As holiday traditions go, the decorating of San Francisco’s cable car fleet may stand out as one of the most unique.

San Francisco’s iconic cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half in style after city leaders, public transit fans and historical reenactors kicked off a birthday celebration.

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 ...

Rick Laubscher, the president of the Market Street Railway nonprofit, is proposing that San Francisco name a cable car after Tony Bennett.

As holiday traditions go, the decorating of San Francisco’s cable car fleet may stand out as one of the most unique.

There’s hardly anything more iconic than a cable car ride in San Francisco. The one in San Francisco is the world’s last remaining manually operated system, and the cars themselves are listed ...