The California Street cable car is dedicated to a San Francisco icon.

San Francisco's cable cars have been the backdrop of many a tinsel town flick. "A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire" was filmed in 1906, just a few days before the devastating earthquake ...

Road Trip at Home: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stopped in on the Cable Car Museum to see how San Francisco's world famous vehicles--the only ones remaining in operation in the world--work.

San Francisco's oldest cable car is back in operation after 77 years. According to The Market Street Railway, The Sacramento-Clay Streets cable car 19 was originally constructed in 1883.

SAN FRANCISCO — Some 7.5 million people ride San Francisco’s cable cars each year. Many of them board at Powell and Market streets, the famous turnaround site at the end of the line. Here ...

Rick Laubscher, the president of the Market Street Railway nonprofit, is proposing that San Francisco name a cable car after Tony Bennett.

890s Cable cars run on California Street, Clay Street, Columbus Avenue, Geary Street, Market Street and others — but most are doomed. Across America, faster and cheaper streetcars (powered by ...

San Francisco's charming cable cars are turning 150 years old this year. To commemorate the city's iconic symbol, public transit officials are kicking off a six-month celebration -- starting with ...

San Francisco’s iconic cable cars remain sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic but officials said Friday the city’s historic streetcars will start rolling again this weekend.

After 77 years in storage collecting dust and rumors about its fitness, San Francisco’s oldest cable car is heading back to the streets following restoration by a band of devoted Muni workers.