday, Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 photo shows a resident doing early morning exercise next to Angels Flight railroad in downtown Los Angeles. The little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the top of downtown Los Angeles in the movie "La La Land" is scheduled to reopen to the general public Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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