L.A. Walks: Edendale Red Car trolley line

People walking dogs at the wide dirt path that swings into an open field. This two-mile walk is mere blocks from the busy streets and freeways dividing Silver Lake from Echo Park and Atwater Village.

Public staircases, designed for pedestrian access to the trolley line, are on both sides of the road.

Gavin Carlton and his son Gabriel walk home from Rose Scharlin Cooperative Nursery School, one of the city’s oldest preschools, on a path that broadens into a wide dirt road.

The view along the walk of what’s left of the Red Car electric trolley line that once ran from downtown Los Angeles through Edendale.

Plants grow in abundance along the walk.

Views of the 5 Freeway and in the distance Forest Lawn Memorial Park are seen from the trail.