SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL RAILWAY
POWELL STREET CABLE CAR No. 11
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Page created August 5, 2018. Last updated February 22, 2021.
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Car 511 was built by Carter Bros. in 1893 and originally used on Sacramento-Clay. Renumbered 11 in 1973. Rebuilt in 1979-80 and 2018. In service.


PHOTOS TAKEN IN THE 1940s:

Market Street Railway Powell car 511 on the Washington-Jackson line is rotated on the Powell and Eddy Sts. turntable during private ownership years (before September 1944). Scan of an EKC postcard from my collection added 08/05/18.


PHOTOS TAKEN DECEMBER 2, 2019:


Powell car 11 in the lineup near the turntable (042-043), then outbound at Powell and O'Farrell Sts. (061-063) on a rainy December 2, 2019. It's decorated for the holiday season with sponsor ads by Blazing Saddles bicycle rentals. Five photos added 02/22/21.


PHOTOS TAKEN FEBRUARY 18, 2021:


Powell car 11 appears decorated for the Lunar New Year. Because this is the period of the pandemic, the car is not in regular service but did come out for display at the Powell and Market Sts. turntable. Pictures 030-042 of my February 28, 2021 trip to San Francisco and Antioch depicts car 11 descending Powell past Union Square. Twenty-three photos added 02/22/21.



This set of pictures of car 11 is taken at the turntable on February 11, 2021. Twenty-three photos added 02/22/21.