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“150 Years of Cable Cars 1873 – 2023” – We’re celebrating the sesquicentennial of our venerable cable cars with this limited edition lapel pin, featuring our own 150 year celebratory design. Lapel pin measures 1.5″ x 1.5″.
The lapel pin is available exclusively from Market Street Railway and the San Francisco Railway Museum. Quantities are limited. See separate listings for our mug, sticker, magnet, coaster and assorted tees.
What’s old is new again! Check out our very retro Muni Worm Pinback Button in Landor Colors evoking nostalgia for the old Poppy Gold and Sunset Glow of Muni’s livery from the 1970s. This limited edition round button measures 1.5″ dia.
The button is available exclusively from Market Street Railway and the San Francisco Railway Museum. Quantities are limited. Watch for our separate listings of our matching mug, sticker and tee.
Exclusively ours (like all our tees), this cartoon of Muni’s jaunty F-line streetcars encourages kids to come take a fun ride on a vintage tram on San Francisco’s Market Street, and wear the tee that says so! This Youth tee is made of brushed cotton, locally printed and available in Navy or Light Gray, sizes Small & Medium. Also available in toddler sizes in red. Tram design by Chris Arvin. Read More……
Lucky 130 by Mae K. Silver documents the many lives of San Francisco Municipal Railway’s Streetcar #130, one of the oldest and best preserved streetcars in the historic fleet. Built in 1914 for service to and from the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE Fair) in 1915, the car transported millions of passengers till the end of 1956. Carbarn Foreman Charlie Smallwood was the persuasive voice that convinced management to convert #130 to tow-car #0131 for towing disabled streetcars and continued in that service until 1982. Muni maintainers began restoration of Lucky 130 to passenger status in 1984, in time for the second Summer Trolley Festival.
In this keepsake booklet, author Mae Silver gives a brief overview of our nation’s state of preservation, transportation and politics in her introduction and follows with Smallwood’s successful effort to save Lucky 130. We’re glad he did! Softbound with black & white photos, 48 pages, M.K. Silver pub.1999.
Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton is a classic children’s story about the successful effort by the citizens of San Francisco to save their beloved cable cars from extinction. Lavishly illustrated with color drawings by the author, Ms Burton does not disguise her love for this unique form of urban transportation. Originally published in 1952. Softbound, 42 pages, Houghton Mifflin publisher 1980. Dimensions 9″ x 9.5″. Read More……
The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks by Pamela Duncan Edwards is “an excellent tribute to Parks and to her role in history, told in a child-friendly style.” Refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger took courage and determination, and led to changes in civil rights laws that have brought all Americans closer to a more just and equal society.
Full color illustrations by Danny Shanahan, 32 pages, Softbound, Sandpiper Books 2005. Dimensions 10.5″ x 8.5″.
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton, a wonderful companion book to Maybelle the Cable Car tells the story of a darling little house in the country that is swallowed up by the city growing around it. Ms Burton’s illustrations of the expanding city and its growing pollution are delightfully contrasted with marvelous illustrations of streetcars, buses, subways, elevated trains and clogged streets full of cars and trucks. As the city looms bigger and bigger, the little house becomes sadder and sadder, until rescue comes and the house is moved to a sunny plot of land in the country. Originally published in 1942. Softbound, 40 pages, Houghton Mifflin publisher 1969. Dimensions 9″ x 9.5″. Read More……
The Wheels on the Bus adapted & illustrated by Paul Zelinsky is a wonderful re-issue of the children’s song with tabs on every page to animate the illustrations. Pop-up fun on every page! Lavishly illustrated with color drawings along with the words to sing along. Hardbound, 15 pages, Dalmation Press publisher. Dimensions 11.25″ x 7.75″.
One of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series, African Americans of San Francisco documents the history of the African American community in San Francisco from the 1840s to present day. The book introduces the reader to public figures and leaders who gradually built a society that reflected the slow progress of the nation toward integration through social and political struggles. Among the many individuals recognized for their courage and determination was entrepreneur Mary Ellen Pleasant who broke the color barrier preventing her from riding on a omnibus in 1866. Authored by Jan Batiste Adkins, the book is illustrated with over 200 black & white photos and related documents. Published in 2012, 128 pages.
Show Your Love! Here’s the Muni “Worm” sticker in the contemporary Red color of the present day livery. Perfect size for your dashboard, coffee mug or laptop!
Price is for one sticker, measuring 2.75″ x 1.5″.
See our separate listings for our matching pin, tee, beanie and mousepad.
“Please Hold On, Sudden Stops are Sometimes Necessary“, indeed. If you’ve ridden Muni you know this to be true. A lurch, a bump, a sudden stop. Now you can join fellow strap-hangers in finding other uses for this word of caution. Hold On!
This sticker is found on Muni vehicles, and has so many other applications: Price is for one sticker, measuring 4.5″ x 1.25″, perfect size for your dashboard or laptop!
What’s old is new again! Check out our very retro Muni Worm Sticker in Landor Colors evoking nostalgia for the old Poppy Gold and Sunset Glow of Muni’s livery from the 1970s.
Price is for one sticker, measuring 2″, perfect size for your dashboard or laptop!
See our separate listings for our matching button, tee, beanie and mousepad.
Here’s some creative fun for the budding tram enthusiast or any kid interested in things that go. Assemble and paint this wooden streetcar model! Kit includes all parts, paintbrush, sand paper and paints. Assembled trolley is 6.25 x 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Full instructions included. Suggested ages 5 and up. Read More……
Fun for the Cable Car enthusiast in your life! Pop out the colorful pieces and assemble this cardboard replica by artist Marc Tetro. Size of assembled cable car is 7″ x 2″ x 2.5″. Instructions and photo of assembled car are included. Suggested ages 5 and up. Read More……
Set of 3 Lapel Pins representing some of the Historic Streetcars in San Francisco’s Vintage Fleet which operate on Market Street and the Embarcadero. Featured here are Peter Witt designed Milan tram in its 1928 livery, the ever popular Blackpool “Boat Tram” from 1934, and “Wonderful One”, San Francisco’s very first streetcar #1, built in 1912 and restored in 2011 for Muni’s Centennial in 2012. Pin designs by Chris Arvin. Read More……
Set of 5 different bookmarks featuring Muni’s colorful fleet of streetcars dedicated to operation on San Francisco’s Market Street and the Embarcadero. Each full-color bookmark shows 9 different cars in the fleet and measures 7″ x 2″. Read More……
A fantasy design, this green & gold lapel pin adds wings to the original SF Municipal Railway “O’Shaughnessy” logo, Measures 2″ tip to tip. Butterfly clasp on reverse. Read More……
A fantasy design, this iron-on patch adds wings to the original SF Municipal Railway “O’Shaughnessy” logo, and is reminiscent of the green & cream livery see on San Francisco’s PCC streetcars for almost a quarter of a century, and still worn on our very own Car 1040 today. Measures 4.5″ tip to tip. Available exclusively thru Market Street Railway and the San Francisco Railway Museum.
Here’s the current Red “Worm” Logo Patch of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). Originally designed in Orange by Walter Landor for the new fleet of light rail vehicles beginning service in late 1970s, the color was changed to Red with the introduction of the new dark gray operator uniform in 2019. This peel & stick embroidered patch measures 1.5″ x 2.75″. Read More……
This pin bears our signature Logo and Motto – Market Street Railway: Preserving Historic Transit in San Francisco, and is fashioned after that of our namesake, the private Market Street Railway Company, which merged with the San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1944. Measures 1.125″h x 1″w, butterfly clasp on back.
The mission of today’s non-profit Market Street Railway is to work in partnership with SFMTA to keep our transit history alive by supporting full historic streetcar service on the F-line, improving our one-of-a-kind Cable Car system, and “keeping the Past Present in the Future” with our San Francisco Railway Museum, our publications and our events. Read More……
This image honors Brooklyn where PCC streetcars ran in service from 1936-1956. Pin measures 1.25″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Chicago where PCC streetcars ran in service from 1948-1989. Pin measures 1.25″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This exquisite lapel pin represents one of San Francisco’s fleet of tribute PCCs, this one honoring Cincinnati where they ran in service from 1939-1951. Pin measures 1.25″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Kansas City where PCC streetcars ran in service from 1941-1957. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Los Angeles National City Lines PCCs that ran in service from 1945-1963. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors New Orleans streetcar 913, now part of Muni’s historic fleet and waiting full restoration. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Newark PCCs that ran in service from 1953-2001. Pin measures 1.25″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Philadelphia PCCs that ran in service from 1938-1947. Pin measures 1.25″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Philadelphia PCCs that ran in service from 1948-1989. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Philadelphia Suburban Red Arrow PCCs that ran in service from 1949-1982. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors San Diego PCCs that ran in service from 1937-1949. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors San Francisco where PCC streetcars have run on Market Street since their debut in 1939. The pin displays the green & cream with wings livery of Muni in the mid-1950s. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors St. Louis PCCs that ran in service from 1940-1966. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Toronto PCCs that ran in service from 1938-1995. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
This image honors Washington DC PCCs that ran in service from 1937-1962. Pin measures 1.625″ across and attaches with post & rubber clasp. Larry Hodson design. Read More……
