Synopses & Reviews
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system. An icon of San Francisco, California, the cable car system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, or "Muni" as it is better known. Of the twenty-three lines established between 1873 and 1890,[4] three remain
Synopsis
A pictoral history of the San Francisco trolleycar system
About the Author
Kenneth Springirth, with a lifelong interest in rail transportation, has made numerous trips to San Francisco to ride, research, walk, and photograph the trolley car lines. Born and raised in the United States, he commuted to Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia by trolley car, subway, and sometimes commuter train. His father was a trolley car motorman in Philadelphia, and his grandfather was a trolley car motorman in Washington D.C. A detailed researcher, Kenand#8217;s interest in rail transportation by 2013 has culminated in writing 20 books on trolley car systems and railroads covering a variety of locations.