As SFMTA_Muni's cable cars celebrate 149 years since their inventor successfully tested the first vehicle and almost one year since the cars resumed service, take some time to learn about the practices (and hands) that maintain The City's mobile icons.
Close 1 of 4 Cable Car Restoration At Muni’s Cable Car Barn, inside the San Francisco Cable Car Museum, that the painting of lettering and trim, along withother finishing touches, take place.
Cable Car Restoration 1 of 4 Cable Car Restoration At Muni’s Cable Car Barn, inside the San Francisco Cable Car Museum, that the painting of lettering and trim, along withother finishing touches, take place. Two anniversaries are in order for San Francisco's cable cars. It's been 149 years since Andrew S. Hallidie successfully tested a car he designed for The City and almost a year since cable cars resumed cascading down San Francisco's steep hills after a 16-month shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Given the varying wear and tear that each car undergoes, car repairs and restorations need to be made periodically or every few days. At the shop, cable car beams, panels and slats are formed out of cedar and oak wood, which McCarron says is ordered in “big raw form” and then carved and whittled into shape.
Powell Street Car 8, which was initially built in 1893, had been partially renovated by Muni in 1958. By 2006, the car’s deterioration forced it out of service and the age-old car was sent to Dogpatch for rebuilding.
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