Market Street Railway is a non-profit organization with 1000 members, founded in 1976. Our mission: Preserving Historic Transit in San Francisco.
We receive no government money whatever. We rely instead on private donations and membership dues to help keep San Francisco’s past present in the future. Please click here to learn how to help.
We advocate for historic streetcar and cable car service improvements and expansion, educate people about the importance of attractive transit in creating vibrant, livable cities, and celebrate the wonderful historic streetcars, cable cars, and buses owned and operated by Muni, a service of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
We also operate the free San Francisco Railway Museum across from the Ferry Building at 77 Steuart Street, open Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Our group’s leaders were the driving force in making vintage streetcars a full-time part of the San Francisco scene in the 1980s and 1990s.
This website, our quarterly member magazine, Inside Track, our monthly electronic newsletter, and our social media outlets bring you the latest news and information about San Francisco’s historic streetcars and cable cars.
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Yikes! Makes me very glad the the Muni Track Crew is industrious about keeping the sharp curves greased to reduce squealing!
And…I recognize the sound of a Peter Witt being hurried…sounded like a fair amount of skipping points 3,4,6,and 7 on the controllers! 😉
Didn’t the shop folk do something to the wheels to quell the roaring noise?
If only we could have those supertrams on the N. Any way to get 3 car trains onto the N?
Tremendous video. The motor scooters make more noise in Milan than the trams do.
Outstanding video. thanks for sahring.
The first time I went to Milano was before I knew our listmeister. One trip and I knew why he is Milantram. This great video reminds me again of why I love the city and its’ trams so much. In an elegant city, Peter Witts go past the world’s best opera house during performances – and they don’t mind. Why would anyone else?