Limited Edition – San Francisco’s Milan Tram Streetcar #1895 resin art panel
Here’s a unique opportunity to own some sensational vintage streetcar wall art!
Celebrate the F-line Milan Trams with this fine art piece by San Francisco Artist Mike Sanchez. Each image is printed on an 8′ x 8′ resin panel mounted on wood and comes complete with hanger and bumpers. Artwork is signed on the back by the artist.
Limited Edition – Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Streetcar #1060
Here’s a unique opportunity to own some sensational vintage streetcar wall art!
Celebrate the F-line PCC Cars with this fine art piece by San Francisco Artist Mike Sanchez. Each image is printed on an 8′ x 8′ resin panel mounted on wood and comes complete with hanger and bumpers. Artwork is signed on the back by the artist.
With San Francisco’s historic streetcars still shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we can’t take an actual ride to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the permanent F-Market line, but we can get some virtual thrills with these two new merchandise items, designed by Chris Arvin. Above, a poster with Chris’s iconic, er, icons that playfully visualize some of Muni’s historic streetcar fleet. Below, a pin featuring a PCC in original Muni livery.
On September 1, 1995, a parade of vintage streetcars rumbled westward on Market Street, led by the wildly popular Boat Tram 228, to officially inaugurate the permanent F-Market streetcar line (extended in 2000 to become the F-Market & Wharves).
Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of San Francisco’s Fabulous F-line! Learn the story of the vintage streetcar line that has operated in regular service on San Francisco’s Market Street since 1995. We offer the 2019 CERA (Bulletin #150) hardbound edition with dust jacket (324 pages) for $65.00. Edition is in full-color. Author Peter Ehrlich is a retired Muni F-line operator and accomplished transit photographer who worked the F-line until his retirement in 2005. Read More……
UPDATE: The City and County of San Francisco is now allowing indoor museums to reopen with limited capacity, but with no F-line streetcars running, there are few people in the area. We will most likely reopen when F-line historic streetcar service resumes No date has yet been set for that; we will announce plans on this website when decisions are made.
A new study, plus research by our board member Chris Arvin, shows that the first month of the ban on private automobiles on Market Street is making Muni operations, including the F-line, faster, according to this story in the San Francisco Examiner.
This morning, operators on Muni’s E-Embarcadero and F-Market & Wharves historic streetcar lines started rolling their destination signs past “Fisherman’s Wharf” and stopped at “Pier 39”, the big visitor attraction a block east of what’s traditionally considered the Wharf. And those Wharf destination signs are supposed to stay dark for at least a full year, maybe longer, while the city makes changes to three blocks of Jefferson Street, from Powell to Jones, changes that do NOT include the F-line tracks or overhead wires themselves.
Update: 1928 Melbourne Tram 496 will continue to substitute for 1934 Blackpool (England) Boat Tram 228 on The Embarcadero Tuesday and Wednesday, July 16-17, while Muni maintenance crews analyze the problem with one of the motors or bearings. We will provide updates on the progress of fixing the boat tram as available.
On April 12, 1919, the first L-Taraval streetcar hit the rails, overcoming obstacles to begin a century of service that continues today.
