Painted to honor Pacific Electric, this PCC car was built in 1948 for the Philadelphia Transportation Company, where it operated until 1989. Formerly SEPTA no. 2116, it was acquired by MUNI in 19... (more)

Originally built in 1948 for the San Francisco MUNI, this double ended PCC car has soldiered on through the years. In 1997, it was repainted to honor the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Comp... (more)

This odd looking and unique open air 'boat tram' was built in 1934 for Blackpool Tramways in England. In 1976, it was loaned to Philadelphia, regauged for US operation and repainted for special s... (more)

San Francisco cable car 25 approaches the turntable at Hyde Street. The smoke from nearby wildfires has cleared enough to catch a glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

It was supposed to be the last night of streetcar as well as PCC service on San Francisco's Market St. #1160 is outbound at First. St. It turned out not to be the end and today the Market St surfa... (more)

San Francisco Municipal Railway cable car 44 has been retired and now sits just behind the center field seats at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants - one of many diversions at an outstand... (more)

San Francisco Municipal Railway cable car 59, a double-ended "California Car," crosses Grant Street (in the city's Chinatown) as it heads west on California Street and begins tackling one of San F... (more)

Cable cars work great on steep hills ... until the cable develops a problem. Here is San Francisco Municipal Railway car 2, stalled at Clay and Powell Streets, at the north end of Chinatown. Unf... (more)

San Francisco Municipal Railway cable car 14 takes a spin on the "arm-strong" turntable at the north end of the Railway's Powell/Hyde Line. This line, and Powell/Mason Line, operate single-end ca... (more)

Cable car 3 has just been turned and awaits it turn to move forward for loading the first passengers on the southbound trip on the Municipal Railway's Powell/Hyde Line.

San Francisco Municipal Railway Cable Car number 16 is loaded and ready to depart the Aquatic Park stop at the north end of the Powell/Hyde Line. Cable car 3 has just been turned and will be next... (more)

38 years ago at First & Mission in San Francisco. Every building in the background on 1st. St between Mission and Market is gone. Foster's Cafeteria and California Motor Express (CME truck) are na... (more)

To bypass tunnel construction on Market St., MUNI built a detour by way of Duboce to Church to 17th and then to the Twin Peaks Tunnel. 1167 has just turned from Duboce onto Church St. This car was... (more)