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The Temple Street Cable Railway began service on July 14, 1886. It was bought by and merged into the Pacific Electric Railway, which replaced the cable cars with electric streetcar service on October 2, 1902. The route was transferred to the Los Angeles Railway in 1910. Service on the last remaining portion of the route was discontinued in 1946.
Both the single-ended cars on the Powell–Hyde and Powell–Mason lines, and the double-ended cars on the California Street line, are of this type. The single-ended cars have a single open section at the front of the car, with a closed compartment at the rear, whilst the double-ended cars have a central closed compartment flanked by open areas ...
Beach and Mason station is about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) from the terminus of the Powell–Mason cable car. The stop is also served by the route 47 bus, plus the L Owl bus route, which provides service along the F Market & Wharves and L Taraval lines during the late night hours when trains do not operate.
Location; Country: United States: Location: Los Angeles, California: Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: US LAX: Details; Opened: December 9, 1907: Size of harbour: 3,200 acres (13 km 2): Land area: 4,300 acres (17 km 2): Size: 7,500 acres (30 km 2): Draft depth: −53 ft (−16 m): President: Jaime L. Lee: Vice President: Edward Renwick: Commissioners: Diane L. Middleton Lucia Moreno-Linares Anthony ...
The Friedel Klussmann Memorial Turnaround is the cable car terminus on Hyde Street near Fisherman's Wharf Friedel Klussmann (1896–1986) was a prominent member of San Francisco society. She is credited with leading the campaign that saved the San Francisco cable car system in the 1940s and 1950s, and the foundation of the San Francisco ...
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Cable service ended 1941, route integrated into 24 Mission and Richmond. Sacramento Clay Cable: Cable service ended 1942, converted to 55 Sacramento bus. [32] 59 Powell Mason Cable Cable car Integrated into the San Francisco cable car system: 60 Washington Jackson Cable Cable car Fillmore Counterbalance: Part of 22 Fillmore route, closed 1941
The original Harbor Belt Line was formed in 1929 by a joint agreement of the city of Los Angeles and four major railroads: the Pacific Electric (PE) lines, the Southern Pacific (SP), the Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) and the Union Pacific (UP). Each railroad agreed to supply a quota of employees and equipment to provide switching services within a ...