Disabled Citizens Help to Maintain Historic Trolleys
On December 3, the San Francisco Examiner took note of Market Street Railway’s car cleaning activities, led by Market Street Railway Director Emeritus and former president Art Michel. The article, reprinted here by permission, highlights our growing outreach to volunteers from other nonprofit groups, and accurately portrays the pride they feel helping keep the F-line cars looking great... (more)

Car No. 162: Closer to home
On September 9, Muni streetcar No. 162 made history, moving under its own power on its home system for the first time in 47 years. It was a baby step—just ten feet inside the safe confines of Market Street Railway’s David L. Pharr Historic Streetcar Facility, to connect up to Muni’s Unimog tractor that towed it over the pit track—but it was “a beautiful sight,” according to MSR project manager Jack Smith. Air pressure on the vintage 1914 car moved up steadily to a normal 90 pounds. Then, “the switch group hissed and clicked and clattered,” and with one point of power, 162 moved... (more)

The Market Street Railway Mural
A beautiful new mural, currently in progress, is being painted at the corner of Church and 15th Streets in San Francisco, depicting the history of urban transit along Market Street, in incredible detail, from the turn of the Twentieth Century to the present day, and beyond... (more)

Car No. 162: History comes home
History came home on July 10, 2003. After more than 45 years away from its home tracks, 1914 Muni streetcar No. 162 returned to San Francisco, thanks to the generous donations of Market Street Railway members and friends (see list at left). The car was transported to Market Street Railway’s “Mint Division” restoration facility at Duboce Avenue and Market Street from the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Riverside County, California, which had acquired it from Muni in 1958, when the car was originally retired... (more)