E-Line Startup Looks Set for July 25
[caption id="attachment_7693" align="alignleft" width="700"] E-line car No. 1008 in 2013 Demonstration Service at its Caltrain Depot terminal.[/caption]
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Third PCC Goes Into Rehab
“Boat Tram” Trolley Tour June 6
GM Conspiracy to Kill Streetcars? Not By Itself
[caption id="attachment_7605" align="aligncenter" width="700"] In this 1940 shot from the SFMTA Archives, you can see automobiles jousting with streetcars for space on Market Street. This car-car clash was a big reason streetcars almost died out in the U.S.[/caption]
Information NOT Gladly Given?
Muni unveiled sleek new buses yesterday, both motor coaches and trolley coaches. Their press release was full of positive stuff, and rightly so. Transit chief John Haley deserves credit for pulling strings to get new vehicles ordered and here much faster than used to be the case.
Super Bowl Party Kicks Out F-Line Streetcars
Muni Heritage Weekend September 26-27
Muni Heritage Weekend for 2015 has been officially scheduled on Saturday-Sunday, September 26-27. These dates were reaffirmed by Muni in June.
Sign Up For Our April Trolley Tours
[caption id="attachment_7443" align="alignnone" width="700"] Tram No. 737, from Brussels (1952) painted in tribute to San Francisco’s sister city, Zurich, Switzerland[/caption]
Geary Car House, with Friends
Muni’s first streetcar storage and maintenance facility was the Geary Car House, at Geary Blvd. and Presidio Avenue. It opened with Muni’s first lines (the A and B) in 1912 and stopped being a streetcar facility after the Geary lines converted to buses at the end of 1956. Muni built its Presidio Division bus facility behind this carbarn at the end of the 1940s. Its offices sat above the streetcar storage tracks until the early 21st century.
Sunday Streets on The Embarcadero March 8
[caption id="attachment_7388" align="alignnone" width="700"] New Orleans “Streetcar Named Desire” No. 952 (built 1923) runs in trial E-Embarcadero service along with PCC No. 1007 during 2008’s Sunday Streets event.[/caption]
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