Poway Midland Railroad in Poway, California

Where outside of San Francisco can you ride a 1906 San Francisco cable car? That would be Poway, California. The narrow-gauge Poway Midland Railroad claims to have the only operational San Francisco cable car carrying passengers outside of the Bay Area. The car debuted in San Francisco’s California Street fleet in late 1906. It was built to replace cars destroyed in the earthquake that devastated the city on April 18 of that year. In 1955 it was sold to Knott’s Berry Farm amusement park. After being acquired by the city of…

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