Maglev trains and monorails are often ridiculed as "gadget railways." Many special systems have justification if the ...

Annie Washington and Chanelle Smith are two of Muni’s newest cable car grips. The Muni family is proud to introduce two of its newest cable car grips: Chanelle Smith and Annie Washington. Earning the ...

The cable car system of San Francisco is the last manually operated cable car system in the world, with three of the original twenty-three lines still operating today. With these systems being ...

The cable car carpenters maintain the fleet and sometimes leave secret messages.

Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. By 1912, there were less than 100. Today, there are 44. Every few years, a cable car must be replaced—a ...