Cars of many colors

March 14, 2022March 21, 2025 David Dugan Features, History Features, History Spotlight, SF Transit Company Histories, SFMSR

Visitors to San Francisco today frequently comment on the multi-colored fleet of streetcars on Market Street. But it’s not the first time that’s happened.

Siemens LRV magnet • SF Muni, 2018

This magnet represents the newest of Muni’s clean, green electric rail vehicles, replacing the Breda LRVs after 20+ years of service. Provides service on the J, K, L, M, N & T rail lines. Measures 7″ long. Someday, it’ll be historic. But you can enjoy it as a magnet now! Read More……

042 Magnet • SF Muni White Motor Bus (1938)

This magnet represents a favorite of the vintage bus fleet. Sometimes referred to as a “Baby White”, this small gasoline bus spent a good part of its working life going up and down Telegraph Hill on the 39-Coit line. Magnet measures 4″ long. Learn more about it here. Read More……

Completing a century: Muni 1983-2012

February 6, 2022March 21, 2025 Rick Laubscher Features, History Features, History Spotlight, Home List, SF Transit Company Histories, SFMSR

Final installment of our six part series on Muni’s birth and first century.

Market Street Railway Preserving Historic Transit Lapel Pin

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……