UPDATE: “Special Guest Streetcar” service is operating Friday, August 22, with its first trip leaving Castro and Market around 12:30 p.m. Milan Tram 1815, in all its 97-year old Italian glory, is the car of the day but unfortunately does not appear on our exclusive live streetcar map. There will be NO F-line streetcar service Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24 (buses instead), so that Muni and PG&E can conduct work on Church Street, the route the F-line cars use in and out of service (the J-Church line is similarly bus-ified this weekend).
Melbourne tram
Come take a cruise (or say G’Day)
The Blackpool Boat Tram and the Melbourne tram both cruised The Embarcadero to the delight of riders and onlookers on their initial day of Fleet Week service, Thursday, October 8. They’ll be out every day through Monday, October 11, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. between our San Francisco Railway Museum (across from the Ferry Building) and Pier 39.
Happy Centennial of a Big Global Streetcar Event
Today is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB), whose history is wonderfully summarized in the quoted sections below, which were originally posted on Facebook by the group Australian Rail Maps, which also provided the historic photo from 1991 above.
Fabulous Fleet Week
This year’s San Francisco Fleet Week (October 7-14) saw more vintage streetcars participating than ever. It all came together quickly, once SFMTA (Muni) was able to sign up operators for overtime work.
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