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“Last PCC” Back in Business!

March 12, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Muni News, Posts with Photos, Restoration 1040, PCC

Muni PCC No. 1040 at Van Ness Avenue March 12, 2012, on its first day back in passenger service. Matt Lee photo.

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Disney Makes Big Red Car Little

March 8, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher Features, Posts with Photos, Video 1061, Disney, Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric "Hollywood" car, 1953. A.M. Payne photo. Click to enlarge.

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Would You Freshen My Shirley Temple, Please?

March 7, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Posts with Photos 1052, Los Angeles Railway, PCC, Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black

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Mustn’t Miss Display at Our Museum – and On Market St.

February 23, 2012August 20, 2014 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight, Posts with Photos archives, Market Street, Muni centennial, photography, photos

Poster of 1914 image by John Henry Mentz, part of the Treasures From the Muni Archive Display on Market Street and (in this case) at our museum on Steuart Street, very close to the spot where this image was taken.

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Photo of the (Past) Moment: Deja Vu, Chronicle?

February 12, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight, Photo of the Moment, Posts with Photos San Francisco Chronicle, SFgatedailydeals.com, streetcar

Jim Lekas photo, Market Street Railway Archive

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Reminder of Our Roots, from Down the Coast

February 6, 2012October 15, 2014 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight, Posts with Photos

As our members and friends know, our organization is named for Muni’s old private competitor, Market Street Railway Company. That company actually went through several manifestations, starting back in the 19th century, when it was an arm of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s all-powerful “octopus,” famously novelized by Frank Norris.

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When We Actually Built Our Own Transportation

January 31, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight, Photo of the Moment, Posts with Photos, Restoration 798, elkton shops, market Street railway

All cars built at Elkton Shops proudly wore this decal, preserved here on sole survivor No. 798: "This Car a San Francisco Product, Built in Our Own Shops. Market St. Ry. Co."

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Photo of the Moment: Ride and Relax in the Rain

January 19, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Photo of the Moment, Posts with Photos

PCC No. 1078 at the F-line Wharf terminal on its first day back carrying passengers, January 19, 2012. Click to enlarge.

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Third Rewired PCC on the Street

January 11, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Posts with Photos

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San Francisco’s Past on Tap in Two Unique Ways

January 10, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight

Click to enlarge. Market and Van Ness, August 1938, zoomed-in aerlal photo from David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.

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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). 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 electronic newsletter, and our social media outlets bring you the latest news and information about San Francisco's historic streetcars and cable cars. Learn More  |  Join  |  Donate

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F- Market & Wharves: Daily service every 10-12 minutes via Market Street and The Embarcadero, with vintage streetcars leaving the Castro Street terminal from about 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and leaving the Fisherman's Wharf terminal (Jones & Beach Streets) from about 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Regular Muni fares apply. E-Embarcadero: Service is currently suspended on this route.

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