Since Mount Lowe Railway's abandonment in 1936, millions of hikers, mountain bikers, and railfans have followed the long-deserted rail beds to glimpse the scenic grandeur of what was once the "Earth's
Tucked away in Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains, the Mount Lowe Railway was an internationally renowned tourist destination, serving nearly four million passengers between 1893 and 1936. Fe
It rose precipitously above Altadena and Pasadena for 43 years, and some of those who took the ride still talk about it. The Mount Lowe Incline Railway, built by Civil War balloonist Thaddeus S. C. Lo