Ziplines seem to be quite the rage as evident in this video which shows someone zipping along a wire towards the San Francisco Railway Museum.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -line.html

Also, I have seen a resort along the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge right-of-way of that offers 21 ziplines to tourists. The resort is a flagstop for the railroad. I wonder if any other rail museums have ties to these or other thrill rides.

Sloan

What exactly is in the San Francisco Railroad museum? Until I read that article even as often as I've been to SF I didn't know it was there. http://www.streetcar.org/museum/

As to the Zip lines, I've ridden the one down Fremont street in Vegas and it is a blast.

I wonder if the City would let us build one in Griffith Park from the bridal trails down to the Travel Town Museum? :-)

Greg

For years Heber Valley Railroad has had ties (pardon the pun) with opportunities for adventure along the line. In winters past, riders could purchase tickets for a ride to Soldier Hollow, disembark, and spend half the day tubing on the slopes at the Soldier Hollow 2002 Winter Games venue, then catch the afternoon train back to Heber. At the eastern terminus (by the timetable not the compass), Vivian Park, summer offers the opportunity to raft on the Provo River from the base of Deer Creek Dam to Vivian Park again...with the return trip to Heber by shuttle bus.

sc 'doc' lewis

Is that zipline a way of reusing wire rope from the cable car system? (just kidding, I think)
Regarding the SF Streetcar Museum: The storefront is rather like the bookstore/gift shop of a traditional railway museum. The whole "F" line can be thought of as the operating element.

There are a number of accuracy issues in the article... Our mayor is Lee, not Willie Brown... Willie was a couple of mayors and 8 or so years ago...

There is a "San Francisco Railroad Museum" of sorts, "San Francisco Trains", with its web site at http://sanfranciscotrains.org/index.html and its collection and site at the far southern edge of the City at Bayshore.

Randy Hees

I think they should have said "former," but they may have meant is the way Brown will always be "Mayor," just as Stanford will always be "Governor," or Bush will always be "President." Also, what is this "our" stuff, Peninsula Man?


As odd as I find the name choice, the correctly-identified San Francisco Railway Museum is the name of the non-profit Market Street Railway's museum and gift shop at 77 Steuart. It is an interesting little place to visit as it almost too seamlessly blends commerce with interpretation, but it is very well-designed and worth about an hour of poking around. They have some nice artifacts that are well presented. It is impressive to see how much better an old sign looks when it is put in a case and properly lit. Their merchandise selection is also very tasteful and thematically tied to their mission.

I believe the space was provided by the building's developer as part of their deal with the city that allowed them develop what had been a bus layover yard.

Also, State Belt #4, which turns 100 this month, is in a secure fenced enclosure next to the Bayshore Roundhouse in Brisbane. This is just south of The City, and I contributed a teensy bit to getting the roundhouse on the National Register of Historic Places.

Now I feel like an internet nitpicker. I should take a shower.

Of course, within the region, San Francisco is THE City... in ways other urban centers are not. We may like our little nearby suburban city, but San Francisco (don't call it Frisco) is The City...

Don't take a shower... check twitter and find a good food truck...

Randy

The latter is a different case. By convention, there is no such thing as a former President (of the United States). You get the title for life, all you have to do is be selected.