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.

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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.

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