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San Francisco Municipal Railway #25 At The San Francisco Cable Car Museum |
| Description: |
Cable Cars aren't universally considered trams. That's the purpose that they serve, though, for all practical purposes. The main thing that makes them different from others is that standard trams are powered through overhead cantenary that powers electric traction motors that power each axle, whereas Cable Cars are pulled along by a cable underneath the street. In any case, I got my chance to ride and photograph the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the last of the traditional Cable Car systems, in 1993. All of the other surviving systems operate on the less-standard "funicular system," used on steep hills. Unlike a standard cable car system, a funicular is limited by the fact that the cable is connected to both cars (all TWO! :-)) semi-permanently, so while one goes up the hill, the other goes down. This would never work in S.F., though, since it's a full-service system with many cars running on different streets. Therefore, the cables are controlled from a central cable house, pictured here on the right, which is also the San Francisco Cable Car Museum. The cars then can run semi-independently of the cable house's whims, controlling their access to the constantly moving cables under the street through the use of a "grip," that is sort of between a pliers and an automotive clutch. As such, cable car drivers are called "grip men (or perhaps women)." |
| Photo Date: |
8/10/1993 Upload Date: 5/2/2007 6:11:40 PM |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
MUNI 25(Trolley) |
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275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
San Francisco treat |
| Description: |
Dad was in San Fran on the west coast trip, and caught one of the famous cable cars. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1997 Upload Date: 5/18/2016 4:37:13 AM |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MUNI 25(Trolley) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MUNI 25 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/8/2008 Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:40:37 PM |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Author: |
Steve Loitsch |
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| Locomotives: |
MUNI 25(Trolley) |
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199 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
#25, 4, and 13 |
| Description: |
Taylor at Francisco |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/2009 Upload Date: 9/12/2009 2:37:09 PM |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Author: |
Bob Vogel |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
MUNI 25(Trolley) MUNI 4(Trolley) MUNI 13(Trolley) |
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271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MUNI Cable Car No. 25 |
| Description: |
San Francisco MUNI Cable Car No. 25 pauses in the intersection of Powell and Bush Streets on a rainy night. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2010 Upload Date: 12/13/2010 9:46:47 AM |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Night,Transit |
| Locomotives: |
MUNI 25(Trolley) |
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382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cable Car turnaround |
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| Photo Date: |
6/27/2012 Upload Date: 1/17/2013 5:00:52 PM |
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA |
| Author: |
J d |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
MUNI 15(Trolley) MUNI 25(Trolley) |
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301 Comments: 0 |
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