An elegant solution for a difficult problem: From the powerhouse building on Washington & Mason Street, cables run out at a steady 9.5mph through much of downtown San Francisco powering one of the... (more)

The stately Southern Pacific Company building still graces Market St, seen here being passed by a San Francisco muni car in DC Transit heritage paint.

Looking east toward the Oakland Bay Bridge as a Powell - Mason car crosses the California Street line on its way back to the terminus at Market & Powell.

With the bay bridge in the background, an inbound California Line cable car tips over the brink and heads downhill after crossing over top of the tracks of the Powell Street line.

Doorman and cabbie make perfect props as one of the first cable car runs of the day trundles past the swank Omni Hotel in downtown San Francisco, on its way toward the end of the line just a few b... (more)

During a quiet moment on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, an inbound train on the L Taraval line climbs away from the Pacific Ocean as the sun dips toward the horizon. The classic hills of S... (more)

San Francisco Municipal Railway Boeing Vertol LRV 1211 represents one of Boeing's ill-fated attempt to build Light Rail Vehicles in the 1970s. The Muni and Boston's MBTA both bought them, but the... (more)

Sunset at 15th&Ulloa silhouettes an inbound Breda LRV running on the MUNI's L Taraval line.

SFMRY PCC 1075 (ex. Newark Public Service, ex. Twin City Rapid Transit Co.) is pictured at Market&Octavia Steets while running outbound on MUNI's F Market. In the distance is the Cities Landmark F... (more)

SFMRY PCC 1077 pictured at the Ferry Building streetcar stop, with an appropriately name piece of Street Railway infrastructure in the foreground.

It's opening day for baseball in San Francisco, as a MUNI train stops alongside AT&T Park, as seen from the fairway beneath the upper left field grandstands inside the stadium. The fans are still... (more)

An "Iron Monster," one of the last of San Francisco's famous Jewett Type B cars, grinds its way west on Market Street, passing the historic Southern Pacific Building to the right (formerly 65 Mark... (more)

One of MUNI's Melbourne Trams makes a stop in front of the Ferry Building. Lacking a grand train station, San Francisco makes up for it with the grand ferry building. Including a 245-foot-tall cl... (more)

Painted in Philadelphia Suburban Transit "Red Arrow" colors, MUNI PCC car 1007 passes the iconic 1896 era Ferry Building on its way to Fishermans Wharf. This "Torpedo" St Louis Car PCC was origina... (more)

About to duck into the East Portal of the MUNI's Twin Peaks Tunnel, PCC 1149 is in L-Taravel service. Soon all this track and the tunnel entrance will be demolised for BARTD construction