Sunday Streets Returns to the Waterfront this Sunday
A large group of pedestrians and cyclists gathered during Sunday Streets when it expanded into the Mission District last year. Jamison Wieser photo.
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That’s One Long Streetcar Ride!
No. 1 – Powell Street Railway Company, 1888-1893
This cable car is considered the flagship of the Powell Street fleet, proudly wearing the original paint design Powell cable cars wore when the line first opened in 1888.
No. 2 – San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1984-current
Powell Street Cable Car 2 was built in the East Bay town of Newark in 1893 by Carter Brothers. It was part of an order placed to extend service on the Sacramento-Clay line to reach the 1894 Mid-Winter Exposition in Golden Gate Park. Some two dozen of these cars were stored on outer Sacramento Street, and so escaped destruction on April 18, 1906, when the fire following a great earthquake incinerated the original Powell Street cable car fleet. The Sacramento Street cars were moved to the Powell lines. Many, including this car, still run today.
No. 3 – San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1960-1982
Powell Cable Car 3 is painted the way the Powell Street cable cars looked at the darkest years of the cable car system, the 1960s and 1970s. During this era, the tracks, cable machinery, and powerhouse became decrepit beyond repair. The entire system had to be shut down for a total rebuilding between October 1982 and July 1984, spearheaded by then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
No. 4 – San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1984-current
Powell Street Cable Car 4 wears the paint scheme that its owner, Muni (part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) adopted as the standard for Powell cars when the system reopened after a thorough rebuilding in 1984. This livery is a simplified version of the original 1888 Powell Street cable car livery worn today by Powell Car 1.
No. 5 – San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1984-current
This cable car was built in 1893 in the East Bay town of Newark by Carter Brothers. It was numbered 505 until Muni dropped the first number on Powell cable cars in the 1970s. Car 505 served the Sacramento-Clay line until the 1906 earthquake and fire, and then was moved over to Powell Street, where it has run ever since, almost exclusively on the Powell-Mason line until 1956; on both the Mason and Hyde lines since 1957.
No. 6 – San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1984-current
Powell Cable Car 6 might be called the hybrid car. Its origins are different than any other cable car, and a little complicated.
No. 7 – San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1984-current
This cable car was built in 1893 in the East Bay town of Newark by Carter Brothers. It was numbered 507 until Muni dropped the first number on Powell cable cars in the 1970s. Car 507 served the Sacramento-Clay line until the 1906 earthquake and fire, and then was moved over to Powell Street, where it has run ever since, almost exclusively on the Powell-Mason line until 1956; on both the Mason and Hyde lines since 1957.
No. 8 – Municipal Railway of San Francisco, 1948-1959
Powell Cable Car 8 wears the second of several variations of Muni’s long-time green and cream paint scheme. This variation first appeared on Powell Street Cable Car 524 in 1948.
