The Giants-Cleveland-F line Connection
October 28, 2010
Our friends at Curbed SF posted this photo as part of their Giants' coverage. No doubt because of the orange and cream livery. Doubt they know that F-line PCC No. 1075 actually pays tribute to Cleveland Transit System! Wait, there's actually a connection, though. Cleveland Transit System's streetcars were painted in this livery in 1948, the last time the Indians won the World Series (one of only two teams with a longer championship drought than the Giants (the Chicago Cubs are even more hapless) .
And it was in 1954 that Cleveland Transit System's last streetcars stopped running, the same year that the Giants last won the World Series, beating -- the Cleveland Indians! (But streetcars in Cleveland continued rolling on the suburban Shaker Heights line, with PCCs giving way to LRVs in 1983.)
(The baseball futility scoreboard - most years since last World Series win: Giants 56; Indians 62; Cubs, 102 and counting!)
And yes, Muni has a PCC honoring Chicago too. We'll share a surprise about that one next week.
GO GIANTS!
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