OcCre Wooden Transport Model Kit
San Francisco Tram (1/24) 53007
San Francisco’s cable cars are one of the most recognisable transport icons in the world, and they have been quietly doing their job for well over a century. The first cable car system of this type was developed in London, but it was in San Francisco that the idea truly found its home. On 2 August 1873, Andrew S. Hallidie introduced the first cable car on the Clay Street line, solving the problem of steep hills and unreliable horse drawn transport.
The OcCre San Francisco Tram is based on car number 60 of the California Street fleet, a design rooted in the original cable cars built by John Hammond & Company in 1906. Despite earthquakes, fires, and generations of rebuilding and renumbering, this basic design has survived. The real car was refurbished several times, including a major renovation in the late 1960s that reused original seats and the roof, preserving its historic character while keeping it in daily service.
- Highly detailed wooden cable car model kit
- Based on San Francisco Cable Car No. 60
- Scale: 1/24
- Length: 428mm
- Height: 160mm
- Width: 65mm
- Features the distinctive open sided tram design
History
Cable cars operate using a continuously moving cable running beneath the street, driven by a stationary engine. Each car grips the cable when it needs to move and releases it when it needs to stop, using brakes to control speed. It is a simple but clever system that has kept these trams running through technological revolutions that replaced almost everything else.
Today only two cable car fleets remain in operation, one serving the
