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San Francisco Municipal Railway
Model:
UNKNOWN Trolley
Built As:
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Cable Car
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Title:
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)
Views:
388
Comments:
0
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)
Views:
223
Comments:
0
Title:
MUNI 25
Description:
Photo Date:
9/8/2008
Upload Date:
9/7/2008 9:40:37 PM
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Author:
Steve Loitsch
Categories:
Locomotives:
MUNI 25(Trolley)
Views:
290
Comments:
1
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)
Views:
383
Comments:
0
Title:
MUNI Cable Car Noiøÿ5
Description:
San Francisco MUNI Cable Car No. 25 pauses in the intersection of Powell and Bush Streets o)ø¢ 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)
Views:
451
Comments:
0
Title:
Cable Car turnaround
Description:
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)
Views:
426
Comments:
0
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