Characters dance in the Disneyland Parade done as a preview for television, on the first day of operation in July 1955

123 years old one stretch of the Mount Lowe Railway is 5,606ft high- so passengers probably spent their time hoping that it didn't break down

The Mount Lowe Railway, which now stands in ruins in Los Angeles, California, was the third in a series of scenic mountain railways built in America to boost tourism in the area

Opening in 1893, the line became the first electric railroad ever built in the United States - but closed down for good 45 years later

The service stretched across seven miles, starting in Altadena, at a station named Mountain Junction, and travelling along Mount Lowe and Echo Mountain

Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, Manhattan. 1935

The service stretched across seven miles, starting in Altadena, at a station named Mountain Junction, and travelling along Mount Lowe and Echo Mountain

However, gradually as time passed by, less and less people visited the attraction which was slowly losing its appeal due to issues surrounding its routes. Pictured

In 1900, the kitchen of the Echo Mountain House hotel caught fire and gutted the property which was the first of the mountain's attractions and facilities to be crossed off of the route

Just 45 years after the once popular route opened, a flood hit the mountain and washed almost everything from the peaks sides forcing the owners to abandon the railway, and it never reopened

On the opening day, people arrived in droves, with many using the riverboat as a means of transport in 1955

Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt (back right) is shown here in 1933 on board a passenger plane which was supposed to carry her to Chicago, but bad weather forced her to take the train instead

The crew of Imperial Airways liner Heracles at Croydon Aerodrome in 1937 before a flight during which the airliner celebrated completing one million miles in service

This aerial view shows a passenger plane flying over buildings in midtown Manhattan. This was taken after planes started being built from metal rather than wood

Sir Robert Hodgson arrives in Croydon from Paris on an Imperial Airways flight in 1938 - part of the era when air travel changed for good