This pedestrian bridge across a railyard can be viewed in this YouTube clip ("Double Nickles" - 1977).The narrow bridge seems to have a steel framework, wooden deck & handrails. After 40+ years the bridge might be gone, the rail yard might be gone, the LA of that era is certainly gone (you should view the YouTube comments on Randy Newman "I Love LA" video with so many people wistfully bemoaning the passing of the LA of that era).Anyway, can anyone ID the bridge and where it is/was? I can accept that the section shown is juat part of a larger bridge but it doesn't look like it.
chutton01chutton01 wrote the following post 3 hours ago: This pedestrian bridge across a railyard can be viewed in this YouTube clip
"the old wooden bridge on sixth" scene starts about 59:30
It isn't the one used in "This Gun for Hire", where Alan Ladd jumps into a slow moving gondola.
Rick
rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.
This is the bridge that was across the old SP "Cornfield" yard (now the Los Angeles State Historic Park) near downtown Los Angeles. The Corvette is parked on N Spring St near Sotello St. The bridge extended north to N Broadway.
jmonierThis is the bridge that was across the old SP "Cornfield" yard (now the Los Angeles State Historic Park) near downtown Los Angeles. The Corvette is parked on N Spring St near Sotello St. The bridge extended north to N Broadway.
EXCELLENT snag jmonier!!
The building in the background at 1:01:33 of Chutton's clip
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0695204,-118.2324118,3a,75y,298.35h,85.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqAQCb8wkkPzoavrk2CM43A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
There was never a roundhouse there. The closest was at the Los Angeles General Shops, southeast just across the river. That site is now a container yard (but is still often referred as the "Shops").
The Gold Line is the only one now directly visible from the State Park, but there is plenty of rail activity within easy walking distance: LA Union Station and rail lines on both sides of the river.
(The timestamp worked fine for me.)
A 1924 aerial photo of the yard is interesting. Lots of changes but a number of buildings durvive in the area, albeit in most cases with significant air conditioning equipment added to roofs.
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