A cable car travels past the San Francisco Cable Car Museum at the intersection of Washington and Mason, on Saturday, Dec. 11. Charles Russo/SFGATE By Dan Gentile , Senior Culture Editor Updated ...

The Cable Car Museum at Washington and Mason streets as a passenger filled trolley passes by in San Francisco, Ca., on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.

These two cars on display in the Cable Car Museum in San Francisco are Sutter Street Dummy No. 46 and Trailer No. 54. No. 54 used to be pulled by horses before the mechanized dummies came along.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency operates 40 cable cars. They roll on three lines — Powell-Hyde, Powell-Mason and California Street — that together cover 8.8 miles.

CLANG, CLANG, CLANG: The Cable Car Barn and Museum in San Francisco gives families a chance to watch the giant motors that power the city's legendary cable cars at work. The museum also offers a ...

Sources: San Francisco Cable Car Museum, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco Public Library, streetcar.org. Originally Published: August 12, 2023 at 1:16 AM PDT.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Some 7.5 million people ride San Francisco’s cable cars each year. ... Coming back from the water, both lines pass by the Cable Car Museum (1201 Mason St.), ...

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's iconic cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half of operation in style after city leaders, public transit fans and historical reenactors kicked off a birthday ...

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