So the car needs to be pulled out of service to recharge the batteries and service the bearings?

Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> Most of the cable cars now operating are "brand
> new", built by Muni, including the hardware. When
> Elkton shop was being vacated, the carpenter shop
> was moved to the Tubbs Cordage site on outer 3rd
> Street, the consultants were blown away when they
> discovered that not only were there no blueprints
> for the cars, but that MSRy/Muni had been doing
> things this way for decades. Back then, Muni
> wasn't allowed to build new cars, one of those
> City Charter amendments or the like, so the Muni
> would save the roof assembly and build a new
> structure under it. This way they were only
> repairing the car.
>
> Lighting is provided by batteries, which used to
> be Edison cells but are now probably NiCad or the
> like.