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Cable Cars: The Trams and Cable Cars
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  • Updated By Carmela71 on September 7, 2004
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    by Carmela71
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    Who has not heard about them or seen a film where all cars smash in a police persecution? We used them a few times but the queues are amazing so finally we used more time the other lines as the F that takes you around so watch all center and sea line if you are tired after all day walking But cable cars are dangerous LOL, the cars drive along the sides nearly touching the people standing on the sides and when you leave the cable car you have to watch that no car is coming. Ok drivers are pretty god over there and careful. But I was suffering for the kind standing on the lines hehehe (I guess my friends would laugh as they always call me mum, as I always worry about this things hehehe)

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    Cable Cars: Cable Car Know-How
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  • Updated By SFHulaGIrl on March 15, 2006
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  • Me with 2 Cable Car Conductors (Tommy & Walter) - San Francisco
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    by SFHulaGIrl
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    Do NOT refer to them, under any circumstance, as "trolley" cars. The basic fare is $5.00 for adults, and there are NO transfers. Cable car tickets and one-day Muni passes ($10) are sold by the conductors on the cable cars. The conductors can make change for up to $20. Monthly passes and Passports are valid on cable cars. The Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cars are heavily touristed, while the California/Drumm/Van Ness cable car is used mostly by the locals. Hours of operation are generally 5:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Also, do NOT ring the bell to indicate your stop. The bell is for use of the conductors only; one bell means "stop" and two means "go" or, is it the other way around?!

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    Cable Cars: Cable Car / Cable Car Museum
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  • By furioso on December 17, 2002
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  • Cable Cars - San Francisco
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    The cable car was born in San Francisco at four o'clock in the morning on August 2, 1873, when Andrew Smith Hallidie successfully tested the world's first cable car. Operated by the nonprofit "Friends of the Cable Car Museum" the Cable Car Museum provides not only an historical perspective of the importance of the cable car to San Francisco, but an insight into the daily operations of today's system.

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    Cable Cars: Take a trip on a cable car! A...
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  • By jrs1234 on September 8, 2002
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  • Cable Cars - San Francisco
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    Take a trip on a cable car! A really memorable experience - these things are real working antiques.

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    Cable Cars: Ride cable car, but stand in...
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  • By Bavavia on August 27, 2002
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  • Cable Cars - San Francisco
    by Bavavia
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    Ride cable car, but stand in back( not inside of car) and look back as the car is going up the hill! Very invigorating! and very San Fransisco...

    Getting on the local bus and going downtown with no real destination in mind, got off at a stop near downtown and just explored area, ended up walking through Chinatown and miles ( up hills, I had to stop a few times because it is very tiring)!, but it was enjoyable, finished by having dinner at a local Italian restaurant where the staff was very courteous, the atmosphere was very comforting, and the food was out of this world and the price tag was very reasonable....

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    Cable Cars: Ride on the cable cars! These...
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  • Updated By volarevolare on August 26, 2002
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  • Cable Cars - San Francisco
    by volarevolare
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    Ride on the cable cars! These have to be the most over-rated tourist attraction, but I still think that they're one of the best attractions! It's so fun to stand hanging onto the rail and travel up and down the steep, steep slopes that make San Francisco so quaint.

    Has to be of being in San Francisco itself... the whole adventure of it all! My first big trip out on my own with my friends... so it's become quite symbolic of my initiation into becoming a traveller of this world... where at once, I'm alone, and yet surrounded with fellow travellers...

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    Cable Cars: Take in a cable car ride. ...
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  • By feline01 on August 26, 2002
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  • Take in a cable car ride. Touristy yes, but still a wonderful way to see the city. Try to go early in the morning before the long lines form.

    Watching the sunset at Fisherman's Wharf while listening to the sounds of hundreds of barking seals. Fisherman's Wharf sucked, just standard tourist crud, but the seals kept bringing us back to this area, either by foot or boat. The seals may look adorable and sound hilarious but ugh, the smell of hundreds of seals can be very overwhelming.

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    Cable Cars: Ride those famous cable cars....
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  • By kat_on_moray on August 26, 2002
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    by kat_on_moray
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    Ride those famous cable cars. This is a great way to see all of the fantastic Victorian architecture and you can also avoid having to walk up some of those terribly steep hills!

    Food, glorious food! The options of where to eat are endless when you are in SF - chocolate-covered strawberries, clam chowder soup, Thai delicacies, and Indian pizza (Go Zante's pizza!). While you are walking the streets of this city and see a restaurant that looks interesting (there are plenty) - try it out! I think that this is one of the most exciting things to do in SF.

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    Cable Cars: Take a ride on a Street Car....
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  • By marcmalano on August 25, 2002
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  • Cable Cars - San Francisco
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    Take a ride on a Street Car. $2 per person for a one way trip. Also check out the Street Car museum.

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    Cable Cars: These are all MUST-DOs: the...
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  • By Lys-Noir on August 26, 2002
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  • Cable Cars - San Francisco
    by Lys-Noir
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    These are all MUST-DOs: the Powell-Hyde Cable Car ride from the base of Powell Street through Union Square, Nob and Russian Hills. This is the Lombart Street stop (The crookiest street in the World). As I drove down Lombart street I don't have a picture of it. It took 20 min queuing before our turn and once down I didn't have the opportunity to stop :-( See also Alcatraz at the rear!

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