Powell Street Cable Car No. 515 at the Fairmont Hotel, 1959. Bob Davis photo. Click to enlarge.
Author: Rick Laubscher
Celebrating Civic Activism – With a Cable Car
Powell cable car No. 26 reenters service in its 1947 livery, November 14, 2012. On the running board, from right to left: SFMTA Chair Tom Nolan, Vice Chair Cheryl Brinkman, Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin, MSR President Rick Laubscher, MSR board member Bruce Agid. Frank Zepeda photo.
Singing Operators’ Praises
F-line Photography Exhibit Opening
Could This Be Sunday’s Extra Centennial Surprise?
Brian Leadingham photo.
A Great Vintage Day! Don’t Miss Next Sunday!
226 years of Muni history at Market and Spear Streets, all carrying delighted passengers today. Left to right, 1950 trolley coach No. 776, 1912 streetcar No. 1, and 1948 streetcar No. 1006, all Muni vehicles restored to their original condition. They’ll be part of the fleet out next Sunday as well to celebrate Muni’s centennial. So will 1906 cable car No. 42, just out of frame to the right of this shot. That made it 341 years of San Francisco transit history at one corner today. Rick Laubscher photo. Click to enlarge
Getting Ready for Centennial Celebrations
Muni teams have been working overtime to get vintage vehicles ready for special Sunday service tomorrow (November 4) and November 11.
Muni Centennial Vintage Service Nov. 4 & 11
Car 1. Jeremy Whiteman photo from Market Street Railway Flickr group. (c) 2012, Jeremy Whiteman.
Welcome, Detroit! Now Please Lose.
PCC No. 1079, honoring Detroit Department of Street Railways, at the Ferry Building. Telstar Logistics photo via the Market Street Railway Flickr Group.
Come Hear About Muni’s Early Years
West Portal, 1935. Image courtesy of the SFMTA Photo Archive. (c) 2012, SFMTA. sfmta.com/photo.
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