Photo of the Moment
Photo of the (Past) Moment: What Could Have Been
PCC No. 1006 carries a load of raifans on the H-line, crossing paths with Washington-Jackson cable car No. 509 at Van Ness Avenue and Jackson Street, around 1949. Walt Vielbaum photo. Click to enlarge.
Photo of the Moment: Great Day on The Bay
What a string of December days we’re having in the City! Absolutely clear and 61 degrees when this shot was taken and posted Monday morning. We’re looking at Piers 3 and 5 and The Embarcadero from one of the Golden Gateway apartment towers, with PCC No. 1076 tooling along! Click to enlarge it.
Photo of the Moment: Not a Streetcar, But…
…it’s a window into a wonderful railroad operation in South America, captured by Market Street Railway member and co-chair of our calendar committee Kevin Sheridan. He’s just back from a trip to Chile, where he rode the rails and saw some great scenery, with and without trains.
Photo of the (Past) Moment: Unforgettable
Powell Street Cable Car No. 515 at the Fairmont Hotel, 1959. Bob Davis photo. Click to enlarge.
Photo of the Moment: Brandon Doran
Photo of the Moment: From a 2013 Calendar Contributor
An example of Adolfo Echeverry’s photography: PCC No. 1059, honoring Boston Elevated Railway, makes a nighttime run on The Embarcadero. Adolfo is a contributor to our 2013 calendar. Click to enlarge.
Photo of the [Past] Moment: Thanks, Mom!
Click to enlarge. Muni PCC No. 1040 on Market Street in 1955, about to turn onto First Street to reach the Transbay Terminal (which would have been shown as "BRIDGE" on the roll signs of the day). Following common practice of the time, the operator has already changed the destination reading to "OCEAN" on the L-Taraval line (revised on later roll signs to "46TH-ZOO"). That’s the Hunter-Dulin Building, home to the fictional detective firm of Spade & Archer, above the car in the background, at 111 Sutter. (It’s still there.) We left the photo uncropped, the better to see the cool storefronts on Market. No, "Navy Blues" is not the predecessor of Old Navy. Several military uniform stores used to be quartered in this section of Market. Photo by Joel Salomon’s mom.
Photo of the Moment: M&M
Photo of the (Past) Moment: Deja Vu, Chronicle?
Jim Lekas photo, Market Street Railway Archive
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