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How Streetcars & Cable Cars Shaped San Francisco’s History | SF

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 General Admission; Free for CHS & Heyday Members

California Historical Society | 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA

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San Francisco just wouldn’t be the same without its colorful streetcars and cable cars. These vintage forms of public transit are not only practical ways to explore the city—they are amusement rides that jangle through a mix of historic buildings and vibrant new development, filling your ears with the sound of cables clicking as steel wheels rumble under your feet. At the same time, they are a fleet of unique traveling museums.

Rick Laubscher, author and president of Market Street Railway, will tell a few of the remarkable stories of San Francisco’s cable cars and streetcars detailed in his new book, On Track. Part travel and field guide, part civic and engineering history, his book has everything from illustrations and specs to a trainspotter’s checklist.

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Cost: $5*
*$5 General Admission; Free for CHS & Heyday Members
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, History, Lectures & Workshops, San Francisco
Address: 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA