San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde with cable car 1 at Beach & Jones (2023) Terminus: Beach Street & Jones Street .Henrik Boye .March 7, 2023 .
The picture shows Operational PH Operational San Francisco cable car 1 , type San Francisco Cable car, with 29 seats and 31 standing places, signed Market St & Fishermans Wharf, in the direction of Market Street & Powell Street , painted Powel.l St.Railway co., with advertising of 'Hyde St Pier Aquatic Park Maritimemuseum'.
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Photos from San Francisco Cable Cars Calendar: San Francisco cable car California with cable car 52 at California & Powell (2023) California Street Cable Car 52 crosses Powell l Jim Maurer photo
May 2023
This is the only double-track cable car crossing in the world, on Nob Hill. The California cable line opened i 1878; the Powell lines ten years later. Because cars on both lines were climbing hills and couldn't see the intersection until they were in it, a tower was installed to signal cable cars when it was safe to proceed. This tower was installed in 1907 and renovated with Market Street Railway's help in 2021
Looking down California Street to the Bay just east of inersection, 1881.
The California Street Cable Railroad Company operated these small 2dummy and trailer" two-car cable trains until the early 1890s, when they pioneered the double-end open-and-closed section combination cars of the type widely copied as streetcar bodies, and still seen on California Street as cable cars today.
Photo from opensfhistory.org,
wnp13.285 By Henrik Boye, Jim Maurer, San Francisco Railway Museum -
May 2023 .
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Photos of San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde: Market Street & Powell Street - Hyde Street & Beach Street Calendar: San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde with cable car 13 at California & Powell (2023) Powell Cable Car 13 crests Nob Hill l Jeremy Whiteman photo
December 2023
One project Market Street Railway helped initiate and continues to champion is the revival of authentic vintage liveries on San Francisco's cable cars. And what better car dress for the holidays than Powel 13, painted in 1906-1921 green and red of United Railroads. The cable car signal tower, just repainted in similar colors, joins in the holiday festivities.
Decorated rail vehicles have a long history in San Francisco. For a number of years in the 1930s, Market Street Railway adorned its all-white private streetcar "San Francisco" for the holidays, often parking it on highly visible sections of non-revenue track Downtown. This shot is from 1935 or 1936 on Second Street at Market.
SFMTA Archive By Henrik Boye, Jeremy Whiteman, San Francisco Railway Museum -
December 2023 .
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Last updated: November 10, 2025 . 
