Market Street Railwaytag:www.streetcar.org,2011-02-21://22012-02-13T05:29:41ZMovable Type Pro 4.37MarketStreetRailwayhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Live.comPhoto of the (Past) Moment: Deja Vu, Chronicle?tag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6752012-02-12T21:16:33Z2012-02-13T05:29:41Z Jim Lekas photo, Market Street Railway Archive Here’s an oddity. Not the photo, but where it showed up. We love this shot for two reasons: it features preserved Muni “Iron Monster” No. 162, near the end of its original...
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<p>Jim Lekas photo, Market Street Railway Archive</p>
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<p>Here’s an oddity. Not the photo, but where it showed up. We love this shot for two reasons: it features preserved Muni “Iron Monster”<a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/162"> No. 162</a>, near the end of its original service life on the M-Ocean View line on 19th Avenue crossing Junipero Serra, and it’s got that cool Nash keeping pace right alongside.</p>
<p>We know this photo, because it’s part of our collection, donated to us by MSR member Jim Lekas, who took it himself. We’ve never put it on the web before, but somehow — Jim doesn’t know how and neither do we — it has appeared in the Chronicle several times now in an advertisement for their website Groupon wannabe “sfgatedailydeals.com”. An even bigger mystery than where they got the photo is why they used it, since it has nothing to do with the copy.</p>
<p>Maybe they just think it’s cool.</p>
<p>We’re fine with that!</p>
<p>UPDATE: Mystery solved. Thanks to eagle-eyed member Walter Gerken, we now know how the Chronicle got the photo. The great Carl Nolte did<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/10/BAPV113EF7.DTL"> a story</a> on the return of Car No. 162 to the active fleet in 2008. Muni had asked us for photos of the streetcar; we provided Jim’s; it was attributed in the story to Jim, but courtesy of Muni, rather than us (which is fine). Frankly, we just missed that ball. Strike one! </p>
<p>Still, a good excuse to share a great photo. Thanks again to Jim for sharing it.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/8oGoJQiDKi0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/02/photo-of-the-past-moment-deja-vu-chronicle.htmlReminder of Our Roots, from Down the Coasttag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6742012-02-06T20:01:10Z2012-02-06T21:02:54ZAs 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...
<p>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.</p>
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<p>In the 1920s, following a reorganization of United Railroads, the name appeared again, this time managed by a firm named Byllesby, which owned or managed numerous utility properties of many types around the country, not just streetcar lines.</p>
<p>Member Bob Davis recently sent us a reminder of Byllesby’s one-time reach with this photo of the restored downtown power station of San Diego Gas & Electric, with a medallion highlighting the Byllesby slogan, “Pioneers in Public Service.” What you don’t see, because the incised letters around the edge are painted the same color as the medallion itself, is the name “Byllesby” across the top and the words “Engineering-Finance-Management” around the edge.</p>
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<p>On the similarly shaped original Market Street Railway logo (on which our non-profit’s logo is closely modeled), “Byllesby” appears in the same location along the top, and “Pioneers in Public Service” around the edge. When transit stopped being profitable in America (between the 1930s and late 1940s in most places), management companies like Byllesby gave up this part of their portfolio as public agencies took over. (Remember, Muni was the first big-city public transit agency when it started up in 1912; there were few like it around the country until after World War II.)</p>
<p>Now, though, we’re starting to see private-sector management of transit systems reappear in the U.S. and elsewhere, particularly with firms like Veolia, a French firm that now has contracts to run such systems as New Orleans’ RTA. </p>
<p>Thanks to Bob for the photo. By the way, in a little coincidence, <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2011/08/congratulations-san-diego.html">San Diego’s weekend “Silver Line” loop</a>, using an ex-Muni 1100-class PCC restored as a San Diego streetcar, runs right by this site today. </p>
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<p>PCC No. 1074, the "Red Rocket", near the end of its testing period on The Embarcadero near Mission Street, signed for the future E-line. Jeremy Whiteman photo. </p>
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<p>For decades, people in Toronto have called their streetcars “Red Rockets.” They ran all over town (their successors still do!) Now, a PCC streetcar painted in tribute to the Red Rockets is carrying passengers on the F-line, having just gone into revenue service for the first time.</p>
<p>PCC <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1074">No. 1074</a> has actually been hanging around Muni for years, acquired eight years ago from Newark as one of 11 identical cars to help reduce crowding on the overloaded F-line. Several of these 11 have been in service for extended periods since then, but several, including No. 1074, never got into regular passenger service until now. </p>
<p>In the 1970s, Muni ran several ex-Toronto PCCs when they needed extra equipment to handle detours while the Market Street Subway was being built. But the livery of those cars was partly altered, so No. 1074 is the first to run in full Toronto Transit Commission regalia in San Francisco. (By the way, to those who grouse that these and other Muni tribute PCCs don’t have every exact decal the original did, take a deep breath. They’re running here, not there; they have to have some standard Muni signage. We encourage that to be kept to a minimum, though, and Muni has been great about getting as many details correct as feasible.)</p>
<p>This is the of the 1070-class to be put into service following complete rewiring. Nos. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1071">1071</a>, <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1078">1078</a>, <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1079">1079</a>. and <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1080">1080</a> preceded it. The rest are either being tested now or still being worked on at the contractor, Brookville Equipment Company in Pennsylvania. The full streetcar fleet status list is <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/roster.html">here</a>. And you can see which of these streetcars are on the F-line right now by looking at the cool map <a href="http://www.nextmuni.com/googleMap/googleMap.jsp?a=sf-muni&r=F">here</a>.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/xIk49biqcc8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/02/red-rocket-joins-the-f-line-fleet.htmlThe C-line is back!tag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6722012-02-02T19:51:56Z2012-02-02T23:07:11ZWell, sorta. For the blink of an eye. Muni’s C-Geary-California line left California Street in 1949 after having the stretch from Sixth Avenue to 33rd Avenue on its route since 1915. (Before that, the stretch was part of its private...
<p>Well, sorta. For the blink of an eye. </p>
<p>Muni’s C-Geary-California line left California Street in 1949 after having the stretch from Sixth Avenue to 33rd Avenue on its route since 1915. (Before that, the stretch was part of its private competitor’s 1-California streetcar; after 1949 it became part of Muni’s 1-California trolley bus.)</p>
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<p>Now, at least a sliver of the old streetcar tracks are back, uncovered during road repairs. Check out the story and photo in <a href="http://richmondsfblog.com/2012/02/02/road-repair-reveals-old-streetcar-tracks-on-california-street/">richmondsfblog.com</a>. A similar sighting occurred a few years ago a few blocks away, with the uncovering of tracks for the 31-Balboa streetcar line.</p>
<p>Interesting that in the Richmond blog’s comments, one poster called for just uncovering the tracks and bringing back the streetcars. Would that it were that simple, but a nice reminder that some people still want “their” streetcar line back, 63 years later!</p>
<p>By the way, the restored No. 1 is getting some finishing historical touches out at Cameron Beach Yard, in preparation for a ceremony welcoming it back to the fleet as part of this, Muni’s centennial year. No date announced yet, but we’ll let you know here as soon as we know. </p>
<p>Our next issue of our member newsletter, Inside Track, now at the printer, features a big story on the history of Car No. 1, with several photos never published before to our knowledge. It’s for our members only, but you can get it by<a href="http://www.streetcar.org/support/join.html"> clicking here to join us</a> and helping us preserve historic transit in San Francisco.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/rorEaHYNGRY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/02/the-c-line-is-back.htmlWhen We Actually Built Our Own Transportationtag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6712012-01-31T21:32:00Z2012-01-31T21:32:35ZAn article on BART’s new cars stirred up a hornet’s nest of comments lamenting that we don’t build anything here any more — specifically transit vehicles. We’re not going to wade into that discussion (but feel free to clink the...Rick Laubscher, Market Street Railway
<p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/29/BAVD1MVLMB.DTL">An article on BART’s new cars</a> stirred up a hornet’s nest of comments lamenting that we don’t build anything here any more — specifically transit vehicles. We’re not going to wade into that discussion (but feel free to clink the link and comment there). Coincidentally, though, that news story appeared the same day a reader in Idaho, Noel Anthony Cimino, submitted this photograph to us for publication. Here’s what he wrote:</p>
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<p>“This is a photo of my dad, Joseph L. Cimino, working on constructing a Market Street Railway Streetcar in the late 1920s. He’s standing to the right in the photo. It looks like he’s attaching the buzzer button that was used to announce to the carman that you wished to get off at the next stop. This photo was taken at the Elkton shops located at Ocean and San Jose Avenues.”</p>
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<p>As some of our readers know, Muni’s old private competitor, for whom our non-profit is named, built 250 streetcars at the old Elkton Shops, using its own workforce. (For its part, Muni bought dozens of streetcars from companies who built them in San Francisco — Holman (1912-13) and Bethlehem Steel (1923). </p>
<p>We can’t tell which of Market Street Railway’s streetcars Mr. Cimino and his fellow craftsmen were working on. If it was the late 1920s, it wasn’t <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/798">No. 798</a>, which was built in 1924. No. 798 is the sole survivor of this “streetcar factory,” which employed many San Franciscans in good jobs for years (just as Elkton’s successor, Muni’s Curtis E. Green Light Rail Facility, does at that same location today). Both our non-profit and Muni have spent a lot of time bringing No. 798 back from the dead after it was rescued from destruction in the 1980s. </p>
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<p>There’s still considerable electrical and mechanical work to be done on No. 798, but when it’s finished, this large, high-capacity double-ended streetcar will be one of the workhorses of the fleet — perfect for hauling crowds to and from Giants’ games, as well as carrying passengers in daily service on the E- and F-lines for decades to come. We portray No. 798’s future in our exclusive historic travel series image (<a href="http://www.streetcar.org/store/travel.html#take-me-out">available as a poster, matted print, notecard, or magnet</a> online or at our <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/museum/">San Francisco Railway Museum</a>).</p>
<p>At the museum, you can also see a miniature streetcar of this class hand-built by the same Elkton Shops crafts workers who built the real things. Mr. Cimino may have even had a hand in that model. Surrounding the model, you can view a photo display telling the story of the old Elkton Shops and other operations of our namesake, Muni’s erstwhile privately owned competitor.</p>
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<p>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."</p>
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<p>We’re all about preserving historic transit in San Francisco. We help Muni do that, but we’re not part of Muni, nor do we receive any government funding for our efforts. We count on <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/support/join.html">memberships</a> and <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/support/donate.html">donations</a>. If you join our organization now, you’ll receive the new issue of our member newsletter, Inside Track, with its exclusive series on the history of America’s first public transit system — Muni — in this, its centennial year. And we’ll send you the last issue as well, with the first installment of that series. We appreciate your help in keeping vintage streetcars and cable cars as a vibrant part of the San Francisco scene.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/P9ajnyJWjo4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/when-we-actually-built-our-own-transportation.htmlBefore there were Muni Passportstag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6692012-01-31T04:54:00Z2012-01-31T04:54:02Z Years ago, on Sundays and holidays, one could buy an all day, unlimited use ticket for 50 cents, which was twice the base fare. I did this whenever possible, and spent most of the time on the cable cars...Duncan Moffitt
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<p>Years ago, on Sundays and holidays, one could buy an all day, unlimited use ticket for 50 cents, which was twice the base fare. I did this whenever possible, and spent most of the time on the cable cars and streetcars. While the layout and the wording of the ticket suggest that it was created during an earlier era, I bought this ticket on March 31, 1974.</p>
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<p>FINALLY some much needed rain today, and to greet it, the latest 1070-class streetcar to go into service following rewiring, with a little bonus.</p>
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<p>PCC No. 1078 at the F-line Wharf terminal on its first day back carrying passengers, January 19, 2012. Click to enlarge.</p>
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<p>PCC <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1078">No. 1078</a> honors San Diego, whose original PCCs carried a special slogan above the windows: “Ride & Relax.” Their original PCCs did not have those little oval windows, called “standee windows” above the main windows, so on Muni’s tribute livery, the slogan was put on the lower panel of the door side instead, while other minor changes in the lettering were made to avoid confusion between historic San Diego transit routes and current Muni ones.</p>
<p>But when <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2011/08/congratulations-san-diego.html">San DIego restored a PCC</a> (ex-Muni, by the way) to run on their downtown San Diego Trolley loop with their modern LRVs last year, they found a way to fit the motto between the main windows and the standee windows. So, we did too, on the non-door side at least. Thanks to a contribution from one of our members and graphic work by our Dave Dugan, we created a decal design that closely resembles the original lettering. It was installed by the crew of Muni’s Carole Gilbert, just in time for No. 1078’s return to revenue service. Thanks to everyone involved, including Liz WIlmes, whose company has done a great job of making decals for cable cars and streetcars alike. </p>
<p>This is the fourth of the 11 cars in the 1070-class to return to service after rewiring. The fifth, Toronto <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1074">No. 1074</a>, should be joining them within a few days.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/sQRYsgZY6e0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/photo-of-the-moment-ride-and-relax-in-the-rain.htmlFlood of New Faces on the F-linetag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6672012-01-17T06:20:44Z2012-01-17T06:23:00Z PCC No. 1070, in 1953 Newark livery, testing on The Embarcadero, January 15, 2012. Copyright Jeremy Whiteman. MLK Day Weekend saw a surfeit of unfamiliar PCCs on the F-line, as the 1070-class of streamlined streetcars showed up in force....
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<p>PCC No. 1070, in 1953 Newark livery, testing on The Embarcadero, January 15, 2012. Copyright Jeremy Whiteman.</p>
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<p>MLK Day Weekend saw a surfeit of unfamiliar PCCs on the F-line, as the 1070-class of streamlined streetcars showed up in force. Some were in passenger service, having been accepted by Muni from the contractor, Brookville Equipment of Pennsylvania, following complete rewiring, installation of some new propulsion components, and other work. At this writing, three of the 11 PCCs in that class have been accepted: Nos. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1071">1071</a> (honoring Minneapolis-St. Paul, the first city this group of cars served, from 1946-1952), <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1079">1079</a> (Detroit) and <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1080">1080</a> (Los Angeles Transit Lines).
On the verge of acceptance, having just passed its 1000-mile test period, No. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1078">1078</a> (San Diego) was out on the F-line for final testing. </p>
<p>Also on the line being tested, Nos. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1070">1070</a> (honoring Newark, where this group of cars ran from 1953-2003), <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1072">1072</a> (Mexico City), <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1074">1074</a> (Toronto).</p>
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<p>At Muni Metro East on January 16, 2012, PCC No. 1076 tows its sibling No. 1075 off the trailer arriving from Brookville Equipment Company before taking its place for the trip back to Pennsylvania. No. 1076 is the last of the 11 cars in the 1070-class to leave San Francisco for rewiring at Brookville.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, the last of the 11 cars in this group left San Francisco for Brookville today. To get on the trailer for the trip, No. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1076">1076</a> (Washington, DC) had to tow returning No. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1075">1075</a> (Cleveland) off the trailer first. No. 1075 will go into testing soon, along with No. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1073">1073</a> (El Paso-Juarez) and No. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1040">1040</a> (Muni’s own), which both returned recently from Brookville. No. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1077">1077</a> (Birmingham) is at Brookville now being rewired, completing this set of cars.</p>
<p>You can see when each car goes into passenger service by checking our exclusive streetcar fleet status page <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/roster.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>One more note: Muni’s flagship <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1">Car No. 1</a> took a brief fling on Taraval Street last week, just for a little exercise. Contrary to one report, it was not testing. The car is waiting for its inaugural event in February on a date soon to be determined. We’ll let you know as soon as we do.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/mxUImHjdqyA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/flood-of-new-faces-on-the-f-line.htmlThird Rewired PCC on the Streettag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6662012-01-11T16:39:58Z2012-01-11T17:10:44Z Muni PCC streetcar No. 1080, representing Los Angeles Transit Lines, has been accepted by Muni from contractor Brookville Equipment Company and is carrying passengers on the F-line today. For details on the rewiring program and other streetcars involved, click...
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<p>Muni PCC streetcar <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1080">No. 1080</a>, representing Los Angeles Transit Lines, has been accepted by Muni from contractor Brookville Equipment Company and is carrying passengers on the F-line today. For details on the rewiring program and other streetcars involved, click <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/second-rewired-pcc-accepted-by-muni.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>You can always see exactly which streetcar is where on the F-line <a href="http://www.nextmuni.com/googleMap/googleMap.jsp?a=sf-muni&r=F">here</a>. And you can see the status of every streetcar in the fleet <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/roster.html">here</a>.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/LY-kNswNMiA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/third-rewired-pcc-on-the-street.htmlSan Francisco's Past on Tap in Two Unique Waystag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6652012-01-11T04:20:38Z2012-01-11T16:30:09ZHere in the world’s tech center, we expect to be amazed by new things. But it’s a special treat to be amazed by something old. Or in this case, two things that are old today but were once new. Exhibit...
<p>Here in the world’s tech center, we expect to be amazed by new things. But it’s a special treat to be amazed by something old. Or in this case, two things that are old today but were once new.</p>
<p>Exhibit A, brought to our attention by Todd Lappin, Market Street Railway board member and curator of one of the city’s best neighborhood blogs, <a href="http://bernalwood.wordpress.com/">Bernalwood</a>. Todd reported on<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=aerial+1938&sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort,Pub_Date,Pub_List_No,Series_No&os=0"> this incredible collection of super-high-resolution aerial photographs</a> that covered the entire city…in 1938.</p>
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<p>For San Francisco history buffs, it’s a dream come true. For streetcar buffs, even more so. Here’s just one example: a screen shot, zoomed in on Van Ness and Market. You can see how Muni’s H-line cut across Market at a ridiculously oblique angle to connect from Van Ness to 11th Street. There’s a streetcar navigating the gauntlet now. You can also see the switches that connected Van Ness to the eastern side of Market. These were used to detour Muni J, K, L, M, and N streetcars up to Geary when downtown Market Street was closed for parades, and for cars assigned to Geary Carhouse to get in and out of service on the N-Judah, during the years it was based there. </p>
<p>Zooming in on other photos will give you a great closeup of the old Elkton Shops, where our namesake built and maintained streetcars, Fort Mason, showing how the H-line ran right through the Fort, and many other disappeared pieces of streetcar history. Or check out the freight yards at Mission Bay, the State Belt Railroad along the waterfront, and many other lost pieces of the past. It’s an incredibly engaging time-waster, for those so inclined.</p>
<p>More current and colorful is this film clip shared with the world by our good friend <a href="http://www.prelinger.com">Rick Prelinger</a>, who has done so much to preserve what would otherwise be lost footage of America’s past. This one is a real doozie: what amounts to a home movie, shot in Cinemascope! Note: we’re having intermittent problems with embedding this video. If you don’t see it immediately below, <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SanFrancisco1955CinemascopeFilm">click here</a>.</p>
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<p>The 21-minute film was mostly shot from an automobile by Tullio Pelligrini, an amateur who, true to the literal definition of that word, apparently did it purely out of love for San Francisco. (The point of view concept is reminiscent in some ways of the famous Miles Brothers’ <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/store/trip-dvd.html">Trip Down Market Street film</a>, shot from the front of a cable car on Market Street just before the 1906 Earthquake.) In fact, there’s an echo of that earlier film just after the 16 minute mark: “Iron Monsters” (the original Muni streetcars) sharing Market with the almost-new “Baby Ten” PCCs. Some great cable car footage follows.</p>
<p>If you like this film, you’ve GOT to sign up for Rick’s next showing of “Lost Landscapes 6,” his compilation of wonderful film scenes from San Francisco’s past. This will be included along with a wonderful WWII drive up Market and other scenes. It sold out the Castro Theater last month. The repeat show is Tuesday, January 24, at 7:30 p.m. at 300 Funston Avenue, corner of Clement. It’s a $5 suggested donation — a real bargain — and requires an<a href="mailto:rsvp@archive.org"> email RSVP</a>.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/AveVDyhdgf4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/san-franciscos-past-on-tap-in-two-unique-ways.htmlSecond Rewired PCC Accepted by Munitag:www.streetcar.org,2012://2.6642012-01-05T01:21:42Z2012-01-05T02:14:59ZMuni has finished testing on the second of the rewired 1070-class of streamliner PCCs. No. 1079, honoring Detroit, started regular service on the F-line today. PCC No. 1079, honoring the Detroit Department of Street Railways, turns the corner from Mission...
<p>Muni has finished testing on the second of the rewired 1070-class of streamliner PCCs. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1079">No. 1079</a>, honoring Detroit, started regular service on the F-line today. </p>
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<p>PCC No. 1079, honoring the Detroit Department of Street Railways, turns the corner from Mission onto The Embarcadero during its first stint in F-line service in 2008. Frank Zepeda photo.</p>
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<p>As regular readers know, these 11 streetcars were acquired from New Jersey Transit in 2004 after finishing a 50-year career Newark. After repainting and other modifications for Muni service, five of the 11 cars, including No. 1079, saw some service on the F-line until it was determined that their (original) wiring was just not holding up and needed to be replaced. </p>
<p>There have been problems with the reliability of the new door controls on these cars. The first car accepted, Twin City Rapid Transit <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1071">No. 1071</a> (the original owner of these 11 cars, which sold them to Newark in 1953), went out of service for a couple of days in its first week, but has been on the line for several days in a row now. </p>
<p>The next streetcars likely to be accepted are<a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1078"> No. 1078</a> (San Diego), <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1080">No. 1080</a> (Los Angeles Transit Lines) and <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1074">No. 1074</a> (Toronto), probably in that order. These three could all be in service within a few weeks.</p>
<p>The Muni project team wants to test these cars in the order they were received back from Brookville Equipment Company, the rebuilder. By that standard, Nos. <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1070">1070</a> (Newark livery), <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1072">1072</a> (Mexico City), and <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1073">1073</a> (El Paso-Juarez) would be the next cars to be put into acceptance testing.</p>
<p>Behind them would come Muni original <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1040">No. 1040</a>, which <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2011/12/car-1040-newest-all-over-again.html">we reported on last month</a>. It is now at Cameron Beach Yard.</p>
<p>You can always see the operational status of every car in the F-line fleet by clicking <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/roster.html">here</a>. You can also see which cars are actually on the F-line right now by clicking <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/live.html">here</a>. If you’d like to thank us for providing all the information we do (we’re all volunteers), we’d welcome your membership <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/support/join.html">here</a> or your donation (of any amount) <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/support/donate.html">here</a>. Thanks.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/_Lma4Z41gMw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2012/01/second-rewired-pcc-accepted-by-muni.htmlMuni Begins Its Centennial Yeartag:www.streetcar.org,2011://2.6632011-12-29T00:38:33Z2011-12-29T17:13:12ZThe San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), America’s first publicly owned urban transit system, begins its 100th year of operation today. Created early in California’Âs Progressive Era, in part as a reaction to a corrupt privately owned transit company, Muni opened...Rick Laubscher, Market Street Railway
<p>The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), America’s first publicly owned urban transit system, begins its 100th year of operation today. Created early in California’Âs Progressive Era, in part as a reaction to a corrupt privately owned transit company, Muni opened its first lines on Geary Street 99 years ago on December 28, 1912. Ever since, Muni has played a big part in the lives of San Franciscans, taking them to work, study, shop, and play. </p>
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<p>Fifty Thousand San Franciscans came out to cheer the opening of the Municipal Railway on Geary Street, December 28, 1912. Muni Archives.</p>
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<p>As Muni’s non-profit preservation partner, Market Street Railway has already released its <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/store/calendar.html">2012 Centennial Calendar</a> (which will be available at a reduced price when our <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/museum">museum</a> reopens January 4). MSR members also took the lead in creating <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/store/san-franciscos-municipal-railway-muni.html">a wonderful book documenting Muni’s first century</a>.</p>
<p>Official Centennial events are still being planned by Muni. Market Street Railway has made detailed suggestions and stands ready to assist with making such events a success. We’ll let you know as soon as specific events are announced, to allow maximum time for your planning. Meantime, here’s to Muni’s 99th birthday!</p>
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<p>Hey, we’re thinking ahead. Our <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/store/calendar.html">2012 calendar</a> is a big success, but we’re already starting work on the 2013 version. Our annual Museums in Motion streetcar and cable car calendar is a very important part of our fundraising, and we’re putting out the call to all photographers who’d like to see their work published in our gorgeous large format calenda to submit photographs.</p>
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<p>The back cover of our 2012 calendar includes thumbnails of the large images we used on each month’s main page. Click to enlarge.</p>
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<p>You can do that by clicking here to access <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/marketstreetrailway/discuss/72157628597896829/">our Flickr group</a> and just follow the directions on the post to submit your photos. You can also sign into the site with your Facebook ID. </p>
<p>Photographers are always fully credited with email address and website published in the calendar and are given five calendars for their own use. We’re answering questions about calendar submissions on that site. </p>
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<p>San Francisco Municipal Railway streetcar No. 1 on Stockton Street at Market, the terminal of the original F-Stockton line, Christmas Day 1944. Roy D. Graves photo, Market Street Railway Archives.</p>
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<p>It’s December 25, 1944. We’re at Stockton at Market Street, the terminal of Muni’s original F-line. And welcoming riders on this Christmas Day 67 years ago is none other than <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/1">Car No. 1</a>, recently repainted from its original gray and maroon “battleship” livery into Muni’s brighter blue and gold. It is ready for another trip on the F, past Union Square, through the Stockton Tunnel and Chinatown to reach North Beach, then on Columbus Avenue, North Point, Van Ness and Chestnut to the Marina District. (If you think this sounds like today’s 30-Stockton, you’re right. The original F is its direct ancestor.)</p>
<p>There was a glimmer of brightness on the war horizon this day, too. More than three years after Pearl Harbor, Allied forces had turned the tide against both Germany and Japan. While there would be months of fierce fighting ahead, the end of the war was now in sight.</p>
<p>On the Home Front, transit systems across America were overwhelmed with riders driven from their automobiles by gasoline and tire rationing. The strain was showing on Muni. Only three months before, it had taken over operation of its private competitor, Market Street Railway Company, only to find its equipment and facilities near collapse. Yet the system soldiered on, making do however possible. In a way, the soon-to-be-popular song, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” described the need to defer needed repairs: “Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow.” (By the way, that song made its debut on the lips of Judy Garland in Vicente Minnelli’s movie “Meet Me in St. Louis,” which also gave us the song, “Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley.”)</p>
<p>Our exclusive member newsletter, Inside Track, is about to publish the second in a multi-part history of Muni, “Muni At War,” with lots of rarely- or never-before seen photos, including this one, which we acquired from a collector on eBay. If you’re not a member of Market Street Railway, <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/support/join.html">this is a great time to join</a> because new members will also received the last issue of Inside Track, with photos and text describing the origins and first 30 years of Muni’s history.</p>
<p>As for Car No. 1 itself, it’s fully restored to its original appearance and ready to play the starring role in Muni’s centennial year. We’ll be operating a charter of the streetcar in the next few months for members only, riding the rails west of Twin Peaks in a rare treat. (Another great reason to join MSR.) Watch here for details.</p>
<p>And have yourself a merry little Christmas now (or celebration of your choice)!</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarketStreetRailway/~4/o5ZhUwyFX6s" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.streetcar.org/blog/2011/12/photo-of-the-past-moment-christmas-1944.htmlMuseum Closed Until January 3, 2012tag:www.streetcar.org,2011://2.6602011-12-25T01:12:36Z2011-12-25T02:54:49ZOur San Francisco Railway Museum will be closed for inventory and cleaning between December 24 and January 2. We’ll be open again Tuesday, January 3 at 10 a.m. You can still shop for gifts online, and of course, the F-line...
<p>Our <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/museum">San Francisco Railway Museum</a> will be closed for inventory and cleaning between December 24 and January 2. We’ll be open again Tuesday, January 3 at 10 a.m. You can still <a href="http://www.streetcar.org/store">shop for gifts online</a>, and of course, the F-line streetcars and cable cars are operating daily.</p>
<p>We’ll also be here with some new posts next week. Stay tuned and Happy Holidays.</p>
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