| The streetcars most often seen on Muni’s historic routes are the streamlined PCCs, designed in 1935 by the Presidents’ Conference Committee of US electric railway leaders to bring modern looks and technology to streetcars. The most successful streetcar ever built, 4,500 PCCs ran in 33 cities, including San Francisco.
Muni currently operates seventeen PCCs on the F-line. Three double-end cars were bought new by Muni in 1948. Fourteen 1946 single-end cars came second-hand from Philadelphia in 1994. Now restored, all are painted in authentic liveries of cities that once operated this great streetcar.
They are currently being joined in service by eleven additional PCCs acquired from Newark, New Jersey, and modified for San Francisco service, complete with paint schemes paying tribute to additional cities.
Muni also owns 30 more PCCs, unrestored but complete. Some of these were reacquired with financial support from Market Street Railway. Many of these additional PCCs are slated to be restored in the future as required for planned service expansions; others will serve as sources of parts. Click here for a complete list of the unrestored PCCs.
Click on the pictures to see the story of each car.
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