The San Francisco Municipal Railway maintains the current fleet of 40 cars. Not all are in service at the same time. The cable cars travel on steel tracks set above a channel enclosing the cable.

San Francisco's charming cable cars are turning 150 years old this year. To commemorate the city's iconic symbol, public transit officials are kicking off a six-month celebration -- starting with ...

As holiday traditions go, the decorating of San Francisco’s cable car fleet may stand out as one of the most unique. Every year, scores of volunteers — along with a few off-duty cable car ...

Cable Cars sit idle on California Street during a power outage in San Francisco, Friday, April 21, 2017. A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 ...

PIX Now Wednesday evening edition (8-2-23) 10:42 SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's iconic cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half of operation in style after city leaders, public transit fans ...

As holiday traditions go, the decorating of San Francisco’s cable car fleet may stand out as one of the most unique. Every year, scores of volunteers — along with a few off-duty cable car ...

Bennett died on July 21 at the age of 96. Now, Laubscher, the president of the Market Street Railway nonprofit, is proposing that San Francisco name a cable car after the crooner.

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