August 2004 and the cable car tracks in Powell Street seen stretching up the hill early in the morning with a lone cable car perched on the horizon at the top of Nob Hill.
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A similar view thirteen years later in June 2017 featuring car 10.
Picture ref B6682
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At the top of the Hill the Powell Street lines cross California Street's. Special cable car traffic lights and a controller, housed in the little box mildly resembling a cable car, ensure there are no collisions.
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A June 2017 view from a California Street car, with a Powell Street car at the Nob Hill crossing. Cosmo Liner Van Hool 5702 is seen on the right, the Bay Bridge centre in the distance and the Transamerica Building poking its head into the skyline on the left.
Picture ref B6682
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This view of Powell Street with car 12 ascending in the distance looks to the hills south of the city.
Picture ref B6612
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