San Francisco historic transit today
With both cable cars and vintage streetcars, San Francisco is a world center of historic transit. Read about several facets of this fascinating system here.

San Francisco rail transit yesterday
Unlike some places that have created 'new' vintage streetcar services (often with replica cars), San Francisco's system is deeply rooted in its own history. Here are vignettes from that vibrant history.

Streetcars around the world
As a world-class Port city, San Francisco's history is connected to that of dozens of other cities around the globe. Similarly, there is connection, inspiration, and influence in historic rail operation between the City by the Bay and an eclectic mix of other world cities. Read about it here.

People of San Francisco historic transit
San Francisco's transit history was created by people, of course. An ongoing project of Market Street Railway is telling the stories of some fascinating transit characters in a series of profiles, shared here.

San Francisco historic transit videos
For more than a century, snippets of San Francisco transit history have been captured in moving-picture format, first on film, then on videotape. Market Street Railway is always searching for clips like this to share with the public. We'd love to hear from anyone who knows of additional material. Meantime, enjoy some moments in transit time from our archives.