Cable car # 15 on the Powell and Hyde Street line was built new in 2009 by San Francisco Munipical Railway and is painted in yellow as the cars ran between 1893 and 1905 under the Market Street Ra... (more)

Cable car # 21 of the Powell and Mason Line in the Mason Street end station, beeing turned on the hand driven turntable.

Cable car # 13 of the Powell and Hyde Line on Powell/Bush street stop. This car is painted in the green colors of the time 1907 to 1920' of the "United Railroads" after the 1906 earthqua... (more)

Cable car # 11 of the Powell/Hyde line running up steep Hyde Street from Fisherman's Wharf towards the Market Street, with San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz in the background.

Car 5 of the cable car system was built in 1893 by Carter and is on the steep Hyde street from Fishermans Wharf to the Hill, with San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz in the background.

Cable car in San Francisco, California, in 1959 on the California Street Line near the intersection with Stockton Street. The California Street Line dates back to 1878 and Leland Stanford’s Cali... (more)

A San Francisco treat plies the rails of the streets in the city by the bay.

Cable car climbs on the California Street. On the right track you see a 'false' cable car with rubber wheels

A cable car crests California Street, Nob Hill, while working downhill towards Market Street, San Francisco, California.

A cable car pauses at the corner of Powell and California Streets, Nob Hill, while working uphill from Market Street, San Francisco, California.

The view from aboard a cable car climbing Hyde Street and passing another cable car near Fisherman's Wharf, en route to Market Street, San Francisco, California.

San Francisco in the 1970s; notice the entertainment options behind the car

Muni Cable Car #3 gets a swing on the turntable at Bay & Taylor, near Fisherman's Wharf, the northern terminus of the Powell-Mason Line.

Having climbed Hyde Street from near sea level, the riders are enjoying the views of the city from atop Russian Hill. In the distance is Alcatraz Island.