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 ...

There's a new look these days at California and Market streets in San Francisco, the downtown terminal of the world's oldest operating cable car line. Though the California Street line has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bus No. 0163 was part of a fleet of 10 twin-engine buses intended to replace San Francisco's cable cars, a move that was stopped ...

In a city fuelled by technology, San Francisco’s cable cars are helping to keep history alive. We go along for a ride. Annie Washington, born and raised in San Francisco, makes one thing clear as we ...