Author: Rick Laubscher
Rare Streetcar Scenes in Upcoming Silent Movie Showing
On Sunday, July 21, 3:30 p.m. at the Castro Theater, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival is showing a restored print of “Last Edition,” filmed in San Francisco in and around the Chronicle building in 1925. There are said to be many great streetcar scenes included in the film and even a rare glimpse of the Pacific Avenue cable car, which closed in 1929.
On the Line: Hard Water
The whisky wall at Hard Water.
E-line Service Sunday, July 7
The E-line service on July 4 drew big crowds, like this one at the Caltrain Depot. Bruce Agid photo.
Plain Jane on the Way to a Makeover
Learn How the F-line Started, At Our Museum
Thirty years ago this week, the first San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival kicked off, with then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein personally piloting historic Muni Car No. 1 from 17th Street and Market to East Bay Terminal. The festival was so successful, the mayor asked that it be repeated…and the F-line rapidly progressed from a dream to full-time reality.
Still Room on Sunday’s Vintage Streetcar Excursion!
Mid-Market Comeback
PCC No. 1060 enlivens the scene at Seventh and Market Streets. (c) Melissa Wuschnig.
Maya Angelou and Market Street Railway
Something about the poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou escaped most people’s attention, until now. She was once employed by our namesake, Market Street Railway Company, Muni’s old competitor, as a streetcar conductor. The first black female conductor in San Francisco history, in fact.
Sneak Peek at a Special Streetcar
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