Our friends at Curbed SF posted this photo as part of their Giants’ coverage. No doubt because of the orange and cream livery. Doubt they know that F-line PCC No. 1075 actually pays tribute to Cleveland Transit System! Wait, there’s actually a connection, though. Cleveland Transit System’s streetcars were painted in this livery in 1948, the last time the Indians won the World Series (one of only two teams with a longer championship drought than the Giants (the Chicago Cubs are even more hapless) . And it was in 1954 that Cleveland Transit System’s last streetcars stopped running, the same year that the Giants last won the World Series, beating — the Cleveland Indians! (But streetcars in Cleveland continued rolling on the suburban Shaker Heights line, with PCCs giving way to LRVs in 1983.)(The baseball futility scoreboard – most years since last World Series win: Giants 56; Indians 62; Cubs, 102 and counting!)And yes, Muni has a PCC honoring Chicago too. We’ll share a surprise about that one next week.GO GIANTS!
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Featuring F-Line art from Kurt Schwartzmann of Yellow Line Art, this notecard shows Car #1061, the Pacific Electric car honoring Los Angeles, California. Read More……
Send your loved ones a little piece of San Francisco beauty with these postcards from Kurt Schwartzmann of Yellow Line Art. Featuring San Francisco icons such as our popular boat tram, Breda train, and historic busses, these postcards are sure to bring a smile to their receiver. Read More……
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Own an authentic piece of San Francisco transit history with this “F-line Takes You There” Car Card – seen on the F-Line streetcars circa 2020.
This printed styrene car card measures 28″ x 11″, and features our San Francisco streetcar #1040, alongside signs describing the wonderful activities along the F-line.
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Noted Bay Area journalist Joe Fonzi’s 30-minute on the history and operation of the F-line is now online. Watch it here. (If for any reason the link doesn’t work, URL is www.ktvu.com/video/1736822. The doc has some great historic footage, including the 1980s Trolley Festivals, engaging interviews with F-line operators, maintainers, and riders…including Mayor Daniel Lurie, who tells what he thinks about the F-line.
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UPDATE: Joe Fonzi’s great 30-minute documentary on the F-line will indeed be repeated on Channel 2 on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, at 12:30 pm, just before NFL football on Fox. If you haven’t seen it yet, either watch or record it; it’s well worth your time, with great interviews featuring operators and maintainers of the streetcars, wonderful historical and current footage of both PCCs and vintage cars, and an interview with Mayor Lurie.
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Muni’s 22-Fillmore line is one of San Francisco’s longest-lived and most important transit routes, gaining additional popularity even now, 130 years after it was built.
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IF YOU’RE IN THE BAY AREA, YOU CAN PURCHASE ANY OF THESE ITEMS AND MUCH MORE AT OUR SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY MUSEUM AND AVOID SHIPPING CHARGES.
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As planned, the special six-month 150th anniversary fare on the California Street cable car line has expired, and the fare has gone back to $8 one-way, the same as the Powell Street cable cars.
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