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The Balloon Car A unique variation of the standard horse car of the period, it is thought that there were approx. six built circa 1877. Designed by Henry Casebolt when president of the SUTTER STREET R.R. it featured a totally round car body that by releasing a latching device could be rotated 180 degrees at the end of the line without the driver ever leaving his seat. Initially this fanciful invention worked fairly well but in time the rotating shaft assembly began to wear, causing the car body to sway back and forth, causing frequent derailments. This combined with its low passenger capacity spelled the Balloon Car’s doom. $7.99 |
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California Street Cable Car CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE RAILROAD was San Francisco’s 3rd cable car company. When service started on April 10, 1878 the line operated with two-car trains (a grip car and trailer) but by 1890 the double-ended combination (“California”) type car was adopted and is still being used on California Street today. $7.99 |
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Castro Street Cable Car MARKET STREET CABLE RAILWAY became the 6th operator of cable cars in San Francisco on August 22, 1883. The Castro Street cable cars were an impressive 34 foot long combination cars constructed from 1870 until 1890. They had a carrying capacity of approx.130 passengers which made them the largest cable cars ever to operate in San Francisco. They were last used on all five of the Market Street Cable Railway Co.’s lines and the Geary Street Park & Ocean R.R. $7.99 |
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Clay Street Hill Dummy and Car CLAY STREET HILL RAILROAD operated the 1st cable car company in the world. This type of car was first used on a trail run on August 2, 1873 and put into revenue service September 1st of that same year. The company remained independent until it sold to the Ferries and Cliff House Railway on September 8, 1888. The Clay Street line discontinued operation on September 9, 1891. $7.99 |
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Geary Street Dummy and Car Constructed in1880 the GEARY STREET PARK & OCEAN was a successful enterprise from the beginning, running from the intersection of Kearny and Geary Streets out Geary Street to the cemeteries near Central Avenue. (now Presidio Avenue) approx. two miles. The Dummy and Trailer represent the original equipment used until 1892 when the system was completely rebuilt and extended to Golden Gate Park and combination cars like those on Castro Street were introduced in addition to the dummy and trailers. The operation survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire and operated until 1912. $7.99 |
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Metropolitan Railway Trolley Car This car was one of METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY 13 cable cars originally constructed in 1891 for the never-completed Page-Frederick cable line; they were rebuilt into electric cars for the Metropolitan Railway. Their single end configuration however proved awkward for electric car service which required controls at each end, this prompted a second rebuilding resulting in a car similar to today’s California Street cable cars. $7.99 |
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Omnibus Line Combination Car OMNIBUS RAILWAY & CABLE COMPANY was the 8th (and last) cable car company to form in San Francisco and the least successful. The Omnibus operated five cable lines from 1889 to 1899 totaling 11.3 miles making it the second largest cable car system in the city. $7.99 |
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Pacific Avenue Dummy and Car SUTTER STREET RAILWAY COMPANY operated a large fleet of horse cars in San Francisco in the mid 1860s. Upon witnessing the success of the Clay Street Hill R.R. the company president, Henry Casebolt elected to covert most of the system to cable in 1877. Reorganizing as the Sutter Street Railway Co. this large successful operation continued until 1902 when it became part of the United Railroads of San Francisco. Most of the system was electrified after 1906 the only cable section to survive was a short section on Pacific Avenue between Polk and Divisadero Streets. This was the last cable operation to use the two-car Dummy and Trailer system, it lasted until 1929. $7.99 |
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Powell Street Cable Car Constructed in 1888 through 1894 for the POWELL STREET RAILWAY’s, Washington-Jackson and Sacramento-Clay lines. The twenty four cars of this type that are in service today owe their existence to the fact in 1906 they were stored in a remote car house far from the fire area. $7.99 |
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Powell Street Open Car Here is one of ten cars built by the FERRIES & CLIFF HOUSE RAILWAY circa 1888-90, painted a dark blue as opposed to the standard United Railroads of San Francisco pre 1906 paint scheme of Tuscan Red and Cream. The three open cars that survived the 1906 disaster were ultimately rebuilt into conventional Powell Street combination cars circa 1915 and 1923; these cars are in service today. $7.99 |
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The Steam Dummy and Car PRESIDIO & FERRIES RAILROAD’s Steam Dummy and Car is in fact a small steam locomotive called a “Steam Dummy or Steam Motor”. This tiny train trundled along a seven-block stretch on Baker Street from Greenwich St. to Harbor View Baths at the corner of Baker and Jefferson Streets until 1906. The site of the line’s engine house is now the bottom of the lagoon in the front of the Palace of Fine Arts. $7.99 |
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Union Street Dummy and Car PRESIDIO & FERRIES RAILWAY was unusual in that the one line was operated by horse, cable and steam dummy. The cable portion ran from the intersection of Montgomery Street and Montgomery Ave (now Columbus Ave.) via Montgomery Ave. and Union St. to the Presidio Military Reservation using two car trains like the on illustrated. Although the Presidio & Ferries R.R. was a financial and technological success; the events of 1906 completely destroyed the cable portion of the system. Management then purchased used electric cars from United Railroads and converted the entire line to electric operation, which lasted until 1913 when the P&F became part of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. $7.99 |
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