San Francisco's Municipal Railway: Muni

Here is a wonderful book that chronicles the first century of America’s first big city publicly owned transit system with a great array of photographs, many never before published, from a variety of sources. The commentary, expressed largely through incisive photo captions, is first rate, as you would expect given the deep expertise and passion of the authors: Market Street Railway board member Walt Vielbaum; Grant Ute, founder of San Francisco Railway Archives; historian Bob Townley; the late Philip Hoffman, Market Street Railway historian and board member; and the late Cam Beach, SFMTA board member and former Market Street Railway vice president. The authors are donating all their proceeds to Market Street Railway in support of our historic preservation efforts. If you buy the book here or at our San Francisco Railway Museum, we will receive a much higher net amount from your purchase than if you buy it elsewhere. This is an Arcadia book, but it is in a larger format (9” x 10”) and of higher quality than their standard “Images of America” series. You’ll have hours of enjoyable discovery with this 144-page book.