Cable car coming up Powell Street at California Street, in San Francisco, September 14, 1982. Eric Luse/San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco cable car system parts.

California St. cable cars are seen in San Francisco on June 27, 2011. The city held a ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome back the line after being closed due to repairs since December.

Trini Whittaker, veteran conductor and grip operator on San Francisco's California Street cable-car line, sometimes welcomes passengers this way: "OK, the black guy doesn't die early in this movie.

Saturdays, June 17- Oct. 28, 11:15 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Ride Cable Car 19, the largest & oldest cable car in the fleet along the California Street Line. This car originally ran on Market Street from ...

Grip man Tommy Gray operates a cable car along Powell Street in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept., 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP The California line is known for ...

An early suggestion to ban cars on Market Street in 1963 only led to wider sidewalks, according to the San Francisco Chronicle; repeat proposals in the 1980s, ’90s and 2000s also came up short.

The California Street cable car line will be back on track Monday morning after a six-month shutdown for repairs, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

Today, San Francisco operates 28 Powell Street cable cars, each weighing 15,500 pounds, and 12 California Street cars, each coming in at 16,600 pounds. They are, as Phipps points out, America's ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Some 7.5 million people ride San Francisco’s cable cars each year. Many of them board at Powell and Market streets, the famous turnaround site at the end of the line. Here ...

Downtown boosters backed by city money want to make the unmemorable cable car stop at California Street more “Instagrammable ... 465 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-359 ...