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The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system.
The Oakland Cable Railway was a cable car line in Oakland and Emeryville, California. It was promoted by James G. Fair , [ 1 ] who acquired the rights to the Oakland Railroad Company horsecar lines on San Pablo Avenue and Telegraph Avenue and converted tracks on San Pablo to cable operation. [ 2 ]
California Street Cable Railroad car near Kearny Street, June 2022 Share of the California Street Cable Railroad Co., issued 9 July 1885. [1] The California Street Cable Railroad (Cal Cable) was a long-serving cable car operator in San Francisco, founded by Leland Stanford. The company's first line opened on California Street in 1878 and is the ...
W. L. Holman Car Company was a streetcar and cable car manufacturer based in San Francisco, California. It mainly built equipment for rail operation, including San Francisco Municipal Railway 's first publicly owned streetcar, [ 1 ] and some of the cable cars still operating on San Francisco's California Street line.
San Francisco's iconic cable cars were chiming their bells and rolling again on the city's hills Monday after being sidelined for 16 months by the pandemic. At Powell and Market, one of the cable ...
Early San Francisco cable car lines used two cars: a grip car (or "dummy") which contained the grip mechanism and a brake, and the trailer which carried passengers. [4] A new car, called a combination car, was eventually developed which combined the trailer and the grip car into one vehicle. The combination car had one enclosed end and an open ...
A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco. San ...
The San Francisco Railway Museum is a local railway museum located in the South of Market area of San Francisco. [ 1 ] This small museum features exhibits on the antique streetcars of the F Market & Wharves and national landmark cable cars that continue to run along the city's major arteries.