As the sun just touches the top of the buildings at the end of the day, cable car #22 prepares to depart with another load of passengers. Rebuilt in 1956 and rebuilt again in 2017.

A gaggle of San Francisco's famous cable cars wait in line to keep on schedule departing every 15 minutes. The first in line was built all new in 1992 but the original No. 21 was built in 1887 ... (more)

The San Francisco treat is to ride these classics around town. Per streetcar.org/ Round Trip Route Length: Powell-Mason line: 3.2 mi Powell-Hyde line: 4.3 mi with a Cable Speed: 9.5 mph the ... (more)

Built 1893 by Carter Brothers, The current standard paint scheme for Powell Street cable cars honors the very first paint design, displayed on Powell cable car No. 1. It is a simplified version of... (more)

Current No. 15 was built new, entering service June 22, 2009, painted in the yellow with red trim used on the Powell-Mason line by Market Street Railway Company from 1893 to 1902. Original No. 15 ... (more)

A couple of icons in the form of cable cars and the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California. Market Street Railway Company, 1936-1944 Rebuilt in 1959. Exhibited in Japan in 1987. Complet... (more)

Powell and Manson Cable Car line offers nice views with Alcatraz Island in the background on the 17% steep grade between Union and Green. Cable Car #26 was built in 1890 by Ferries & Cliff House R... (more)

Legendary Hyde Street near Russian Hill Park in San Francisco. Cable Car #11 was built in 1893 by Crater Bros. for the Sacramento-Clay line, rebuilt in 1980 and in 2018, now painted in the origina... (more)

MUNI's Cable Car #16 for Powell & Market line takes a brief break before heading out for another run at the Hyde and Beach St station.

Double-end Cable Car #58, which previously served the vanished O'Farrell, Jones and Hyde Line, is seen here on California Street, between Powell Street and Stockton Street. San Francisco's iconic... (more)

Cable Car #52 is climbing the grade on California Street, between Stockton Street and Powell Street. California Street's cable cars are double-end cars, a revolutionary design when it was introduc... (more)

A portrait of Cable Car #1 on the turntable at Powell Street. The flagship of the Powell Street fleet was built in 1973 for the centennial of the world's first cable car line. It has been restored... (more)

A San Francisco Classic! Cable Car #1 is the flagship of the Powell Street fleet. It was built in 1973 for the centennial of the world's first cable car line. Alcatraz Island can be seen in the ba... (more)