Cable Car Chronology

• May 28, 2008 -- Rebuilt car Powell Street 25 rolls out in revenue service, painted in 1906-era United Railroads livery.
  

• June 24, 2008 -- An underground transformer explosion near California and Drumm shut down California Street service for a while.
  

• July 13, 2008 -- Powell Street car 12 ran away at Washington and Mason and derailed while making the turn at Powell Street. Four passengers were injured.
  

• August 29, 2008 -- Inbound California Street cable car 60 rear-ended car 59 at California and Drumm this morning. 59 was more seriously damaged. Crew members on both cars were injured.
  

• September 24, 2008 -- An elderly lady was hit by a cable car at Mason and Broadway early in the morning. She died the next day.
  

• September 28, 2008 -- The The Friends of the Cable Car Museum dedicated a plaque at Whole Foods Market in Oakland, which includes the Consolidated Piedmont Cable Company's car barn and powerhouse at 24th and Harrison. Board member Don Holmgren, the leading authority on Oakland's cable car lines, spoke on the company's history.
  

• October 16, 2008 -- The Powell Street cable was stopped for most of the day by an early-morning loose strand.
  

• December 17, 2008 -- Two people were hospitalized after an SUV ran into car 13 near the end of the Hyde Street line.
  

• January 26, 2009 -- On a drizzly afternoon, an inbound California Street car slid down from Mason to Powell and clipped an inbound Powell Street car, which was waiting to pick up the rope after crossing the California Street tracks. No one was injured.
  

• June 3, 2009 -- A runaway cab hit two cable cars which were laying over on Powell near Ellis. Cars 10 and 24 were not seriously damaged.
  

• June 10, 2009 -- New Powell Street car 15 made its first test run on the Powell/Mason line.
  

• June 22, 2009 -- New Powell Street car 15 went into service after a ceremony at the Washington/Mason car barn. Mayor Gavin Newsome went for a ride. Byron Cobb pulled grip and Duane Allen was conductor. This day was the 25th anniversary of the return of the cars after the 1982-1984 rebuilding. Later in the day Sasha and Malia Obama, the President's daughters, took a ride on the car from Washington/Mason to Hyde and Lombard.
  

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