A California Street cable car reaches its terminus at Van Ness.

Two California Street cable cars cross Davis Street near the eastern terminus of the line. The car in the foreground, #49, is heading for Van Ness while the car in the distance, #50, is bound for... (more)

At the beginning of the morning rush in downtown San Francisco, a cable car heads west at Montgomery Street. This is a California Cable Car, running on California Street and heading towards the M... (more)

Despite numerous advances in technology over the years, not much has changed in the way San Francisco's cable cars operate since they were first built. Here, two crew members manually turn a Powe... (more)

Welcome To The Rock!

With the island of Alcatraz and San Francisco Bay in the background, a southbound Powell-Hyde cable car climbs Russian Hill. This car originated at Fisher... (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.

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)

Is it arriving or is it departing ? Cable Car No.2 is seen departing the cable car station with the city of Wellington and Kelburn Park in the backdrop.

Take a trip on Wellington's cable car and get this marvellous panoramic view of the city and harbour.

Cable car begins the uphill climb.