November 4, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher

A Great Vintage Day! Don’t Miss Next Sunday!

November 4, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, History Spotlight, Muni News, Posts with Photos Muni centennial

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

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November 3, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher

Getting Ready for Centennial Celebrations

November 3, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Posts with Photos, Restoration Muni centennial

Muni teams have been working overtime to get vintage vehicles ready for special Sunday service tomorrow (November 4) and November 11.

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October 14, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher

The Boat is Back!

October 14, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Muni News, Posts with Photos

Boat tram No. 228 at the Wharf on its first day back in service, October 13, 2012. William Daniels photo from the Market Street Railway Facebook group.

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October 6, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher

Car 1 on the F-line! Get Out and Ride!

October 6, 2012October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher E-Embarcadero Updates, Fleet Updates, Muni News

The big Fleet Week/America’s Cup/Giants Playoff weekend is under way, complete with E-line service. It includes the first regular passenger service for Muni’s Car No. 1, its very first streetcar, since its rebuilding. This surprise appearance by No. 1, apparently operating on the F-line between 11th Street and Fisherman’s Wharf, follows a ceremonial debut earlier this year and a couple of charters, including one for our Market Street Railway members. Here’s how to find out whether Car No. 1, shown on the screenshot below, is on the street as you read this, and which other streetcars are out on the E- and F-lines this weekend.

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September 30, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher

Come Ride the E-line Twin Torpedos (and Volunteer) Oct. 6-7

September 30, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher E-Embarcadero Updates, Fleet Updates, Muni News, Posts with Photos, Volunteer Opportunities

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September 17, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher

The Day the Streetcars (Almost) Died

September 17, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, History Spotlight, Muni News, Posts with Photos, Restoration 1006, 1108, N-Judah, PCC, Trolley Festival

When PCC No. 1108 took the N-Judah beach loop on September 17, 1982, it was thought it would be the last PCC to ever do that. Thanks to lots of effort by advocates, that turned out not to be true. Bob Davis photo.

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September 16, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher

Inside Muni’s Streetcar Restoration Vendor

September 16, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Video 1006, 1008, 1009, Brookville, PCC

Muni’s current vendor for streetcar restoration, Brookville Equipment Corporation of Pennsylvania, has produced a promotional video about its services. It’s got several shots of newly restored PCC No. 1006 (or is it 1008? – they’re identical and not numbered in the shots) on the shop floor (starting at 0:47 on the video), along with a peek at their mate No. 1009, partially painted in its Dallas & Terminal Railway livery (at 1:38).

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August 25, 2012September 28, 2015 Rick Laubscher

E-line Weekend Features Debut of No. 1008

August 25, 2012September 28, 2015 Rick Laubscher E-Embarcadero Updates, Fleet Updates, Muni News, Posts with Photos

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August 16, 2012September 28, 2015 Rick Laubscher

Ride the E-line Streetcars August 25 and 26!

August 16, 2012September 28, 2015 Rick Laubscher E-Embarcadero Updates, Fleet Updates, Muni News, Posts with Photos

The details are pretty well worked out now. Muni’s E-Embarcadero historic streetcar line will operate Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. in conjunction with the America’s Cup World Series event.

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August 3, 2012August 9, 2014 Rick Laubscher