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26-JUN-2006 Denise

7th: Transportation in the City
by Denise

San Francisco

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Helen Betts 28-Jun-2006 07:24
Denise, I love all your shots of my hometown for both sentimental and technical reasons. Nice work! Helen
triviaman (inframan) 27-Jun-2006 17:32
Denise - Before 1969 women weren't allowed to stand on the outside platform!
Denise27-Jun-2006 16:27
Thanks for the info ;-)) and good thing I didn't know that yesterday!!!!!!!!!! This was only the 2nd time in 25 years that I rode a Cable Car because they scare the heck out of me!! When I shot the City by the Bay, I was where the guy taking the pic with the black shorts was. Holy Moly!!!!!!
triviaman 27-Jun-2006 13:05
This is where 2 cable car lines cross (Powell & California Streets) so 1 cable car operator or "gripman" (usually the one on the Powell St. line like the one in the pic) has to let go of the cable & coast across the tracks of the other. Pretty scary if you realize what's going on. I rode on more than one that couldn't re-catch the cable & had to coast all the way back to the bottom of the hill to start over.