The San Francisco Railway Museum is a local
railway museum located in the
South of Market area of
San Francisco.
This small museum features exhibits on the antique
streetcars
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
of the
F Market & Wharves and national landmark
cable cars that continue to run along the city's major arteries. The museum is located at the
Don Chee Way and Steuart Station, across the street from the
Ferry Building. Admission to the museum is free.
In addition to the permanent collection of San Francisco railway artifacts from
Market Street Railway Company
The Market Street Railway Company was a commercial streetcar and bus operator in San Francisco. The company was named after the famous Market Street (San Francisco), Market Street of that city, which formed the core of its transportation network ...
and
San Francisco Municipal Railway, the museum features exhibits such as a retrospective on the
1906 earthquake and a replicated end of the now extinct MSR '100-Class streetcar'.
The museum is a project of the nonprofit
Market Street Railway, Muni's historic transportation advocacy group and was opened on October 7, 2006.
See also
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List of San Francisco Bay Area trains
This is a list of trains and train museums in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California in the United States.Lists of San Francisco Bay Area rail related resources can often be found at the "Links" page of a club or museum website. Exampl ...
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San Francisco Cable Car Museum
The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, it contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a ...
References
External links
Market Street Railwayincludes news and information on Muni's entire fleet of historic streetcars and cable cars
Museums in San Francisco
Railroad museums in California
San Francisco Municipal Railway
South of Market, San Francisco
Street railway museums in the United States
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