Limited Edition: Resin F-Line PCC Streetcar Art by Mike Sanchez

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.

 

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F-line 25th anniversary merch!

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.

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San Francisco’s F-Line by Peter Ehrlich

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…

Museum closed until F-line streetcars return

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.

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Pier 39 is now E/F-line terminal for at least a year

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.

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