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About cable carsThe San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) runs three cable car lines. These historic vehicles are not self-powered; rather they move using a mechanism that grips cables that run beneath San Francisco's streets. Cable Car Bell Ringing ContestPlease join the SFMTA:
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Cable Car Bell Ringing CompetitionThe next Cable Car Bell Ringing Competition is scheduled for September 6, 2012. New Cable Car Grip Person Adds Name to History BooksOn April 12, 2010, the SFMTA), which oversees all ground transportation in San Francisco, certified a new operator for its legendary cable car fleet, and in doing so, sent the previously accepted term of "gripman" back into the history books... Read "New Cable Car Grip Person Adds Name to History Books" The SFMTA's newest Cable CarsCar 15Placed in service June 2009
Cable Car 15, which will serve the Powell-Mason Line, was built from the ground up using original blueprints by SFMTA artisans from the Woods Carpenter Shop, the Cable Machinery Support Shop, the Special Machine Shop and the Running Repair Shop. Cable Car 15 features a bright yellow Powell-Mason color scheme that originated in the 1890s. This paint scheme was worn by cable cars on the Powell-Mason line from 1894 to 1902. The Powell-Mason cable car line, which opened in 1888, is the oldest transit line in America still operating on its original route with its original type of motive power and its original type of vehicles.
Car 25Returned to service May 2008
Powell Street cable car number 25 was originally constructed 118 years ago in the shops of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway on the site of the current Muni cable car barn at Washington and Mason Streets. The cable car was heavily rebuilt by Muni craftsworkers in 1976 and rebuilt again even more extensively over two years. Car 25 is now virtually new, with very little of the original car remaining. To celebrate its place in San Francisco history, the car has been painted in the red and cream livery displayed by Powell Street cable cars at the time of the Earthquake and Fire of 1906. Read the press release about car 25's return to service Cable Car chartersCable cars are available for group charters. Please contact Susan Anderson at 415.701.4480 or susan.anderson@sfmta.com for more information on availability. Rates are as follows:
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Muni transit services are operated by the Transit Division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Copyright © 2000-2013 SFMTA. All rights reserved. Updated February 19, 2013
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